IT ENGINEER
Leonel
AWOUMA
I place the needs of my clients and users at the heart of my professional approach, ensuring that they are aware of and trained in best practices in order to optimize costs and security performance.
About Me
Responsive and always mindful of the priority of the tasks ahead, I guarantee my employer and its customers fast and accurate assistance to minimize downtime and its impact on productivity.
Technical Skills
- TCP/IP
- ACL
- OSPF
- NAT
- Firewall
- IDS/IPS
- VPN
- VLAN
- VXLAN
- LAN
- WAN
- DC
- DHCP
- FTP
- SFTP
- SSH
- Kerberos
- LDAP
- HSRP
- HTTPS
- Switch & Router Cisco
- Wireshark
- Nmap
- Metasploit
- Gobuster
- John The Ripper
- Medusa
- Threat Agent
- Zabbix
- Wazuh
- Grafana
- Nagios
- GLPI
- n8n
- Bash scripts
- PowerShell
- NetMiko
- Python
- JavaScript
- Docker
- VirtualBox
- VMware
- Kubernetes
- Proxmox
- Linux (Debian, Kali, Ubuntu, Fedora)
- Windows
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27005
Certifications
Implementing CI/CD with Jenkins: Creating Pipeline as Code (Coursera)
CCNP Enterprise: Core Networking (Cisco) Certificate of Completion
HCIA-Datacom V1.0 (Huawei)
Cybersecurity Analyst (Cisco)
Network Technician (Cisco)
Endpoint Security (Cisco)
Network Defense (Cisco)
Artificial Intelligence (SNK Foundation)
Introduction to IOT (Cisco)
Ethical Hacking (Cisco)
Kubernetes Fundamentals (Datascientist)
Introduction to Cybersecurity (Cisco)
Scrums Fundamentals Certified (SCRUMStudy)
Fundamentals of Humanitarian Action (Disaster Ready)
Work Experience
Intern - IT Support at Groupe ICCNET
Nov 2025 – Apr 2026
Participated in the deployment of an Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) mail server. Provided N1/N2 technical support to on-site and remote employees via AnyDesk. Managed incidents via Odoo, administered user accounts (Microsoft 365, Teams), and maintained workstations.
Intern at CNPS Cameroon
Jul–Sep 2025
Improved network monitoring administrator experience through artificial intelligence, involving the design of a WhatsApp chatbot to facilitate access to performance analyses from Zabbix. Tasks included server supervision, data analysis, multi-channel alerting, and machine learning integration.
Intern at AFEC Cameroon
Jul–Sep 2024
Installed and configured network equipment, diagnosed connectivity issues, and implemented AAA (Freeradius) and 802.1X-based access control to verify user identity, apply rules, and ensure access logging.
Brand Ambassador at CELESTE
May–Oct 2022
Responsible for online customer engagement, managing multi-channel orders (phone, WhatsApp, Facebook), and digital marketing to increase sales. I also managed social media, built customer loyalty, and developed strategic partnerships to achieve business goals.
Brand Ambassador at BUZIGO
Dec 2021–Mar 2022
Managed the entire sales cycle, from digital and field prospecting to commercial negotiation and collections. I developed and deployed marketing strategies to boost orders, supervised business trackers, and contributed to improving logistics and sales processes.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science – Systems & Networks
African Institute of Computer Science (AICS), 2022–2025
Scientific Baccalaureate – Series D
Les CITOYENS Bilingual Complex, 2018-2019
- Participation in the SNK AI Challenge 2025 training seminar - Train 100 young people (20 per region)
- Training Manager at Network Club (2024–2025) - IAI Cameroon
- Training seminar on Artificial Intelligence (June 2024) - Ambassade d'Espagne au Cameroun, in partnership with the Spanish Embassy in Cameroon