Omar Al Sahily | SecOps Engineer

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The Origin Story

I was raised in a household with educated and well cultured parents, where I began interacting with computers from a very young age. I opened my eyes to the keyboard, floppy disks, Windows XP, Flash games, and the famous tactical war game IGI in all its versions. As I started discovering the digital world, my interests naturally shifted toward hacking and information security, turning early curiosity into a lasting passion for technology.

I am a Computer Science graduate from the University of Benghazi (Spring 2025). While my formal journey began late in high school, I officially entered the professional cybersecurity arena in January 2024 with Ocean Technology, moving from self-study to enterprise-grade operations.

Side Quests & Discipline

Sportsmanship

Former basketball player. The court taught me that "defense is just as important as offense" a philosophy I apply to cybersecurity today.

The Scout Leader

A lifelong scout, I have passed through all ranks and currently serve as a Leader in the 5th Troop (Benghazi Commission). Scouting taught me leadership, survival, and teamwork.

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NETWORK SEC

Firewall Administration & Engineering

Extensive hands-on experience managing the full lifecycle of Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW):

Unboxing & Initial Configuration (Zero Touch Provisioning).
Designing and enforcing granular Security Policies.
Configuring GlobalProtect VPN for secure remote access.
Establishing IPsec Site-to-Site VPNs.
Continuous monitoring, log analysis, and firmware updates.

#PaloAlto #Firewall #VPN #Policies

SOC & XDR

SOC Analyst & Cortex Engineer

Acting as the primary defender using Cortex XDR/XSIAM ecosystem:

Creating and tuning Security Profiles & Policies.
Endpoint Agent deployment and health monitoring.
Integration with Firewalls and network components.
Incident Response: Deep investigation of alerts, threat hunting, malware analysis, and remediation.
Generating comprehensive security reports.

#CortexXDR #IncidentResponse #ThreatHunting

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