Ousmane Baldé, Developer in Dakar, Senegal
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Ousmane Baldé

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Security Engineer and Web Developer

Location
Dakar, Senegal
Toptal Member Since
November 22, 2022

Ousmane is a network and security engineer with a broad knowledge of many products. He worked in government for five years and two years in the private sector as a security solution integrator. He has coordinated many projects to improve network security. Ousmane is passionate about security and new technologies. As someone who is CISSP certified, he can manage all phases of information security and can defend virtual data resources. Ousmane can also work in a cloud environment, such as AWS.

Vulnerability ManagementWeb SecurityIoT SecuritySecurityAuthenticationData PrivacyCybersecurityJava SecurityProgrammingCiscoFirewallsVoIPCCNP SecurityCloudJoomlaMicrosoft SCCMCisco Switch

Portfolio

Presidency of Senegal
Cisco Switches, Networking, Active Directory Programming, Splunk, FortiGate...
Xperbm
IBM QRadar, IBM Security Guardium, Vulnerability Management...
Intelcia
FTTH, Xbox Live, Connectivity, Customer Support, Documentation

Experience

Customer Support - 7 yearsIT Networking - 7 yearsVulnerability Management - 5 yearsVulnerability Assessment - 5 yearsSIEM - 5 yearsAmazon Web Services (AWS) - 4 yearsCisco Switches - 4 yearsSymfony - 3 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

FortiGate, Splunk, Cisco Switches, Networking, Web Security, Access Points

The most amazing...

...projects I’ve worked on added to my professional realizations in networking, security investigations, and gave me solid training.

Work Experience

Security and Network Engineer

2018 - PRESENT
Presidency of Senegal
  • Configured, installed, and managed a Fortinet firewall. Collected information on Fortinet cloud services. Configured and managed backup systems.
  • Led Microsoft product implementation (Skype for Business, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), and SCOM). Managed the installation and cabling of three new sites. Tested the deployment of ten new Huawei switches and one Cisco switch.
  • Used Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon Glacier, and Amazon EFS. Planned to move part of our infrastructure to AWS.
Technologies: Cisco Switches, Networking, Active Directory Programming, Splunk, FortiGate, Microsoft, SCOM, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), SharePoint, SolarWinds, APIs, Cloud, SIEM, Network Configuration, IT Security, Access Points, Documentation

Security and Network Engineer

2017 - 2018
Xperbm
  • Participated in the sales and promotion of IBM products like IBM QRadar and Guardium.
  • Led implimentation for SIEM, log management and correlation, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and VPNs. Completed vulnerability scanning by tools installed on the customer site.
  • Managed the organization of an international conference for multiple TV broadcasts. Promoted a number of broadcast solutions.
Technologies: IBM QRadar, IBM Security Guardium, Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Assessment, Log Management, SIEM, Network Configuration

IT Support

2017 - 2017
Intelcia
  • Ensured quality technical assistance and troubleshooting on internet equipment with FTTB and FTTH technology.
  • Practiced basics principle for customer relationship management (CRM).
  • Managed five people and planned to scale up to 20 people.
Technologies: FTTH, Xbox Live, Connectivity, Customer Support, Documentation

IT Strategist

2016 - 2017
ASI Informatics
  • Created websites and user interfaces using standard HTML/CSS practices. Incorporated data from back-end databases and services. Created websites using Joomla, WordPress, and Symfony.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define IT strategies, goals, and gather requirements from clients. Led all development work related to improving, expanding IT systems, data usage, and customer tools.
  • Contributed to the improvement of the team by proposing development standards and practices.
Technologies: Joomla, Drupal, Symfony, PHP, Android, Node.js

Reinforcement of Cybersecurity within the Presidency

The project aligns with the national strategy SNC2022 to increase the security posture of companies and institutions within Senegal. SNC2022 is a vision from the President to improve the cyberspace quality of our country. We realized this goal by implementing many tools in our network, practicing a defense-in-depth strategy, and by elaborating a security policy related to the utilization of our data. I coordinated the realization of our identity and access management policy.

VPN Connection with Multiple Sites

I was in charge of implementing a site-to-site VPN using a complex architecture. This solution helps our external services access our internal solution. I used the Fortinet firewall, and the authentication was done using IKE and IPsec. Fortinet allows us to check the solution permanently.
2020 - 2022

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Kobe Institute of Computing - Kobe, Japan

2010 - 2016

Master's Degree in Telecommunications

Multinational School of Telecommunications - Dakar, Senegal

DECEMBER 2022 - DECEMBER 2025

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

JULY 2022 - JULY 2025

Fortinet NSE 2

Fortinet

JULY 2022 - JULY 2025

Fortinet NSE 1

Fortinet

JUNE 2022 - JUNE 2025

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

(ISC)²

Industry Expertise

Cybersecurity

Other

Vulnerability Management, Securities, Web Security, IoT Security, Security, Authentication, Documentation, Architecture, Data Privacy, Vulnerability Identification, Network Configuration, IT Security, Access Points, CISSP, Security Design, Programming, IT Networking, Cisco, VoIP, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), IT Project Management, FTTH, Xbox Live, Connectivity, Customer Support, IBM Security Guardium, SIEM, Vulnerability Assessment, Log Management, Cisco Switches, Networking, Active Directory Programming, FortiGate, SCOM, Firewalls, CCNA Security, CCNP Security, Web Application Firewall (WAF), System Center Operations Management (SCOM), APIs, Cloud, Extreme Networks

Libraries/APIs

Java Security, Node.js

Languages

PHP

Frameworks

Symfony

Tools

IBM QRadar, Splunk, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), SolarWinds, VPN

Platforms

Joomla, Drupal, Android, Microsoft, SharePoint, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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