Network & Security Ops Lead (Remote) - Emirati Nationals

Talents Of Endearment Careers; Dubai; On-site; AED 145,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Talents Of Endearment Careers in Dubai is seeking a senior Network & Security Operations lead responsible for end-to-end engineering operations and governance of enterprise network and security infrastructure supporting Smart City platforms.

You will drive high-availability, reliability, and compliance across LAN/WAN, data center, cloud, and security domains, acting as a senior technical authority within Managed Services Operations, and coordinating with OEMs, vendors, and internal teams.

Qualifications

• 9 years in telecom/IT infrastructure with strong cloud and security background.
• CCNP multivendor certifications (Fortinet Palo Alto Cisco Security ACI NSX).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems.
• Proven experience in managed cloud services and mission-critical environments.
• Strong communication reporting conflict resolution and stakeholder management.
• Ability to operate in 24x7x365 environments under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation and lifecycle management of LAN/WAN, security, and cloud networking.
• Serve as L3 escalation point, perform RCA, drive incident resolution, ensure continuity.
• Govern architecture changes, capacity planning, and regulatory compliance.
• Act as SPOC for OEMs/partners, align with internal teams and senior leadership.
• Develop SOPs, DR/BCP documentation and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Cloud security

Stakeholder management

24x7 operations

Strong communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science / Information Systems

CCNP multi-vendor certifications

Tools

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer

Palo Alto

Cisco Firepower ASA

Cisco ISE

NSX / ACI

Citrix NetScaler

F5

KEMP

VMware AVI

Job description

Talents Of Endearment Careers in Dubai is seeking a senior Network & Security Operations lead responsible for end-to-end engineering operations and governance of enterprise network and security infrastructure supporting Smart City platforms.

You will drive high-availability, reliability, and compliance across LAN/WAN, data center, cloud, and security domains, acting as a senior technical authority within Managed Services Operations, and coordinating with OEMs, vendors, and internal teams.