Azure Network & Security Architect - Lead Hybrid Cloud

Talents Sphere; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Talents Sphere is seeking a Technical Lead to design and implement network and security infrastructures across Data Center On-Premises, Campus, and Public Cloud environments with a strong Azure focus.

You will lead technical workshops, plan projects, manage vendor engagements, and supervise deployment configurations while maintaining robust network security. The role requires hands-on experience with Azure Landing-Zone, ExpressRoute, and security tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related Engineering field.
• Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500) certification (Preferred) with additional certifications such as AZ-700 (Must).
• Azure solution Architect certified (AZ-305) (preferred).
• Cisco CCIE/CCNP/CCNA family certifications preferred for networking and security.
• Palo Alto PCNSE or Fortinet NSE certification (Must).
• Experience with NSX and ACI, VPN, ExpressRoute, and hybrid cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of Data Center networking and security infrastructures.
• Architect and migrate on-premise to Azure public cloud, focusing on Landing-Zone and security components.
• Design Core and Perimeter firewalls across Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Juniper platforms.
• Plan and deliver Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity for Azure-based systems.
• Develop high-level and low-level designs, network diagrams, and runbooks.

Skills

Network security

Protocols

Tcp/IP

Routers

Windows

Access Control

Information Security

Infrastructure

Linux

IOS

Servers

Troubleshoot

Intrusion Detection

Siem

Education

Azure Security Engineer AZ-500

AZ-700 (Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions)

AZ-305 (Azure Solution Architect)

CCIE (Routing and Switching/Security/Data Center)

CCNP (Routing and Switching/Security/Data Centre/ Collaboration)

PCNSE (Palo Alto) or Fortinet NSE Certification

VMware VCIX-NV

F5 LTM/GTM certificate

ITIL foundation

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Azure CLI

ARM templates

NSX

ACI

Juniper

Cisco

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Job description

Talents Sphere is seeking a Technical Lead to design and implement network and security infrastructures across Data Center On-Premises, Campus, and Public Cloud environments with a strong Azure focus.

You will lead technical workshops, plan projects, manage vendor engagements, and supervise deployment configurations while maintaining robust network security. The role requires hands-on experience with Azure Landing-Zone, ExpressRoute, and security tooling.