Senior Network and Security Engineer

CNS Middle East; Dubai; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

CNS Middle East in the UAE is seeking an experienced network security engineer to design, deploy and hand over complex enterprise security and data-centre projects.

You will lead end-to-end implementations including Next-Gen Firewalls, Zero Trust NAC, F5 and Cisco ACI, mentor the team, and serve as the technical escalation point for customers.

The role requires 10+ years in enterprise networking, 5+ years delivering security projects, and relevant certifications; UAE/GCC experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in CS/Engineering or IT.
• Minimum 10 years in enterprise networking with 5+ years delivering security projects.
• UAE/GCC experience and multi-vendor firewall and F5 migrations are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design HLD/LLD for security and data-centre solutions.
• Lead end-to-end deployments and migrations with minimal downtime.
• Act as L3 escalation for network/security incidents.
• Support pre-sales with BoQ/SOW responses and technical briefs.
• Deliver as-built documentation and knowledge transfer to customers.
• Review and harden customer environments.

Skills

Network security

Firewall design

Zero Trust

End-to-end project delivery

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Telecom Engineering or IT

CCNP Security

CCNP Enterprise / Data Center

PCNSE

Fortinet NSE 7 / FCSS

F5 Certified Technology Specialist (301/302/303)

CCIE Security / Data Center / Enterprise

Tools

F5 BIG-IP

Cisco ACI

AD/LDAP

SIEM

SOAR

Job description

Design deploy and hand over enterprise security and data-centre projects for CNS customers across the UAE The role is hands-on the engineer leads implementations end to end - Next-Gen Firewalls Zero Trust NAC F5 application delivery and Cisco ACI - and acts as the technical escalation point for the team

DUTIES RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and architecture

• Gather customer requirements and produce High-Level Design HLD and Low-Level Design LLD documents for security and data-centre solutions
• Design segmentation firewall policy and Zero Trust access and NAC policy models aligned with customer security standards
• Review existing customer environments and recommend hardening migration and consolidation paths

Deployment and migration

• Lead end-to-end deployments staging configuration integration cut-off and post-go-live support
• Plan and execute firewall and load-balancer migrations policy conversion rule clean-up rollback plans with minimal downtime
• Integrate security platforms with AD LDAP RADIUS TACACS PKI SIEM and SOAR
• Write and run User Acceptance Test UAT plans and deliver as-built documentation and knowledge transfer to customers

Operations and support

• Act as L3 escalation for network and security incidents lead root-cause analysis for major incidents
• Carry out preventive maintenance PM health checks firmware upgrades and vulnerability remediation within agreed maintenance windows
• Meet SLA targets on assigned tickets and keep ticketing tools up to date

Team and customer delivery

• Support pre-sales with solution sizing BoQ review SOW and RFP technical responses
• Present technical status to customer stakeholders and internal management

Company Description

Education: Minimum : Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Telecom Engineering or IT (or equivalent experience).Atleast one of: CCNP Security or CCNP Enterprise / Data Center; PCNSE; Fortinet NSE 7 / FCSS; F5 Certified Technology Specialist (301/302/303). Desired: CCIE Security / Data Center / Enterprise.Cisco ISE or ACI specialist certification.

Experience: Minimum: Minimum 10 years in enterprise networking, including 5+ years delivering network security projects. Desired: System integrator or managed-services experience in the UAE/GCC.Hands-on delivery of multi-vendor firewall and F5 migrations.