Dubai Network Administrator: Fortinet & MikroTik Expert

SFORS; Dubai; On-site; AED 167,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate housing

Health insurance

Counseling program

Sports reimbursement

Education reimbursements

Educational initiatives

Job summary

SFORS in Dubai is seeking a Network Administrator to support day-to-day network operations, monitoring, and infrastructure development. The role focuses on configuring MikroTik RouterOS and Fortinet FortiOS, maintaining firewall rules, and ensuring uptime.

You will work with monitoring tools like Zabbix, Grafana, and ELK, participate in budgeting for equipment, oversee cabling, and coordinate with teams on automation using Ansible.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience administering MikroTik RouterOS and Fortinet FortiOS in production.
• Strong understanding of L2/L3 networking: VLANs, LACP, VRRP, NAT.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring (Zabbix, Grafana, ELK) and AAA protocols (RADIUS, LDAP).
• Familiarity with physical infrastructure (rack mounting, patch panels) and supervising cabling.
• Ability to handle Service Desk requests and IPAM.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot network infrastructure (MikroTik RouterOS, Fortinet FortiOS).
• Manage firewall rules, NAT, VLANs, security zones.
• Support HA mechanisms and monitor link redundancy.
• Perform regular network surveys, health checks, audits.
• Maintain monitoring/alerting systems (Zabbix, Grafana, ELK).
• Handle RADIUS/LDAP authentication and access control.
• Write basic operational scripts and Ansible playbooks.
• Oversee cabling, rack mounting, and supervision of subcontractors.
• Maintain hardware inventory and assist budget planning.

Skills

MikroTik RouterOS

Fortinet FortiOS

L2/L3 networking

VLANs

VRRP

NAT

Firewalling

Zabbix

Grafana

ELK

RADIUS

LDAP

Ansible

CLI scripting

Rack mounting & cabling

Tools

Ansible

RouterOS CLI

FortiOS CLI

SCS

Patch panels

Job description

SFORS in Dubai is seeking a Network Administrator to support day-to-day network operations, monitoring, and infrastructure development. The role focuses on configuring MikroTik RouterOS and Fortinet FortiOS, maintaining firewall rules, and ensuring uptime.

You will work with monitoring tools like Zabbix, Grafana, and ELK, participate in budgeting for equipment, oversee cabling, and coordinate with teams on automation using Ansible.