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Hello, I’m Bilel Arfaoui.

IT graduate. Technical specialist.

Focused on network hardening and security monitoring, currently completing a Master’s in Cybersecurity and running a hands-on home lab.

Based in Nabeul, Tunisia

2023 →

Technical Specialist at epay

4

Professional roles

3

Certifications

4

Languages spoken

About me

IT support and cybersecurity

At epay, I work as a Technical Specialist. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in IT from ISET Nabeul and use my home lab to practice systems administration, networking and security monitoring.

I’m completing a Master’s in Cybersecurity at Leaders University in Nabeul and seeking an end-of-study project. My experience includes virtualized infrastructure, automated deployments and technical support for international environments.

Education

Master in Cybersecurity — Leaders University, Nabeul (in progress)

Bachelor in IT — ISET Nabeul (2020–2023)

Languages

Arabic (Native) · English (Fluent) · French (Proficient) · German (Basic)

Experience

Where I’ve worked.

Aug 2023 – Present

Remote

Technical Specialist — epay

  • Diagnose complex technical issues and provide rapid, specialized support for MEA regional clients.
  • Resolve software and operational inquiries in professional English with high efficiency.
  • Maintain systems stability and resolve client issues promptly to keep client operations running smoothly.

Mar 2023 – May 2023

Hybrid

Systems & Infrastructure Intern — Tunisair

  • Deployed a highly available virtualized pre-production environment for an Operational Center using VMware vSphere and Windows Server.
  • Automated custom Windows image captures and silent installs with PowerShell, MDT and WDS.
  • Hardened network infrastructure with pfSense, WSUS patching and Zabbix monitoring.

Jan 2022 – Feb 2022

Hybrid

DevOps & Monitoring Intern — Medis

  • Implemented an end-to-end Grafana monitoring solution with InfluxDB for server health and metric tracking.
  • Deployed Telegraf plugins, Loki log aggregation and Promtail shipping agents.

Aug 2021 – Sep 2021

Hybrid

Software Development Intern — Netinfo

  • Participated in building an intelligent chatbot using the Django web framework.
  • Integrated PyTorch, NumPy, NLTK and ChatterBot for automated natural-language responses.

Projects

Personal projects.

Academic projects

Academic & practical labs.

Oct – Dec 2022

Securing IT Infrastructure with pfSense

Full network infrastructure on GNS3 deploying Log, Web, DNS, File and VoIP servers protected by pfSense.

Mar – May 2022

Dockerized IT Services & Nagios Monitoring

Containerized FTP, a Hadoop cluster, MySQL and web services with Docker, supervised by Nagios.

Mar – Apr 2022

High Availability Load Balancer

Synchronized Apache server clusters with load balancing and Zabbix monitoring for highly available web services.

Skills

Technical toolkit.

Systems & Virtualization

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)Windows Server (WDS/WSUS/MDT)VMware vSphereOpenStackDocker

Security & Networking

pfSense FirewallWiresharkSnortSystem HardeningZabbix Monitoring

Observability & Tools

GrafanaInfluxDBTelegrafLokiPromtailGitGitHub ActionsNginxApache

Programming & Scripting

PythonBashPowerShellJavaScriptDjangoHTML/CSSPHPMySQLNoSQLC

Certifications

AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · Apr 2026

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Certified Cybersecurity Educator (CCEP)

Red Team Leaders · Mar 2026

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Encryption & Cryptography (CECB)

Red Team Leaders · Feb 2026

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