Yomi Albert
Houston,TX
Summary
Experienced Cybersecurity Architect with a track record of 10+ years in designing and managing major IT projects across: On-Prem, Cloud, and Datacenter infrastructure.
Possesses a comprehensive skill set, including certifications from renowned OEMs in the IT industry such as ISC2 CISSP, Fortinet NSE 7 Architect, Microsoft Certified Professional, Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP), and Certified Cloud Security Administrator. Has held roles as a Datacenter Administrator, Systems Administrator, Business Manager, and Sales Engineer, gaining valuable enterprise deployment experience.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Lead, Fortinet Sales Engineering
TD Synnex Corporation
09.2023 - Current
- Serve as Subject matter expert on Cybersecurity solutions including LAN Security, IAM, Cloud Security, SIEM, SDWAN, SSE & SASE, NOC & SOC, VM and Web Application Security, Best Practices assessments for Cloud and On-prem Infrastructure
- Regularly conduct quarterly Webinars and technical trainings for partner organizations
- Regularly lead consultation & discovery calls with customers leading to solution sales
- Assisted partners with consulting sessions and enablement plans leading to 1500% growth of a partner and 500% growth of others
- Regularly perform averagely 50 Cybersecurity consulting calls per month
- Regularly perform Demos & POCs
- Security Auditor for all Data-centers owned by Organization
- Bill of Materials creation
- Requirements gathering
- Scoping calls
- Created and executing a vendor enablement plan
- Cloud Architect
- Solution Architect
- Bid Support
- Mentoring team members.
Field Solutions Architect
Synnex Corporation
08.2019 - 08.2023
- Designed Cloud & Networking solutions
- Conducted security reviews
- Identified gaps & developed security risk management plans
- Demonstrated familiarity with security frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Knowledgeable with Hyper-scalers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Leading technical interactions with customers
- Providing timely responses to technical issues and offering guidance in Network infrastructure
- IAAS, PAAS & Cloud Security
- Datacenter and Network security
- Technical documentation creation
- OT Systems Security
- Conducted technical workshops and education sessions for customers and internal teams.
Business Manager, Professional Services
Westcon group
10.2014 - 07.2019
- Managing IT Projects to keep them in budget, in scope and on time
- Work closely with Account managers, partner sales reps to improve & drive services demand
- Work closely with team to create proposals and Scope of Work documents
- Responsible for growing professional services sales through the channel in North America
- Ensure team billable utilization targets are met
- Executive-level prospect meetings and Solution reviews
- Handle day-to-day administrative tasks such as: expense reports, time management
- Provide coaching and mentoring to assist in resources' career development
- Identified and qualified customer needs and negotiated and closed profitable projects with high success rate.
Solutions Architect, Software and Security
Westcon group
10.2011 - 09.2014
- Provided pre-sales support for vendors: SonicWall, Symantec, VMware & F5
- Advising customers on Enterprise Application optimization and load balancing techniques
- Scoping and designing Private & Public Cloud architectures using VMware virtualization
- Provided guidance on Endpoint security, Email Security & Data Loss prevention
- Advising on LAN & WAN Network Security
- Regularly performing POCs and Demos
- Bill of materials creation
- Regular Partner Demos/ Training
- Solution Architecture on Security solutions Bill of Material creation
- Requirements gathering
- Scoping calls
- Created and executing a vendor enablement plan
- Cloud Architect
- Solution Architect
- Bid Support
- Broke down technical ideas and issues into non-technical terms for business executives.
Network Administrator
Resourcery
01.2010 - 09.2011
- Led implementation & management of Exchange server (2010)
- Active Directory Administration- Users & Groups (Server 2003, 2008)
- Implementation & administration of Microsoft ISA Server 2004, 2006 for Security
- Configuration of Cisco Routers, switches & ASA Firewall
- Implementation and management of Firewall Architectures, IPS, IDS
- Creation & management of Security policies viz access-lists, groups, policies
- Server Hardening and Security
- Administration of Domain structure, Group Policy, authentication
- Cisco IP Telephony across WAN (Multiple sites)
- Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance, and support.
- Managed data backups and disaster recovery operations to comply with business continuity initiatives.
- Maintained network hardware and software and monitored network to support network availability to end users.
Datacenter/ Systems Administrator
Secure Electronic Technology
05.2008 - 12.2009
- Responsible for Datacenter maintenance, climate control and physical access
- Active Directory Administration- Users & Groups
- Datacenter Administrator managing IBM AIX OS and physical servers
- Configuration and administration of Cisco equipment
- Administration of Domain structure, Group Policy, authentication
- Planning & Implementing DHCP, scopes, leases, Restricted Groups
- Diagnose Hardware and software problems and replace defective components
- Implement data backups and disaster recovery operations
- Diagnosed and executed resolution for network and server issues.
Education
Skills
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Amazon Web Services
- SASE/ SDWAN
- Artificial Intelligence
- Routing Protocol Expertise
- Firewall Management tools
- Pre-Sales Engineering
- Cyber Security
- Microsoft Azure
- Technical Documentation
- Network Design
- Cloud Architecture Design
- Identity and Access management
- SASE/ SDWAN
- Windows Servers
- Web Services
- Stake-holder Management
- Security Framework
- Information Systems Security
- Microsoft Windows Architecture
- Network Infrastructure
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Multilevel Security
- Stakeholder Management
Personal Information
Title: CISSP Cyber Security Architect
Details
(301) 605-0025, bertyom1@yahoo.com, Houston, Texas
Accomplishments
- Upon joining the team, I created a Go-to-Market plan for enablement and technical engagement with customers
- Successful execution of the enablement plan brought 1500% YoY growth with some partners and 500% YoY growth by others
- We Increased operational efficiency through improved training of staff engineers
- This also led to an Increase in number of IT Certifications obtained by the team
- The improved customer experience positively impacted customer retention and satisfaction
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Team Lead, Fortinet Sales Engineering
TD Synnex Corporation
09.2023 - Current
Field Solutions Architect
Synnex Corporation
08.2019 - 08.2023
Business Manager, Professional Services
Westcon group
10.2014 - 07.2019
Solutions Architect, Software and Security
Westcon group
10.2011 - 09.2014
Network Administrator
Resourcery
01.2010 - 09.2011
Datacenter/ Systems Administrator
Secure Electronic Technology
05.2008 - 12.2009
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