Azeem Bukhari
Network & Security Engineer focused on identity & access management, cybersecurity and infrastructure.
Summary
Network & Security Engineer with 10+ years in IT and 7+ years in enterprise network security, identity governance and infrastructure. Deep experience with Microsoft Entra ID (Conditional Access, PIM, access reviews), Intune, the Fortinet security fabric, and Hyper-V and Veeam. I harden security postures, enforce least-privilege access and resolve complex incidents across large multi-site environments, including leading IT through a 100+ store ADHICS compliance audit.
Skills
Identity & access management
Network security
Virtualization & backup
Endpoint & threat protection
Infrastructure & systems
Unified communications
Compliance & audit
IT operations
Experience
Network & Security Engineer
- Run Microsoft Entra ID identity governance: Conditional Access policies, Privileged Identity Management and periodic access reviews to enforce least-privilege access.
- Manage Microsoft Intune for device management and hybrid-joined device compliance, deployment and security policy.
- Configure and maintain FortiGate firewalls: policies, IPsec and SSL VPNs, IPS, traffic shaping, bandwidth management and HA clustering.
- Technical lead for IT during the ADHICS compliance audit across 100+ stores, working with auditors and internal teams to investigate and fix findings.
- Investigate and remediate security incidents with FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager and Sophos Central EDR.
- Run Veeam Backup & Replication, including backup job design and tape rotation, and administer the Hyper-V environment.
- Deploy user-activity and insider-threat tooling (Teramind, ActivTrak) for data-loss prevention and compliance.
- Administer Exchange, Active Directory and Group Policy, NetApp storage, Cisco CUCM telephony and MailStore archiving.
Information Technology Executive
- Supported Active Directory, Exchange and business applications for local and remote users.
- Managed the IT asset lifecycle in Snipe-IT, improving inventory accuracy.
- Wrote technical documentation, SOPs and end-user manuals.
Senior Software Engineer
- Developed embedded C software across product and client projects.
Associate Engineer
- Designed and built embedded C firmware to client requirements and product specifications.
Certifications
Education
Off the clock
When I'm not hardening systems or chasing audit findings, I'm behind a camera, at the cinema, or in a code editor building something just for fun. The same eye for detail that secures a network is the one that frames a photograph.