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Popossi Tchilabalo LaouwayiPT

Popossi Tchilabalo Laouwayi

Network and Security Engineer, Operational Security

€650/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Popossi Tchilabalo

Freelance Network & Cybersecurity Engineer, graduated from Télécom Paris, I support companies and public organizations in securing, evolving, and optimizing their critical infrastructures.

With over 10 years of experience, I work on the entire lifecycle of network and security architectures: design, deployment, migration, operation, and continuous improvement.

I have advanced expertise in solutions from market leaders such as Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco, as well as in SOC, SIEM, and vulnerability management environments.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

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

Experience

  • CIPAV
    Network and Security Engineer
    PUBLIC SECTOR
    March 2026 - Today (3 months)
    Paris, France
    Performed a network audit following critical incidents that caused service interruptions.
    Root cause analysis, implementation of corrective actions, and improvement recommendations to enhance infrastructure availability and security.
    Resolution of complex network incidents through in-depth analysis (Wireshark, IP tracing)
    Identification and correction of IP conflicts impacting service availability
    Diagnosis and resolution of malfunctions on Cisco 2960-X equipment
    Securing the infrastructure through critical upgrade of Aruba 6300 switches
    Successful migration from DHCP to Windows Server 2022 without service interruption
    Restoration of network access control via Aruba NAC
    Environment: Aruba 6300, Fotigate 101F, Aruba NAC, Cisco 2960-x, O365, Windows Server 2022, 2016
  • E-lerning Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewall Engineer
    Instructor
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    June 2024 - March 2026 (1 year and 9 months)
    Paris, France
    Firewall Deployment
    - Connecting to a Firewall
    - Managing Firewall configuration
    - Local Firewall admin accounts
    Network & Cybersecurity Engineer passionate about protecting critical infrastructures. With proven expertise in Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Cisco technologies, I help organizations design secure architectures, proactively detect threats, and ensure their systems are compliant. My motto: combine robustness, performance, and operational security.
    - Security zones and network interfaces
    - Security policy rules
    - Security policy rules assessment
    - NAT Policy Rules
    - DoS protection profiles
    - Log Forwarding
     App ID
    - Identifying Applications using
    - Blocking threats by identifying applications
    - Migrating from port rules to App-ID
     User-ID
    - Identifying users using User-ID
    - User-ID components and operation
    - Implementing User-ID in security policy
    - Configuring phishing protection
    - Threat Prevention, WildFire, URL Filtering
  • Ministère de la Culture
    Network and Security Expert Consultant, Ministry of Culture Paris
    PUBLIC SECTOR
    September 2023 - Today (2 years and 9 months)
    Paris, France
    Migration of 201F firewalls and integration of firewalls
    • Deployment of FortiManager and integration of FortiGate 201F firewalls to FortiManager
    • Configuration of LDAPS on FortiManager and firewalls
    • DNS entries (A, CNAME records) in EIP, DHCP reservations
    • Version upgrade of FortiAnalyzer and integration of firewall logs to FortiAnalyzer
    • Centralized configuration of FortiGate firewalls via FortiManager
    • Handling tickets using the IRIS tool
    • Opening traffic on FortiGate and Stormshield firewalls
    • VPN configuration
    • Aruba switch configuration
    • Administration of Proofpoints and FortiMail
    • Sending logs (FortiAnalyzer, Proofpoint, Stormshield) to the SOC project log sink
    Cybersecurity Incident Management Project Management Migration Projects Upgrade Configuration Management

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Education

  • Network and Cybersecurity Architect
    Télécom Paris
    2022
  • Network and Telecom Engineer
    ENSI
    2009

Certifications

  • CCNP R&S
    Cisco
    2019

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