About the author

Karim Okasha is a network consultant with over 15 years of experience in the ICT industry. He is specialized in the design and operation of large telecom and service provider networks and has lots of experience in network automation. Karim has a bachelor's degree in telecommunications and holds several expert-level certifications, such as CCIE, JNCIE, and RHCE. He is currently working in Red Hat as a network automation consultant, helping large telecom and service providers to design and implement innovative network automation solutions. Prior to joining Red Hat, he worked for Saudi Telecom Company as well as Cisco and Orange S.A.

I would like to thank my wife and kids for providing me with the freedom and understanding needed to focus on this dream; without their support, this book
wouldn't be possible.

I would like to thank the Packt Publishing team and my technical reviewers,
for making my dream of writing this book a reality.

Finally, I would like to thank my mentor and best friend, Mohammed Mahmoud,
for all his support and encouragement during all these years.