Senior Network Security & Data Center Transformation Lead

Manpower Middle East; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Manpower Middle East is seeking a Customer Delivery Engineering Technical Leader to join its Professional Services team. This senior, customer-facing role focuses on delivering complex service provider and data centre transformation projects with strong Cisco ACI, routing, and security expertise.

The successful candidate will oversee architecture, design, implementation, migration, and optimization for large-scale enterprise and service provider environments, acting as the technical authority

Qualifications

• CCIE certified with 12+ years of experience delivering Professional Services, Service Provider Networks, Data Centre Networking, and Enterprise Infrastructure solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Python and Ansible automation, customer consulting, technical leadership, and cross-functional teamwork.
• Strong ability to develop architecture, design, and implementation plans for complex networks and security deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, implementation, migration, and optimization of Service Provider, Data Centre, Security, WAN, and SAN networks.
• Produce high-quality documentation: HLDs, LLDs, BoQs, NIPs, migration plans, and procedures.
• Provide technical leadership across Cisco ACI, Nexus, ASR, MPLS, SR, EVPN/VXLAN, security, and automation; ensure successful customer outcomes.
• Drive troubleshooting, performance optimization, incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and crisis management across multi-technology environments.

Skills

CCIE certification

Python

Ansible automation

Customer consulting

Technical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

CCIE certification

Tools

Cisco ACI Multi-Pod/Multi-Site

Nexus 9000

ASR1000/ASR9000

IOS XR/IOS XE

MPLS/Segment Routing

Security platforms (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper)

BGP/OSPF/IS-IS

Cisco MDS SAN

Cisco ISE/ASA

Job description

Manpower Middle East is seeking a Customer Delivery Engineering Technical Leader to join its Professional Services team. This senior, customer-facing role focuses on delivering complex service provider and data centre transformation projects with strong Cisco ACI, routing, and security expertise.

The successful candidate will oversee architecture, design, implementation, migration, and optimization for large-scale enterprise and service provider environments, acting as the technical authority