Senior Kubernetes Network & Security Architect

SYNKCODE FZCO; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

SYNKCODE FZCO in Dubai seeks a Senior Network, Security & Platform Architect/Engineer to design and manage robust Kubernetes networking, ensure high availability, and minimize latency across enterprise platforms.

You will implement granular security policies (CNI, Network Policies, Istio/Linkerd), manage Ingress, Vault-based secrets, and integrated firewalls and WAFs, while guiding DMZs, VLANs, and virtualized RHEL/KVM environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in network engineering and cybersecurity, with at least 2 years focused on Kubernetes.
• Proven expertise in Kubernetes networking concepts (CNI, Services, Ingress, Network Policies).
• Hands-on experience with security tools and practices like firewalls, IDS/IPS, WAFs, and vulnerability scanning.

Responsibilities

• Design high-level and low-level network designs for segmented enterprise platforms.
• Define VLANs, subnets, gateways, route tables, firewall boundaries, NAT, DNS, and IP-address allocations.
• Apply default-deny segmentation and permit only approved source, destination, protocol, and port combinations.
• Prepare architecture diagrams, traffic flows, communication matrices, allocation registers, and implementation records.
• Design and administer RHEL-based KVM environments with virtualization networking, including Open vSwitch and VLAN-backed interfaces.
• Design separate Kubernetes worker groups and enforce workload placement with default-deny NetworkPolicies and controlled service exposure.
• Configure APISIX gateways for inbound, internal, and outbound traffic; implement mTLS, rate limits, and routing policies.
• Integrate gateways and proxies with firewalls, Kubernetes services, DNS, NAT, and centralized logging.

Skills

Kubernetes networking

Kubernetes security

Network architecture

Istio/Linkerd

Calico CNI

Firewall/IDS/IPS

WAFs

HashiCorp Vault

Open vSwitch

Education

BSc/MSc in CS/IT

Tools

Ingress controllers

Service meshes

Job description

SYNKCODE FZCO in Dubai seeks a Senior Network, Security & Platform Architect/Engineer to design and manage robust Kubernetes networking, ensure high availability, and minimize latency across enterprise platforms.

You will implement granular security policies (CNI, Network Policies, Istio/Linkerd), manage Ingress, Vault-based secrets, and integrated firewalls and WAFs, while guiding DMZs, VLANs, and virtualized RHEL/KVM environments.