Abdulmuhsen Alayouni Enterprise Architect · Riverbed Riyadh, KSA
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Abdulmuhsen Alayouni

Enterprise Architect · Observability & Security Systems

I design observability and security systems for national-scale environments, and I build the tools that make them work. Seven years across government, finance, healthcare, and telecom.

locRiyadh, KSA atRiverbed Technology sinceJul 2025 → now langArabic · English
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Named "The Innovator. The Problem Solver." By the Riverbed PS team, for pushing customization and proprietary solutions beyond the platform's stock capabilities.

/ experience

The path.

  1. Enterprise Architect

    Jul 2025 → Present

    Riverbed Technology · Riyadh

    • Architect observability solutions for national-scale customers across KSA.
    • Lead custom ingestion, alerting, and topology design where the platform stops short.
    • Set technical direction for PS delivery patterns regionally.

  2. Senior Performance Consultant

    Jan 2025 → Sep 2025

    Riverbed Technology · Riyadh

    • Full-stack Riverbed rollouts: Saudi Post, MCIT, RCU, Tanmiah, MIM, RGA.
    • Built API metric ingestion pipelines to bring non-native data into Riverbed.
    • Established regional best practices: onboarding, polling, auto-grouping.

  3. Performance Consultant

    Feb 2023 → Jan 2025

    Riverbed Technology · Riyadh

    • Delivered NetIM, NetProfiler, AppResponse, Portal, APM, Packet Analyzer.
    • Designed dashboards, service maps, and alert workflows for hybrid infra.
    • Led stakeholder workshops and post-deployment optimization.

  4. Senior Security Operations Officer

    Nov 2021 → Feb 2023

    NUPCO · Riyadh

    • Hybrid SecOps across Palo Alto, Cortex XDR, Tenable, LinkShadow, ManageEngine.
    • Threat detection, segmentation, endpoint protection, vulnerability management.
    • Compliance reporting and remediation alongside SOC and stakeholders.

  5. Cybersecurity Engineer / Analyst

    Aug 2019 → Nov 2021

    SITE · Saudi Information Technology (PIF) · Riyadh

    • Lifecycle security reviews for: Royal Court, Ministry of Defense, Saudi Customs, MOH, MOJ, NCA, MIFON, GASTAT.
    • Architecture reviews, audits, risk-ranked remediation aligned to NCA / NIST.
    • Manual and automated assessments using Nessus, Nipper, Skybox, AlgoSec.

  6. Systems Engineer

    Aug 2018 → Aug 2019

    BARQ Systems · Riyadh

    • Palo Alto deployments across Azure, OpenStack, and hybrid environments.
    • AppDynamics APM rollouts. ClearPass NAC and Aruba wireless across enterprise.
    • Projects: Bank AlBilad, SEU, Mashroat, ACIG, TCC, SCFHS.

/ built

Tools I wrote because the platform stopped short.

Some of the work is under wraps. Details stay redacted. The shape is real.

/ integration

API to metrics engine

Pulls structured data from any JSON API and turns it into MIB / MTR artifacts an enterprise observability stack can ingest. Profile based, multiple auth methods, remote-storage shipping.

Python · PyQt · SNMP · SFTP
/ observability

Public-cloud monitor

Single Windows binary that polls a major public cloud's service catalog, runs its own dashboard, exposes a REST API, and speaks SNMP on a hand-written MIB so an on-prem stack can import it natively.

Python · FastAPI · SNMPv2c · Custom MIB
/ operations

Bulk command push platform

Web app to change thousands of network devices in one run. Per-device variables, multi-vendor SSH, pre-change backup with diff, rollback, RBAC, audit, scheduling.

Python · FastAPI · Docker · OpenAPI
/ observability

Distributed Windows monitor

Lightweight agents on every server feeding a central control plane. System metrics, services, processes, .NET / Java app instrumentation, alert routing.

Python · REST · Windows · .NET / Java
/ operations

Connectivity overlay

Tray-resident watchdog for WAN availability, ping, disconnect frequency, and rolling availability. Local JSON history, daily-rotation logs, Windows service install.

Python · Win32 · JSON

/ stack

Capability matrix.

Observability

  • Riverbed NetIM
  • NetProfiler
  • AppResponse
  • Portal
  • APM
  • Packet Analyzer
  • NPM / EUEM
  • NetFlow / SNMP
  • Custom MIB design
  • Auto-grouping

Cybersecurity

  • Palo Alto (PCNSE)
  • Cortex XDR
  • Tenable / Nessus
  • Skybox
  • AlgoSec
  • Nipper
  • ManageEngine
  • NCA / NIST
  • Vuln management
  • Segmentation

Engineering

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • PyQt
  • Async / parallel
  • SSH automation
  • JSON / DSLs
  • HTML / CSS / JS
  • Docker

Architecture

  • Multi-cloud
  • Azure · OpenStack
  • Hybrid design
  • Dependency mapping
  • PS methodology
  • Stakeholder mgmt
  • Executive reporting

/ delivered for

The institutions that move the country.

Royal CourtMinistry of DefenseSaudi Customs MCITNCAMOHMOJ GASTATMIFONSaudi Post RCU · AlUlaNUPCOTanmiah MIMRGABank AlBilad SEUMashroatACIG TCCSCFHS

/ credentials

Certifications & education.

  • PCNSE Palo Alto Certified Network Security Engineer
  • Associate Degree in Networking College of Telecom & Information · CCNA, CCNA Security, MCSA, CompTIA A+

/ reach

Let's build something.

Open to advisory, consulting, and full-time conversations. Replies are fastest during KSA business hours.

email Abdulmuhsen@alayouni.com phone +966 50 818 1202 whatsapp +966 50 818 1202 linkedin /in/abdulmuhsen-alayouni