Engineer Access, Transport Onboarding & Acceptance

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC is seeking a senior governance and risk lead for Service Operations in Dubai. You will oversee evaluation, onboarding, risk management, and process optimization across telecom networks, coordinating with security teams and vendors.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 10–15 years in telecommunications, ITIL, and ISO/TL9000 frameworks, with a focus on governance, cost control, and multi‑cultural collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in computer, electrical, network engineering or IT (any telecom equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of evaluation and onboarding activities of all new network according to the Yearly Plan.
• Participate in RFP process, design, development and lab testing for new network evaluation.
• Keep Network Operations up to date with regular progress reports.
• Involve in negotiations with key partners when needed.
• Define and maintain processes for evaluation/onboarding of new network to minimize outages and postboarding costs.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and governance adherence.
• Define service standards/SLA for the unit in line with objectives.
• Coordinate security risk assessments and risk management reviews for Service Operations.
• Domain Risk Advisor for Service Operations in coordination with security teams.
• Evaluate VA Scan reports and coordinate with planning to mitigate vulnerabilities in telecom/IT systems.
• Responsible for SW upgrade and patching compliance for network nodes and systems.
• Service Operations SPOC for internal control observations from audits.
• Support audits and projects to improve people, processes, and systems.

Skills

Lead transformation projects

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Teamwork

Negotiation

Vendor management

Governance/financial management

Multi-cultural environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer/electrical/network engineering or IT

Job description

• Job Identification 12641
• Job Category Infra
• Posting Date 09/03/2026, 01:08 PM
• Degree Level Bachelor's Degree
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Dubai International Academic City
• Business Unit edara

Job Description

Important: After reviewing the key responsibilities and deciding to apply, you will need to complete an AI-based chat interview. This is part of the application process. The interview is not timed, but please complete it within a reasonable period so your application can move forward.

Key Accountabilities

• Support planning and execution of evaluation and boarding activities of all new network, according to the Yearly Plan.
• Ensure proper evaluation of all new network by participating in RFP process, Design, Development and lab testing.
• Keep Network Operations up to date with regular progress reports.
• Proactively involves in negotiation with key partners when needed.
• Define, ensure effectiveness and efficiency, maintain and update all the processes related to the evaluation and boarding of all new network to minimize the risks of outages and post boarding costs overrun
• Ensure compliance and adherence to regulatory, statutory and in company governance requirements
• Define standards of service / SLA’s for the unit in line with business objectives
• Coordinate & support Security Risk Assessments and associated Risk Management review for entire Service Operations team.
• Domain Risk Advisor for Service Operations in coordination with security teams.
• Evaluating VA Scan reports and coordinating with planning team to mitigate the vulnerabilities related to telecom and IT systems
• Responsible for compliance of SW upgrade and patching process for all network nodes and systems.
• Service Operations SPOC for Internal Control Observations, raised by internal audit teams.
• Support administratively and functionally in ad-hoc and regular organizational audits and other projects to improve people, processes, and systems within the company

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor degree in computer, electrical, network Engineering or IT (any telecom equivalent)

Experience

• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in telecommunications / hi-tech industry
• ISO /TL9000 Framework
• ITIL Framework

Skills

• Proven ability to lead large transformation projects
• Ability to lead teams and groups
• Analytical thinking
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Team Work and Cooperation
• Strong negotiation and facilitation skills
• Proven track record of managing vendors
• Proven track record in governance and financial management
• Strong management skills in a multi-cultural and multi-national environment

About Us

Who we are: A young UAE based company focused on finding talented people, helping them and our clients to grow

What we do: Delivering great customer experiences is at the heart of what we do. We do this by creating meaningful connections between brands and their customers, by providing the right people who seamlessly integrate into our clients’ organizations to deliver great experiences.

About the Team

About Emirates integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC

The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC was founded in 2005. We are the UAE’s second licensed telecommunications operator. We operate under two brands: du (launched in 2007) and Virgin Mobile the region’s first digital service (started operations in September 2017). We are listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and trade under the DU ticker (Bloomberg DU UH, Refinitiv DU.DU). Our core shareholders are government-related entities (Emirates Investment Authority 50.12%, Emirates International Telecommunications 19.7%, Mamoura Diversified Global Holding PJSC 10.06%) and the remaining by public shareholders.

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