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Hello, I'm Waqas Baig, a Senior Broadcast IT and Network Engineer with 15+ years of experience in designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise IT and broadcast infrastructures across UAE, Qatar, Egypt, and Pakistan. My expertise includes Broadcast IT systems, VMware virtualization, Microsoft Server administration, Active Directory, network infrastructure, storage systems, firewalls, VPNs, cloud technologies, and media production workflows. I have worked with major media organizations including Asharq News UAE, Ideal Systems UAE, Public News, NEO TV, Channel 92, and Express News, delivering reliable solutions for mission-critical environments. My services include: ✔ UniFi Network Design & Configuration ✔ VPN Setup (Tailscale, WireGuard, OpenVPN) ✔ VLAN & Subnet Configuration ✔ Microsoft Windows Server Administration ✔ Active Directory, DNS, DHCP & Group Policy ✔ VMware ESXi & vCenter Deployment ✔ Network Troubleshooting & Optimization ✔ Firewall Configuration (Fortinet, Sophos, Cisco) ✔ Storage & Backup Solutions ✔ Broadcast IT Infrastructure Support ✔ Media Asset Management (Avid PAM/MAM) ✔ Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure Why hire me? ✅ 15+ Years Industry Experience ✅ Enterprise & Broadcast Environment Specialist ✅ Strong Troubleshooting Skills ✅ Fast Response & Professional Communication ✅ Reliable Long-Term Support Let's discuss your project and find the best solution for your infrastructure needs.

𝐈𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.. I help organizations strengthen their security posture by identifying vulnerabilities, mitigating risks, and implementing layered defense strategies across web applications, networks, and infrastructure. With hands-on experience in cybersecurity operations and offensive security practices, I specialize in proactively detecting weaknesses before they can be exploited. My expertise spans vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, web application security, network hardening, threat monitoring, and incident response. I work closely with businesses to secure their systems without disrupting performance or scalability. 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞: - Web Application Security (OWASP Top 10 mitigation, API security, authentication hardening) - Network Security (firewalls, IDS/IPS, segmentation, secure configurations) - Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT) - Risk Analysis & Security Audits - Log Monitoring & Threat Detection - Endpoint Security & Access Control - Security Policy Development & Best Practices Implementation I approach cybersecurity with both an attacker’s mindset and a defender’s discipline thinking critically about how systems can be breached while building resilient protections to prevent it. My process includes detailed reporting, clear remediation guidance, and practical recommendations aligned with business goals. Beyond technical execution, I prioritize communication and documentation so stakeholders clearly understand risks, impact levels, and mitigation strategies. Security is not just about reacting to threats it’s about building a sustainable security framework that grows with your organization. If you’re looking for a proactive, detail-oriented cybersecurity professional committed to protecting your infrastructure, data, and reputation, let’s work together to build a safer digital environment. 🔒

Windows Server 2008R2/2012 R2/2016/2019, MS Exchange server 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019, MS Lync Server 2010/2013, SFB 2015/2019, SCCM 2007/2012, SCVMM, Hyper-V, PKI,SSL, ADFS, Virtualization, Private Cloud, Office 365/DirSync/SSO, Windows Clustering/NLB. VMWare, ESXi,DRS, ESXi Cluster, VMotion, Azure Infrastructure

