Senior Enterprise Networking & Security Lead (Hybrid)

Dimension Data Solutions Limited (Kenya); Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 320,000 - 760,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA in Abu Dhabi is seeking an experienced Networking Technical Services Specialist to design, implement and support enterprise networking and security solutions across client environments.

You will combine hands-on delivery with customer engagement, lead complex projects, perform troubleshooting and contribute to architecture and security governance while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating vendor escalations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications or a related field.
• Mandatory: Relevant vendor certification in networking or security.
• Preferred: Certifications such as CCNP or CCIE; PCNSA or PCNSE; Fortinet FCP, FCSS or FCX; Aruba professional-level certifications; or F5 BIG-IP certifications. Relevant PAM, cloud, security or ITIL certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and support LAN, WAN, wireless, SD-WAN, data centre, cloud connectivity and security solutions.
• Lead customer implementations, migrations, upgrades and optimisation projects, minimising business disruption.
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Aruba and F5 technologies; support PAM solutions where required.
• Conduct infrastructure assessments, health checks and gap analyses, and recommend practical improvements.
• Investigate critical incidents, perform root cause analysis and coordinate vendor escalations.
• Contribute to high-level and low-level designs, migration and rollback plans, implementation procedures and operational documentation.
• Support high-availability and disaster recovery requirements while meeting customer security and governance standards.
• Deliver technical workshops and knowledge transfer, mentor junior engineers and act as an escalation point for assigned technologies.

Skills

Cisco enterprise networking

Palo Alto NGFW

Fortinet security solutions

Aruba networking

F5 BIG-IP

Network security

VPNs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Telecommunications or related field

Vendor networking or security certification

Tools

PAM platforms (CyberArk/BeyondTrust/Delinea)

BGP/OSPF/VXLAN/MPLS protocols

Job description

NTT DATA in Abu Dhabi is seeking an experienced Networking Technical Services Specialist to design, implement and support enterprise networking and security solutions across client environments.

You will combine hands-on delivery with customer engagement, lead complex projects, perform troubleshooting and contribute to architecture and security governance while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating vendor escalations.