Bassam (Sam) Hajjar

Hybrid Cloud Program Manager

NAF

September 2021 - May 2025

• Designing cloud and on-premises network services. • WAF services integration and geoblocking. • Configuring Azure network cloud services including VNet, peering, subnets, NSGs and UDRs. • Configuring and deploying Palo Alto firewalls on the cloud and routing all traffic through firewalls. • AWS network configuration including VPCs, subnets, TGW and direct connect. • Securing cloud and on-premises networks using Palo Alto firewalls. • Cloud to cloud connectivity and services migration through Alkira and Aviatrix. • Overseeing cloud to cloud architect and developing expanding strategies from Azure to AWS and GCP. • Azure services migration from on-premises to the cloud. • Prisma Access, ZTNA and IPSec tunnels deployments. • SD-WAN integration using Palo Alto and Netskope. • NDR SaaS service using stream and Netography. • CI\CD and services deployment using Terraform. • Designing cloud security strategy to provide single point of ingress and egress through Palo Alto firewalls to support cross regional connectivity as well as cloud to cloud providers connectivity through Alkira and Aviatrix. • Engaging project managers to develop network services roadmap for overseas and regional branches and offices through SD-WAN technology. • Working closely with cloud architects and DevOps teams to enhance and secure services on the cloud. • Exapnding Aviatrix connectivity between AWS and Azure. • Solutions strategy development to provide high availability network services on the cloud.