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Léon BenabouLB

Léon Benabou

Freelance Network & Security

€520/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years
Network Security
TOIP
Fortinet
VPN
Migration Projects

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Léon

Freelance network and security engineer, specializing in Fortinet solutions.
I assist companies in the migration, integration, and documentation of their network and security infrastructures.
With several complex projects (FortiAnalyzer, FortiGate, FortiClient EMS, administrator VPN, Forescout NAC), I combine technical expertise with an operational approach to deliver secure, reliable solutions compliant with ANSSI standards.
Available for ad-hoc missions or complete projects.

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Network and Security Operations Manager
    May 2022 - March 2025 (2 years and 10 months)
    Rueil-Malmaison, France
    Title: Operations Manager – Network, Security & TOIP

    Description:

    - Complete takeover of the TOIP scope and participation in technical committees (COTECH).

    - Deployment and redesign of urgent lines, dedicated assistant lines, and autocoms.

    - Management and monitoring of TOIP incidents and change requests, including escalations.

    - Integration of SSL VPN and Fortinet solutions (FortiEMS, FortiClient): configuration, deployment, training, and documentation.

    - Implementation of backups, patch management, and critical patches (e.g., Zerologon).

    - Deployment and configuration of inter-site routers, redesign of spanning tree, and DNS/DHCP migration.

    - Training of the support team on TOIP tools and network/security solutions.

    - Participation in reversibility workshops, crisis meetings, and PCI projects.

    - Level 3 support for network and security incidents.

    Technical Environment:
    Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiEMS, FortiClient), Stormshield (SN2K/SN3K), F5 ASM/APM, Aloha, Cisco WSA/ESA, UCOPIA, Efficient IP, HP network, Cisco wifi, McAfee, TOIP AVAYA, Windows Server & 11, Linux, VMware, Nagios, Splunk, Nessus
    Stormshield Fortinet TOIP HPE F5 BigIP
  • KAPIA - RGI
    Network and Security Engineer
    June 2021 - April 2022 (11 months)
    Paris, France
    Title: Security Engineer

    Description:

    - Implementation of the latest CVE patches on Windows servers and deployment of associated GPOs.

    - Configuration, migration, and deployment of IPsec VPN and SSL VPN tunnels on FortiGate, creation of user scripts and L1 training.

    - Deployment and maintenance of antivirus solutions (Sophos and SentinelOne) on servers and user workstations.

    - Implementation of log centralization and dashboards via vRealize Log Insight and Splunk POC, reporting, and generation of audit and ISAE 3402 documents.

    - Management and troubleshooting of internet, internal, external, telephony, and IPsec VPN traffic.

    - Deployment of internal certification authority and management of certificates on servers and workstations.

    - Participation in client technical committees, KAPIA-RGI steering, and creation of procedures for email box migrations.

    - Daily AD, DUO management, and centralized technical documentation.

    Technical Environment:
    Fortinet, iptables, Windows 10 & Server 2008R2–2016R2, Linux (Red Hat, Oracle, CentOS), VMware ESXi/vSphere/vCenter, vRealize Log Insight, SentinelOne, Sophos, Nagios, Cacti, Nessus, Veeam, OwnCloud
    Fortinet Nagios Splunk SentinelOne Active Directory
  • CGI
    Network and Security Systems Engineer
    September 2020 - May 2021 (9 months)
    Courbevoie, France
    Title: Systems & Security Engineer

    Description:

    - Implementation of documentation and network diagrams (Visio) for L1/L2.

    - Migration of Check Point, SRX, and Cisco ASA firewalls to FortiGate, including configuration export (Expedition tool).

    - Implementation of VLANs related to migration and preparation of Python scripts for automatic FortiGate configuration import.

    - Upgrade and integration of FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, and FortiClient EMS; creation and updating of AD groups.

    - Audit of AD users and acceptance testing with integrators on the Fortinet solution.

    - Level 3 support for systems, network, and security (OTRS) and vulnerability resolution.

    - Implementation of IPsec VPN and traffic flows on FortiGate and Cisco ASA.

    Technical Environment:
    Fortinet, Cisco (Switch, ASA), Nexus, Check Point, SRX, Centreon, Expedition (Palo Alto), Windows Server 2012R2
    Fortinet Nexus Checkpoint Palo Alto Juniper SRX
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Education

  • Confidential Defense Clearance
    2020
    Habilitation Confidentiel Défense
  • BTS SIO (Information Technology Services for Organizations)
    2013
    BTS SIO (Services Informatiques aux Organisations)
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Skill set

Cisco Networking
HPE
Stormshield
F5 ASM
F5 APM
Active Directory
Efficient IP
Nagios
VPN IPSEC
VPN SSL
Documentation
Technical Documentation
Social Network Training
IT Project Manager
NAC
Wifi
Network Architecture

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