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A+++. Highly recommended!! Nour was very responsive and dedicated himself to assisting with our AWS EC2 server migration which went smoothly and problem free. Nour was willing to chat over Zoom to facilitate quicker resolutions to the issues we were having. If you're searching for a quality Upwork professional with strong AWS, WHM and cpanel skills, look no further." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "NourEddine is a pleasure to work with. Despite our considerable timezone difference he was easy to work with. His Docker skills are next-level compared with others. Even when working slightly outside his area of expertise he proved himself innovative, adaptable, capable and persistent. Every time I came up with a new requirement, NourEddine found a solution. I'm very pleased with the end result, that being a fully functioning and well integrated production system. I can recommend NourEddine without hesitation." 🏆 Top Rated Plus • ✅ 2700+ work hours billed! • 60+ Projects 👨‍💻 Professional Linux Engineer for 6+ years with DevOps, Automation, and Cloud experience, solving problems and delivering results, for innovative startups as well as established unicorns! ● 📜👨‍💻 Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE: RHEL 8 and Ansible), Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA: RHEL 7), Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers, and Terraform Certified Associate. ● ⚙️ System and software configuration, installation, deployment, optimization, troubleshooting, and automation. ● 🐧 Linux kernel management. ● OS 💿: Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Alma Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Arch Linux, Manjaro, Proxmox, OPNsense, OpenWRT, Raspberry Pi OS, TailsOS, Whonix. ● Web and Proxy services 🌐: Apache, Nginx 🄽, Squid 🦑, Varnish, HAProxy, Taefik, Caddy, 3proxy, Gost. ● Databases and Datastores 💽: MySQL🐬, MariaDB, PostgreSQL🐘, Redis, Memcached ● Self-hosted apps and Control panels: Control Webpanel (CWP), cPanel, Plesk, Webmin, Cockpit, Nextcloud, Confluence, Jira, Wekan, Focalboard, Wordpress, Matrix Synapse, Mattermost, Dokkuwiki, Git, Gitea. ● DNS: Cloudflare, PiHole, Bind, AWS Route53, experience with SPF, DMARC, DKIM, PTR records for Email services. ● EMail ✉️: Mailu, iRedmail, Modoboa, Mailman, Postfix, Dovecot. ● Automation with Bash, Python, Web scraping, Selenium, and Ansible ● Virtualization, Containers and Cloud☁️:: Docker🐋, Kubernetes☸️, Rancher, K3s, RKE, QEMU/KVM, LXC, Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Hashicorp Packer, Hashicorp Terraform. ● Cloud Providers ☁️: Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Hetzner. ● Object Storage 💾: AWS S3 and Wasabi ● Secrets & Certificates 🔏: SSL Self-signed Certificate and Certificate Authority, Let's Encrypt ( ACME.sh, Certbot, others), SSH PKI, Vault. ● Networking 🕸: TCP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, FTP, SFTP, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, FTPS, DNS, TLS, WebSockets, Tor onion routing, ngrok, ebtables, iptables, firewalld, iproute2, NetworkManager, netplan. ● VPN 🔏: OpenVPN, Wireguard, Tinc VPN, Outline VPN, OpenConnect, Anyconnect. ● Web scraping 🌐🕷️: Python requests, scrapy, beautiful soup, lxml, selenium. ● Development with Python 🐍, Bash scripting, Flask, SQL, HTML, JQuery, and JSON. ● Packaging 📦: Rpm, Deb, and Pacman.

I am a certified professional with unique skillset and profound knowledge of DBA, Solution Architecture, SysOps and DevOps. With over 15 years of hands-on experience, I am designing, building, managing and optimizing various databases and environments for Startups, SMBs and Fortune 100 Enterprises from different industries. Reviews have it! ✅ DBA Expertise: 𝐃𝐁 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c - 19c on premise and in Cloud, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, and more. 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞: Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Real Application Clusters (RAC) 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬: Exadata, ZDLRA, Exalogic, ODA 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐑𝐏 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: NetSuite, Oracle E-Business Suite, Weblogic Server, Apache Tomcat, Glassfish, OBIEE, Discoverer, Fusion Middleware, OAM/IDM 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐮𝐩, 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: RMAN, Dataguard, Golden Gate 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: bash, SQL, PL/SQL, Python 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Oracle Cloud, AWS, Azure 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Unix and Linux, Windows (on premise or in Cloud) ✅ DevOps, SysOps Expertise: 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: Scalable, secure, and highly available designs tailored to business needs. 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐎𝐩𝐬 & 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Managing virtual machines, containers, storage, backup, migration, networking, and databases. 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, etc. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: Data encryption, access control, IAM, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS compliance. Choosing me as your IT Architect, DBA, SysOps, and DevOps Engineer means you gain a trusted partner who will go the extra mile to deliver exceptional results and help your organisation thrive. Let's discuss your requirements and get you the best solution. Contact me today!

I am a network engineer with over 10 years of experience. I specialize in desing and configuring data, voice, and video systems. I have expertise in Microsoft Teams Direct Routing, PBX, SBCs, Ribbon Communications, AudioCodes, Genesys, Avaya, Zoom Phone, Zoom Contact Center, Cisco Collaboration Technologies, Sangoma, Gateways, IP Phones, and Core Infrastructure. I have a strong background in VoIP solutions and integrating audio and video with Microsoft Teams. I can set up Microsoft Teams Direct Routing alongside Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center and Zoom Phone services, as well as Cisco CUCM, CUBE, and more.