Network Engineer - Core Banking Infrastructure
DiceTek UAE
Get a reply from this employer
Your resume and cover letter, tailored to exactly what they’re hiring for.
Job summary
DiceTek UAE is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise networking for core banking and financial services in Abu Dhabi. The role emphasizes data centre networking, WAN/LAN connectivity, hybrid-cloud integration, and secure, resilient infrastructure.
The candidate will work with Cisco networking, enterprise firewalls, load balancers and Azure connectivity, with a focus on Zero Trust, network segmentation and disaster recovery readiness in regulated
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electronics or a related discipline.
- 6-10 years of professional experience in network engineering.
- At least 4 years of network engineering experience within banking or financial services.
- Experience supporting a core banking implementation or a major data centre or cloud transformation.
- Practical experience implementing connectivity for payment schemes and payment networks.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise network architecture, routing, switching, network security and hybrid-cloud connectivity.
- Hands-on experience with networking technologies used in complex financial services infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Network Design and Implementation: design and implement data centre, WAN, LAN and hybrid-cloud network connectivity supporting enterprise banking applications and infrastructure.
- Establish secure connectivity between on-premise environments and Microsoft Azure using ExpressRoute and site-to-site VPN technologies.
- Configure and maintain routing, switching, enterprise firewalls, load balancers and network segmentation for core banking, integration and digital channel workloads.
- Design network configurations that support reliable communication between banking systems, application platforms and connected infrastructure.
- Implement routing and network connectivity solutions using technologies such as BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs and SD-WAN.
- Network Security and Segmentation: Implement Zero Trust network security principles and micro-segmentation across enterprise banking environments.
- Configure network segmentation and secure communication paths for APIs, Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters, and Apache Kafka workloads.
- Apply firewall policies, NAT and secure connectivity configurations to support banking application requirements.
- Work with enterprise firewall technologies, including Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet solutions.
- Support secure integration between banking infrastructure, cloud services and external network connections.
- Hybrid Cloud and Disaster Recovery: design and implement Azure networking components, including virtual networks, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall and private endpoints.
- Support hybrid-cloud connectivity between on-premise data centres and Microsoft Azure environments.
- Design network connectivity for disaster recovery sites, considering the availability and resilience requirements of critical banking systems.
- Participate in disaster recovery failover testing and network connectivity validation.
- Support network infrastructure requirements associated with core banking implementations and major data centre or cloud transformation initiatives.
- Network Automation and Monitoring: Apply Python, Ansible and Terraform to automate network configuration and infrastructure management activities.
- Use network monitoring and observability tools to assess connectivity, performance and operational health.
- Work with SolarWinds, ThousandEyes or equivalent monitoring platforms.
- Investigate network connectivity and performance issues affecting banking applications and integrated platforms.
- Support reliable network operations across data centre, cloud and enterprise connectivity environments.
Skills
Education
Tools
Job description
Role: Network Engineer - Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Industry: I T and Services - Function: Network Administration - Experience: 6-10 years, including at least 4 years in banking or financial services - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site
Position Overview
Dicetek LLC is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to design, implement and support enterprise network infrastructure for core banking and financial services technology environments in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The position focuses on data centre networking, WAN and LAN connectivity, hybrid-cloud integration, network security and resilient communications infrastructure. The Network Engineer will work with technologies supporting core banking platforms, integration services, payment networks and digital banking channels, with particular emphasis on secure connectivity, network segmentation and disaster recovery readiness. Candidates should have strong practical experience with Cisco networking, enterprise firewalls, load balancers and Microsoft Azure connectivity, along with a solid understanding of network operations within regulated financial services environments.
Job Details
- Country: United Arab Emirates
- City: Abu Dhabi
- Industry: I T and Services
- Function: Network Administration
- Salary: Not disclosed
- Gender: No Preference
- Candidate Nationality: Not specified
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement: On-site
- Network Design and Implementation
- Design and implement data centre, WAN, LAN and hybrid-cloud network connectivity supporting enterprise banking applications and infrastructure.
- Establish secure connectivity between on‑premise environments and Microsoft Azure using ExpressRoute and site‑to‑site VPN technologies.
- Configure and maintain routing, switching, enterprise firewalls, load balancers and network segmentation for core banking, integration and digital channel workloads.
