Achref Ben Salem

Achref Ben Salem

📍 Paris, France

With six years of experience, Achref specializes in routing, switching, and network security, supported by advanced certifications across Cisco, Huawei, Fortinet and Juniper technologies.

NETWORK OPERATIONS ENGINEER

Capgemini · Bordeaux, France

ONGOING · NOV 2023
  • Monitor an assurance network and provide technical support using EasyVista, ServicePilot, Aruba AirWave, and F5.
  • Manage morning and evening monitoring shifts to keep network stability and performance.
Monitoring F5 Aruba ServicePilot

HUAWEI TRAINER (FREELANCE)

Prologic Tunisia · Tunisia

OCT 2023
  • Deliver training on Huawei Cloud Campus SDN solutions using iMaster NCE Campus and Data Center.
  • Translate complex technical concepts into practical, actionable content for client engineers.
Huawei Cloud Campus iMaster NCE

NETWORK ENGINEERING CONSULTANT (FREELANCE)

Libyan Spider · Tripoli, Libya

OCT 2023 – DEC 2023
  • Design, configure, and document LLD network infrastructure for Libyan Spider’s data‑center project.
  • Provide knowledge transfer and post‑implementation support to ensure network stability.
LLD Data Center Consulting

DATACOM ENGINEER (EBG TD & IP TL)

Huawei Enterprise Northern Africa · Southern Mediterranean

NOV 2021 – OCT 2023
  • Design, evaluate, and adjust LLD solutions to meet customer requirements and ensure end‑to‑end delivery.
  • Prepare LLDs and commissioning for Safe Port and e‑Gov projects across switching, routing, Wi‑Fi, servers, CCTV, MW/RTN and NE/USG series.
  • Define installation, configuration and upgrade procedures for IP products and features.
  • Implement inter‑DC connectivity using USG firewalls, security policies, NAT and IPSec tunnels.
  • Design LAN/WAN networks using VLANs, OSPF, VRF, BGP, BFD and POC labs to validate designs.
Safe Port e‑Gov USG BGP OSPF

CHANNEL SERVICE ENGINEER

Huawei Tunisia · Tunisia

FEB 2020 – OCT 2023
  • Manage technical issues during deployments and maintenance with partners to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Enforce technical standards on projects and support services.
  • Operate maintenance routines and follow up on incidents and product fixes.
Support Maintenance Partners

JUNIOR NETWORK ENGINEER

Prologic Tunisia · Tunisia

SEP 2019 – DEC 2019
  • Design and deploy a new network architecture for an e‑Gov client with multi‑vendor switches and Fortigate 500E firewalls.
  • Configure and troubleshoot EtherChannel, stacking, VLANs and firewall policies.
e‑Gov FortiGate 500E EtherChannel
  • Master’s Degree – Computer Science, Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences · Germany.
  • Engineer’s Degree – Computer Engineering, TEK‑UP.
  • B.S. – Computer Science & Multimedia, Higher Institute of Computer Science and Multimedia of Sfax.

HUAWEI CERTIFIED SYSTEM INSTRUCTOR – CLOUD CAMPUS SOLUTION

SEP 2023
Huawei Cloud Campus SDN

CISCO CERTIFIED SPECIALIST – SECURITY CORE (CCNP‑SCOR)

JUN 2023
Cisco Security Core

FORTINET NETWORK SECURITY EXPERT 7 – ARCHITECT

JUN 2021
Fortinet NSE7 Architect

HCIE ROUTING & SWITCHING – WRITTEN

JUL 2020
Huawei HCIE Written

CERTIFIED ETHICAL HACKER V10 (CEH)

JUN 2020
Offensive Security
  • 3rd place – Huawei ICT Competition Global Final Network Track, Shenzhen (2020).
  • 2nd place – Huawei ICT Competition North Africa Regional Final (2020).
  • 1st place – Tunisia Huawei ICT 2019/2020 national competition out of 600 participants.
  • 4th place – Huawei National Final Competition 2018/2019 out of 750 participants.

Routing

OSPF, ISIS, BGP, RIP, EIGRP, static routing, redistribution, VRF.

Switching & MPLS

VLAN, STP, MSTP, LAN, MPLS LDP, MPLS VPN.

Security & Tunneling

L2VPN, L3VPN, IPSec, GRE, IDS, IPS.

Operating Systems

Windows, Ubuntu, EulerOS, SUSE Linux, CentOS.

Networking & NMS

DNS, DHCP, HA, WAN, SD‑WAN, HSRP, VRRP, TCP, AAA, WLAN, iMaster NCE, eSight, NetEco, eOMC.