Sohel Qureshi

Head SOC Engineering at Airtel Africa

Sohel Qureshi has a diverse work experience in various companies and roles. Sohel started their career at Airbus Defence and Space as a Lead Engineer TAC3 from 2010 to 2016. Sohel then joined Dubai Electricity & Water Authority as a Network Security Engineer from 2016 to 2017. Afterwards, they worked at IBM where they held the positions of Security Operations Center Manager from 2017 to 2018 and Project Delivery Manager from 2018 to 2019. Following their time at IBM, they joined HDFC Bank as Associate Vice President- Risk Management from 2019 to 2021. Sohel is currently working at Airtel Africa as the Head SOC Engineering since 2021.

Sohel Qureshi attended the University of Bombay, but no specific degree or field of study is provided. In terms of certifications, they obtained the "Certified Information Security Manager" from ISACA in 2020, the "Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt" from EY in 2016, and the "Palo Alto Certified Network Security Engineer 6.0" from Palo Alto Networks in 2015. Sohel also holds certifications from Cisco, including "Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert CCIE R&S", "Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNA", and "Cisco Certified Network Professional CCNP". Additionally, they have certifications from VCE and VMware.

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  • Head SOC Engineering

    April, 2021 - present

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