- Design network configurations that support reliable communication between banking systems, application platforms and connected infrastructure.
- Implement routing and network connectivity solutions using technologies such as BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs and SD‑WAN.
- Network Security and Segmentation
- Implement Zero Trust network security principles and micro‑segmentation across enterprise banking environments.
- Configure network segmentation and secure communication paths for APIs, Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters, and Apache Kafka workloads.
- Apply firewall policies, network address translation and secure connectivity configurations to support banking application requirements.
- Work with enterprise firewall technologies, including Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet solutions.
- Support secure integration between banking infrastructure, cloud services and external network connections.
- Hybrid Cloud and Disaster Recovery
- Design and implement Azure networking components, including virtual networks, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall and private endpoints.
- Support hybrid-cloud connectivity between on‑premise data centres and Microsoft Azure environments.
- Design network connectivity for disaster recovery sites, considering the availability and resilience requirements of critical banking systems.
- Participate in disaster recovery failover testing and network connectivity validation.
- Support network infrastructure requirements associated with core banking implementations and major data centre or cloud transformation initiatives.
- Network Automation and Monitoring
- Apply Python, Ansible and Terraform to automate network configuration and infrastructure management activities.
- Use network monitoring and observability tools to assess connectivity, performance and operational health.
- Work with SolarWinds, ThousandEyes or equivalent monitoring platforms.
- Investigate network connectivity and performance issues affecting banking applications and integrated platforms.
- Support reliable network operations across data centre, cloud and enterprise connectivity environments.
- Bachelor 's degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electronics or a related discipline.
- 6-10 years of professional experience in network engineering.
- At least 4 years of network engineering experience within banking or financial services.
- Experience supporting a core banking implementation or a major data centre or cloud transformation.
- Practical experience implementing connectivity for payment schemes and payment networks.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise network architecture, routing, switching, network security and hybrid-cloud connectivity.
- Hands‑on experience with networking technologies used in complex financial services infrastructure.
- Cisco routing and switching technologies.
- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
- Virtual LANs (VLANs) and Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF).
- IPsec, DNS and Network Address Translation (NAT).
- Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN).
- Palo Alto Networks or Fortinet firewalls.
- F5 or Citrix load balancing technologies.
- Zero Trust networking and micro-segmentation.
- Secure connectivity for enterprise applications and banking platforms.
- Azure Virtual Networks (VNets).
- Azure ExpressRoute.
- Azure Firewall.
- Azure private endpoints.
- Site-to-site VPN connectivity.
- Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift networking.
- Container Network Interface (CNI).
- Ingress controllers.
- Service mesh technologies.
- Python scripting.
- Ansible.
- Terraform.
- SolarWinds, ThousandEyes or equivalent network monitoring tools.
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP Enterprise).
- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE).
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE).
- Fortinet NSE 7.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate.
- F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator.
The successful candidate will combine extensive network engineering expertise with practical knowledge of banking infrastructure, secure connectivity and enterprise network transformation. The role requires the ability to design and implement network solutions across traditional data centres and cloud platforms while addressing the security, performance and availability requirements of core banking and payment systems. Experience with complex network integrations, container networking, disaster recovery connectivity and infrastructure automation will be important for supporting the operational reliability of critical financial services platforms.
'/%3e%3cpath%20d='M101.744%2012.4726L102.894%2016.1947L99.0021%2013.2201L101.744%2012.4726ZM105.3%208.40937H100.488L99.0026%203.59473L97.5116%208.41047L92.7%208.40385L96.5965%2011.3834L95.1055%2016.1942L99.0021%2013.2196L101.408%2011.3834L105.3%208.40992V8.40937Z'%20fill='white'/%3e%3cdefs%3e%3clinearGradient%20id='paint0_linear_5593_1381'%20x1='90'%20y1='9.44471'%20x2='99'%20y2='9.44471'%20gradientUnits='userSpaceOnUse'%3e%3cstop%20stop-color='%2300AD70'/%3e%3cstop%20offset='0.998594'%20stop-color='%2300B67A'/%3e%3cstop%20offset='1'%20stop-color='%23DCDCE6'/%3e%3c/linearGradient%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e){kind=small}
