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Youness AzdoudYA

Youness Azdoud

Security and Cybersecurity Engineer

€600/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Youness

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

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

Experience

  • CSF - Crédit Social des Fonctionnaires
    Security Consultant
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    February 2025 - March 2025 (1 month)
    Paris, France
    - Management and operational exploitation of the information system: servers, networks, storage, and security solutions.
    - Administration of Cisco/HP network infrastructures, Check Point Firewall and VPN, AD/LDAP, databases, and Linux/Windows systems, Datacenter Urbanization.
    - Implementation and maintenance in operational and security condition (MCO/MCS) of technical and application environments.
    - Vulnerability remediation, N3 incident management, and continuous improvement of the security posture.
    - Deployment, automation, and industrialization of environments via Ansible playbooks, GPO, and orchestration tools.
    - Monitoring and observability via the ELK stack, Centreon, and log collection tools.
    - Participation in architecture projects (networks, security, infrastructure): design, integration, and platform evolution.
    - Drafting procedures, technical documentation, and supporting N1/N2 teams.
    - Contribution to technical compliance and the application of internal security standards.
  • Fialiale Credit Agricole | DOXIO
    Security Consultant
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    August 2024 - March 2025 (7 months)
    Rodez, France
    • Incident Management
    - SIEM Monitoring (SEKOIA, ELK Stack), IDS/IPS alert correlation, and threat analysis (Zero-day exploits).
    - SOC/CERT Interface: Alert validation, critical escalations, and corrective action coordination with XSOC and CERT-AG.
    - Incident Response: Analysis (SentinelOne, AntiMalware), (NSX-T/Fortinet/FMC), remediation, and RCA.

    • Administration and Security
    - Firewall flow validation and optimization via Fortimanager and Algosec (workflow, change management, Policy compliance)
    - Patch management and vulnerability management via Qualys, JFrog module XRAY, CyberWatch
    - Implementation of security policies, hardening of configurations and OS.
    - Administration of user authentication and authorization (Keycloak) for web applications and services, and MFA.

    • Compliance and Watchkeeping
    - Monitoring of ISPS (Information Security Policy) and audits (ISO27001, Pentest)
    - PoC on vulnerabilities, reducing the number of critical vulnerabilities.
    - Watchkeeping on CVE/exploits and adjustment of FW/EDR rules and network segmentation.
  • La poste mobile
    Security Engineer | Deputy CISO
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    January 2024 - December 2024 (11 months)
    • Security and Compliance
    - Application of the company's defined ISPS and monitoring of security audits with IT teams
    - Analysis of the IS to identify vulnerabilities and assess risks, applying CIS Benchmark recommendations on various perimeters (PDT, FW, AD…)
    - Integration of security into projects: architecture review
    - Vulnerability management and implementation of the patch management process via Qualys
    - Application of recommendations for email security (DMARC, DKIM, SPF)
    - Technical referent for security solutions: Qualys, Tehtris EDR/XDR, Userlock, Keepass, Yubikey for MFA

    • Network & Security Infrastructure
    - Management and administration of secure network infrastructures (NSX-T, WAF, Cisco)
    - Deployment and maintenance of firewalls and network equipment (ACL, NAT, VPN, VLAN, segmentation)
    - Network monitoring and supervision to ensure infrastructure availability and performance
    - Implementation of cyber best practices on environments (Zero Trust, segmentation, hardening)
    - Participation in audits and infrastructure compliance (ISO 27001, NIS2)
    - Incident management and resolution of connectivity and security issues

    • Training & Awareness
    - Raising employee awareness of cybersecurity best practices (password management, MFA, phishing…)
    - Training internal teams and transferring skills on deployed solutions

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Education

  • Master Prince 2 Fortigate NSE 4/5 Security+ ISO27001 LI
    Master Prince 2 Fortigate NSE 4/5 Security+ ISO27001 LI
  • Master 2 Systems
    Claude Bernard University
    2017
    Master 2 Système

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