Shakeel Bajwa

Chief Technology Officer

Role
Lead Network Security Architect at IBM
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Shakeel Bajwa

I build secure, high-availability networks that pay for themselves. 15+ years leading…

Experience

  1. Lead Network Security Architect

    IBM

    Oct 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US

    Authored and led RFP processes for multi-vendor SD-WAN/SASE solutions, resulting in an estimated $2.4M in annual savings and standardized global connectivity for 200+ enterprise locations.Designed and implemented secure networking blueprints for global data centers and hybrid clouds, integrating SASE/SSE and CASB into enterprise architectures adopted by 25+ client programs.Engineered and deployed multi-vendor NGFW and proxy stacks (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, Zscaler) to secure all layers of the network, reducing security incidents by over 40%.Established encryption baselines (TLS/IPsec/IKE) and remote access standards across the enterprise, ensuring full compliance with industry regulations

Education

  • University of the Punjab, Lahore

    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Engineering & Physics

  • Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

    Master of Science - MS

  • Monmouth University

    Master's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering

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