I'm

Yusof

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  • Name

    Mohammad Yusof Abu Bakar
  • Mail

    myusof05@yahoo.com
  • Phone

    +60 179207209
  • Address

    Malacca
  • Nationality

    Malaysia
About Me


Hey! ๐Ÿ‘‹


Iโ€™m Yusof, Senior Network & Security Engineer with over a decade of experience designing, securing, and optimizing complex, multi-vendor network environments. I specialize in building resilient and high-performance infrastructures that improve reliability, strengthen security posture, and support business-critical operations. I am passionate about solving real-world networking challenges, driving continuous performance improvements, and implementing secure, scalable network solutions.

Resume

Education & Professional Experience

Education

  • Bachelor Computer Science

    Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
    2009 - 2012
  • Diploma Computer Networking

    Kolej Professional Mara (KPMIM)
    2006 - 2009

Professional Experience

  • Associate Manager Infrastructure Services

    DXC Technology
    2021 - Present
  • Technical Specialist, Network Design

    AT&T Worldwide Network Services (Malaysia Sdn Bhd)
    2018 - 2021
  • IT Service Delivery Consultant III

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    2015 - 2018
  • Associated Network Engineer

    Dimension Data Sdn Bhd
    2013 - 2015
Core Expertise

Quality Without Compromise

  • Network Infrastructure

    Cisco IOS Router & Switch

    Cisco Nexus N9K/N7K/N5K/N2K

    H3C/Comware Router & Switch

    Aruba Router & Switch

    Juniper

    Extreme Network

    Huawei

    HP Procurved

    Arista

    Mikrotik

  • Performance Optimization

    F5 LTM/GTM/LC/APM/vCMP

    Bluecoat

    Riverbed Steelhead

  • Wireless

    Cisco

    Juniper

    HPE

    Cisco Meraki

    Ruijie

  • Security

    Fortigate

    Juniper

    Cisco ASA

    Cisco Meraki

    Checkpoint

  • Operating System

    Windows Server

    Linux

    Sun Solaris

  • Virtualization

    VMWare

    Proxmox

    ZVM

  • Version Control & Collaboration

    git

    github

    gitea

  • Scripting & Automation

    Bash / Shell scripting

    Linux Automation

    Cron Jobs

    CLI Tools

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Home Lab

Cheaper than downtime !

    • I run a production-grade homelab that replicates real enterprise environments for hands-on learning, testing, and service hosting:


    • ๐Ÿ–ง Network & Hardware Foundation

    • Core routing/switching: MikroTik RB5009
    • Secondary WAN: Arcadyan AW1000 (5G backup)
    • Access layer: HP managed switch, Ruijie Networks mesh AP
    • Compute nodes: ZimaBlade (ZimaOS), Acer laptop (Debian 13), PC (Ubuntu)
    • Surveillance: Imou NVR & CCTV


    • ๐ŸŒ Network Architecture & Access

    • Dual-WAN (Fiber + 5G) load balancing & failover
    • VLAN segmentation for users, admin, IoT, CCTV, and lab
    • Secure remote access via VPN and overlay networking
    • DNS filtering and ad-blocking with Pi-hole
    • Zero-exposure publishing using tunnels and reverse proxy


    • ๐Ÿงฐ Core Services & Self-Hosted Stack

    • DNS & filtering: Pi-hole
    • Reverse proxy & publishing: Nginx, Nginx Proxy Manager, Cloudflared
    • Web stack: LAMPP, MariaDB, phpMyAdmin
    • Monitoring: Uptime Kuma, Homepage
    • Password manager: Vaultwarden
    • Documentation & diagrams: Trilium Notes, Excalidraw
    • Media & files: Emby, FileBrowser, Samba, SFTP, NAS
    • Backup: Duplicati
    • Photos: Immich
    • Containers: Portainer, Dockhand


    • ๐Ÿงช Lab, Virtualization & Testing

    • Network emulation with PNETLab
    • ZimaBlade VM hosting (Windows 7, Home Assistant)
    • Linux servers (Debian 13, Ubuntu) for service hosting
    • Secure tunneling and proxy testing (VLESS, Cloudflare Tunnel)
    • IPTV (OTT) service testing environment


    • ๐Ÿ  Smart Home & IoT Integration

    • Home automation for switches, lights, fans, air-cond, and TV
    • Integrated with Home Assistant VM
    • Isolated IoT VLAN with controlled access to core network


    • ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ DevOps & Automation / Software Development Infrastructure

    • Built and maintained a self-hosted Gitea instance to provide centralized version control and secure code repository management


    • โœ… What This Homelab Demonstrates

    • Enterprise-style network design with segmentation and redundancy
    • Secure service publishing without public IP exposure
    • Multi-OS server administration (Linux, Windows, ZimaOS)
    • Containerized service management
    • Monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery practice
    • Real IoT, CCTV, media, and user traffic simulation
    • Continuous testing platform for network/security scenarios
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