Senior Engineer, IT Security Operations – Firewall

Dicetek LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading IT service provider in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Engineer in IT Security Operations. The role involves analyzing and improving security processes, troubleshooting complex issues, and driving team strategies to enhance operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in security technologies, troubleshooting skills, and the ability to bridge communication gaps between technical and non-technical audiences. This position offers a contract with an emphasis on innovation and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Detailed understanding of Security Technologies & Products.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting software or infrastructure issues.
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze solutions and offer ways to simplify processes.
• Improve team operation practices by incorporating best practices.
• Identify and fix security vulnerabilities.

Skills

Security Technologies & Products

Troubleshooting skills

Analytical skills

Scripting knowledge

Network and security product installation

Job description

Senior Engineer, IT Security Operations – Firewall

Responsibilities

• Detailed understanding of Security Technologies & Products
• Deep expertise in 1 or 2 technology stacks and ability to quickly learn new technologies
• Ability to coach and guide the team of Engineers or other Service Management Staff
• Ability to identify requirements and create a solution architecture that meets identified requirements
• Ability to analyze the solution or processes (including, but not limited to Service Management) and offer ways to simplify it.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting software or infrastructure issues, troubleshooting using tools or debugging a large codebase.
• Improves team operation practices by incorporating best practices
• Successfully launches new features or re-architects old features. Begins to balance technology with business value
• Extensive service Management, scripting, packaging tools, or programming knowledge in various software languages
• Experience / Proficiency in object-oriented design and analysis.
• Identifies and evaluates new technologies for implementation.
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills with an ability to visualize processes and outcomes.
• Experience in system performance monitoring and tuning.
• Continually improves system monitoring and alerting.
• Identifies and fixes the security vulnerabilities.
• Integrates software or existing solutions with existing systems.
• Ability to develop test plans and quality assurance procedures.
• Recommends changes in policies and procedures.
• Strong hands-on experience in installation configuration and troubleshooting of network and security products in a multivendor environment.
• Experience in performing analysis and diagnosis of complex network and security problems in large data centers
• Experience in problem solving on IP core network / security including routing convergence issues
• Strong analytical approach to diagnose and resolve any issue, and to synthesize complexities into clear communication and action plans
• Plan and execute complex network & security upgrade and migration / integration activities.
• Plan and execute the Datacentre Implementation Activities w.r.t Security Technologies and Solutions.
• Act as a technical focal point for complex network and security problem resolution.
• Produce architectural Security designs for large scale networks.
• Work directly with senior management and business unit heads when required.
• Require excellent communication skills with a firm hand on documentation and presentation.
• Associate business context to technical issues and bridge the comprehension gap between technical audience and non-technical audience.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates