Lead Network & Security Engineer – Zero Trust & Data Center

Ghobash Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 391,000 - 725,000; Full time

Job summary

CNS is a technology leader delivering end-to-end security and data-centre solutions across the UAE. You will lead design, deployment and post-go-live support for Next-Gen Firewalls, Zero Trust, NAC, F5, and Cisco ACI projects for CNS customers.

The role combines hands-on implementation with technical escalation and customer collaboration. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in enterprise networking, 5+ years delivering security projects in the UAE/GCC, and multiple security certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in CS/EE/IT with relevant security domain focus.
• Professional security certifications listed in education section are required.
• CCIE/ISE/ACI specialties are highly valued and beneficial.
• Hands-on, multi-vendor firewall and F5 migration experience is expected.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents for security and data-centre projects.
• Lead end-to-end deployments: staging, config, integration, cut-over, post-go-live support.
• Plan firewall/load balancer migrations with policy clean-up and rollback planning.
• Integrate security platforms with AD/LDAP, RADIUS/TACACS+, PKI, SIEM, SOAR.
• Write and execute UAT plans and deliver as-built documentation.
• Act as L3 escalation for network and security incidents and lead RCA.
• Assist pre-sales with solution sizing, BoQ review and RFP responses.

Skills

Fortinet Security Fabric

Zero Trust / ZTNA / SASE

Network Access Control

Application delivery

Data-centre fabric

Layer 2 / Layer 3

Security operations

Automation

Clear written English

UAE driving licence

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 CST

CCIE Security / Data Center / Enterprise

Cisco ISE or ACI specialist certification

Tools

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

F5 BIG-IP

Cisco ACI APIC

Nexus 9000

Splunk

QRadar

Python

Ansible

REST APIs

Job description

CNS is a technology leader delivering end-to-end security and data-centre solutions across the UAE. You will lead design, deployment and post-go-live support for Next-Gen Firewalls, Zero Trust, NAC, F5, and Cisco ACI projects for CNS customers.

The role combines hands-on implementation with technical escalation and customer collaboration. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in enterprise networking, 5+ years delivering security projects in the UAE/GCC, and multiple security certifications.