Network Engineer

Blackstone eIT; Ajman; On-site; AED 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackstone eIT is seeking an experienced Enterprise Network Engineer to design, deploy, and manage LAN/WAN, routing, switching, wireless, VPN, and firewall security. You will monitor health, respond to incidents, and coordinate changes with providers and TDRA.

The role requires strong documentation and incident-troubleshooting skills across multi-site environments. Ideal candidates bring 4+ years of network engineering experience and certifications (CCNP preferred; CCIE advantageous).

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of routing, switching, TCP/IP, wireless, VPN, firewalls and network monitoring.
• CCNP or equivalent professional-level certification preferred; CCIE is an advantage.
• Relevant Fortinet, Palo Alto or equivalent security-platform experience preferred.
• Strong incident troubleshooting and technical documentation capability.

Responsibilities

• Administer LAN, WAN, routing, switching, wireless, VPN and network-security components within the approved scope.
• Monitor network health, capacity and availability and respond to alerts, incidents and performance degradation.
• Troubleshoot connectivity across offices, data centres, hosted environments and approved external services.
• Coordinate approved changes with the entity, telecom providers, TDRA and other relevant parties.
• Maintain network diagrams, IP plans, configuration baselines, inventories, backups and operational runbooks.
• Support firewall-rule, segmentation and secure-connectivity activities in coordination with cybersecurity.
• Contribute to resilience, capacity, failover and disaster-recovery testing.
• Participate in agreed on-call coverage for critical network incidents.

Skills

Routing & Switching

TCP/IP

Wireless

VPN

Firewalls

Network Monitoring

Incident Troubleshooting

Technical Documentation

Education

CCNP or equivalent professional-level certification

CCIE (advantage)

Tools

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Job description

Role Purpose

Operate and support the entity's network and connectivity services, including local and wide-area networks, routing, switching, wireless, firewalls and secure connectivity. The role provides onsite coordination for physical dependencies, service providers and critical network incidents.

Key Responsibilities

Administer LAN, WAN, routing, switching, wireless, VPN and network-security components within the approved scope.

Monitor network health, capacity and availability and respond to alerts, incidents and performance degradation.

Troubleshoot connectivity across offices, data centres, hosted environments and approved external services.

Coordinate approved changes with the entity, telecom providers, TDRA and other relevant parties.

Maintain network diagrams, IP plans, configuration baselines, inventories, backups and operational runbooks.

Support firewall-rule, segmentation and secure-connectivity activities in coordination with cybersecurity.

Contribute to resilience, capacity, failover and disaster-recovery testing.

Participate in agreed on-call coverage for critical network incidents.

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of routing, switching, TCP/IP, wireless, VPN, firewalls and network monitoring.
• CCNP or equivalent professional-level certification preferred; CCIE is an advantage.
• Relevant Fortinet, Palo Alto or equivalent security-platform experience preferred.
• Strong incident troubleshooting and technical documentation capability.

Preferred Profile

• Previous experience supporting UAE government or multi-site environments.
• Working knowledge of TDRA connectivity, hosting and approval processes.
• Experience coordinating with telecom providers and federal/shared infrastructure services.

Expected Contribution

• Connectivity incidents are restored and escalated within the confirmed service targets.
• Configurations, diagrams and network inventories remain current and recoverable.
• Changes are implemented with approved plans, validation and rollback controls.
• Capacity and resilience risks are identified before they affect service.