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Younathan Al Matran

Chicago,IL

Summary

Highly skilled Solutions Architect with demonstrated experience in designing and implementing scalable, efficient systems. Proficient in collaborating with stakeholders to define business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Known for strategic problem-solving abilities, strong communication skills, and consistent execution of complex projects. Significant impact made by improving system reliability and performance across previous roles.

Overview

8
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

CDW

Senior Solutions Architect - Networking
09.2022 - 10.2024

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Leading networking projects for K-12 schools, higher education, and local government clients.
  • Architect and deliver end-to-end networking solutions for educational and government clients, improving overall system performance, security, and scalability.
  • Manage vendor relationships, negotiating contracts, ensuring SLAs are met, and selecting optimal networking solutions from Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and other top vendors.
  • Create and present detailed network architecture blueprints, project plans, and timelines to stakeholders, ensuring alignment with long-term IT strategy.
  • Promote Professional and Managed services.
  • Customer facing, uncovering, and developing opportunities when meetings with customers and account team.
  • Conducted training sessions and workshops for client teams on networking best practices, security protocols, and troubleshooting methodologies.
  • Mentor junior architects and engineers, providing guidance on best practices and troubleshooting complex network issues.
  • Worked closely with IT leadership to understand organizational challenges and propose network architectures that supported teaching, learning, and administrative workflows.

SHI International

Security Systems Engineer
06.2021 - 09.2022

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Supported enterprise-grade network Security solutions for corporate and government clients.
  • Analyze, Design Network and Security Services for the End Customer.
  • Integrated Cisco DUO, Umbrella, and ISE into client environments to support Zero Trust access and endpoint control.
  • Conducted client workshops on security protocols, segmentation, and cloud protection.
  • Presented Zero Trust-aligned blueprints and cloud migration strategies to IT and security leadership.
  • Promoted Professional and Managed Services with embedded Zero Trust components.
  • Serve as technical Lead in Installing, Configuring and Upgrading within the customer’s environment.
  • Mentor and guide to other consultants within the team.
  • Customer facing, uncovering, and developing opportunities when meetings with customers and account team.
  • Account planning with the sales team.
  • Consultative approach to security projects and convey to the customer and the account team how certain security technology enables business.

Cisco Systems

Systems Engineer
10.2016 - 08.2020

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Cisco Solutions Consultant
  • Technical leadership focuses on driving products and solving business problems with technology designs, delivering outcomes with specific customers & solving escalations.
  • Promoted to the APO to architect, present, and demo solutions to solve the Networking and Cybersecurity needs of the North America’s customers.
  • Pursued new business opportunities by partnering with field sales and supported all aspects of Cisco’s sales process.
  • Championed the spread of technical knowledge to sales engineers by leading new hire training, conducting weekly whiteboard sessions, and delivering field sales and channel enablement.
  • Built and managed the technical relationship with a key-added reseller (VAR); understanding their challenges, providing technical direction, and developing trusting relationships with executives.

Skills

  • Network architecture and design
  • Cisco licensing models
  • Contract negotiations
  • Service delivery and support
  • Technical troubleshooting
  • IT infrastructure solutions
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Solution selling strategies
  • Project management
  • Team collaboration
  • Data center technologies
  • Cloud services: AWS
  • Networking and security solutions
  • Vendor management strategies

Certification

  • 2024 AWS Cloud Partitionier
  • 2022 NGFW Basic & Advance
  • 2022 SecureX Design and Deployment lab – Advanced
  • 2021 Secure Access Services Edge SASE in-depth lab
  • 2021 Zero-trust advanced lab
  • 2020 CWNA -107 Certified Wireless Network Administrator.
  • 2019 Cisco Meraki ECMS.
  • 2018 Software Defined Access DNA-Center POV Certified.
  • 2014 CCNA 200-120.

Timeline

Senior Solutions Architect - Networking

CDW
09.2022 - 10.2024

Security Systems Engineer

SHI International
06.2021 - 09.2022

Systems Engineer

Cisco Systems
10.2016 - 08.2020

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