Shakeel Bajwa
Chief Technology Officer
- Role
- Lead Network Security Architect at IBM
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Shakeel Bajwa
I build secure, high-availability networks that pay for themselves. 15+ years leading…
Experience
Lead Network Security Architect
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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