Lead Enterprise Network & Security Engineer

CNS Middle East; Dubai; On-site; AED 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

CNS Middle East is seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Engineer to design, deploy and hand over enterprise security and data-centre projects across the UAE. The role is hands-on, leading implementations end-to-end—Next-Gen Firewalls, Zero Trust, NAC, F5 application delivery and Cisco ACI—and serving as the technical escalation point for the team.

You will design, deploy, migrate, and operate security platforms, integrate with AD/LDAP, RADIUS/TACACS+, PKI, SIEM and SOAR, and drive

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise networking with 5+ years delivering security projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/IT or equivalent.
• Certifications in network security or data-center technologies (CCNP Security/Enterprise, PCNSE, NSE, F5).

Responsibilities

• Design and architect security and data-centre solutions for CNS customers in UAE.
• Lead end-to-end deployments: staging, configuration, integration, cut-over and post-go-live support.
• Act as L3 escalation for incidents; perform root-cause analysis and ensure SLA targets.

Skills

Next-Gen Firewall

Fortinet Security Fabric

Zero Trust / ZTNA / SASE

Network Access Control

Application delivery

Data-centre fabric

Layer 2/3

Zero-touch SD-WAN

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Telecom Engineering or IT

CCNP Security or CCNP Enterprise / Data Center; PCNSE; Fortinet NSE 7 / FCSS; F5 Certified Technology Specialist (301/302/303)

Tools

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

FortiEMS

FortiZTP

FortiSandbox

FortiADC

FortiMail

Cisco ISE

Aruba ClearPass

FortiNAC

Job description

CNS Middle East is seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Engineer to design, deploy and hand over enterprise security and data-centre projects across the UAE. The role is hands-on, leading implementations end-to-end—Next-Gen Firewalls, Zero Trust, NAC, F5 application delivery and Cisco ACI—and serving as the technical escalation point for the team.

You will design, deploy, migrate, and operate security platforms, integrate with AD/LDAP, RADIUS/TACACS+, PKI, SIEM and SOAR, and drive