Charles Youssef
Technical Solutions Architect - SD-WAN at Cisco
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Top SchoolCharles Youssef is a Technical Solutions Architect specializing in SD-WAN and datacenter modernization with eight years of focused experience and over a decade at Cisco across TAC, systems architecture, and regional solution roles. He blends deep Cisco-centric infrastructure expertise—ACI, Nexus NX-OS, VXLAN EVPN, UCS, Hyperflex—with cloud-native and DevOps toolchains including Python, REST APIs, Kubernetes, Istio, and CI/CD to automate and modernize enterprise and multi/hybrid cloud environments. A triple CCIE (#24153) with DevNet, Azure Solutions Architect, and Certified Kubernetes Application Developer credentials, he bridges network engineering rigor with application-aware automation. Based in Qatar, he supports the Middle East & Africa SD-WAN practice, turning complex routing and service-provider principles into practical, deployable designs for large enterprises. Colleagues rely on his uncommon combination of deep packet- and silicon-level knowledge plus software-first NetDevOps approaches to reduce operational toil and accelerate cloud adoption.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B.E., Computer Engineering with High Distinction, B.E., Computer Engineering with High Distinction at Lebanese American University
Github Skills (5)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CiscoSE/ISE-AD-Monitor
Feb 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
charlesyoussef/phpipam_sync
May 2019 - Jun 2019
phpIPAM-Sync
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 28 days
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