Senior Enterprise Network & Security Architect

CNS Middle East; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

CNS Middle East seeks an experienced Network Security Engineer to design, deploy and hand over complex security and data-centre projects across the UAE. You will lead implementations end-to-end—Next-Gen Firewalls, Zero Trust, NAC, F5 application delivery and Cisco ACI—and act as the technical escalation point for the team.

Role requires 10+ years in enterprise networking with 5+ years delivering security projects. UAE/GCC experience and multiple vendor certifications are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Telecom Engineering or IT (or equivalent experience).
• CCNP Security or CCNP Enterprise / Data Center; PCNSE; Fortinet NSE 7 / FCSS; F5 Certified Technology Specialist (301/302/303).
• Minimum 10 years in enterprise networking, including 5+ years delivering network security projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and architecture: gather customer requirements and produce HLD/LLD for security and data-centre solutions.
• Deployment and migration: lead end-to-end deployments and firewall/load-balancer migrations with minimal downtime.
• Operations and support: L3 escalation for incidents; meet SLA targets and manage maintenance windows.

Skills

Next-Gen Firewall

ZTNA / SASE

NAC / ISE

F5 BIG-IP

Cisco ACI

Routing Protocols

SD-WAN

Fortinet Security Fabric

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

CCNP Security

CCNP Enterprise / Data Center

PCNSE

Fortinet NSE 7

F5 Certified Technology Specialist

Tools

Palo Alto

FortiGate

Cisco FTD/FMC

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

FortiEMS

FortiZTP

FortiSandbox

FortiADC

FortiMail

F5 BIG-IP

Cisco ACI

Nexus 9000

ISE

Aci

Job description

CNS Middle East seeks an experienced Network Security Engineer to design, deploy and hand over complex security and data-centre projects across the UAE. You will lead implementations end-to-end—Next-Gen Firewalls, Zero Trust, NAC, F5 application delivery and Cisco ACI—and act as the technical escalation point for the team.

Role requires 10+ years in enterprise networking with 5+ years delivering security projects. UAE/GCC experience and multiple vendor certifications are highly valued.