Senior Network & Security Engineer - Cloud & Firewall Lead

gruve; Dubai; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Gruve in Dubai seeks a Senior Network and Security Engineer who combines hands-on remediation with KPI governance. You will own patch time, coverage, and availability, lead complex server, virtualization, and cloud remediation, and serve as the technical escalation point for onsite and offsite engineers.

You will mentor Engineers 1 and 2, participate in CAB and change governance, ensure audit-ready evidence, and drive root-cause analysis of vulnerabilities while coordinating with clients and

Qualifications

• 6-10 years in network/security engineering with a strong vulnerability management background.
• Familiar with patching and upgrades of security infrastructure and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Own the Customer-aligned KPI framework (Patch Time, Coverage, Availability); validate KPI calculations.
• Provide prioritisation sign-off and risk classification for high-impact findings and advise remediation approaches.
• Patch and harden security infrastructure (firewalls, NAC, IPS/IDS, routers/switches) and lead server/virtualization/cloud remediation.
• Represent the service at the client's Change Advisory Board; enforce change governance and audit-ready evidence.
• Lead aging and exception governance; document delays and risk acceptances per SLA.
• Lead root-cause analysis of vulnerabilities and drive continuous-improvement actions.
• Direct daily work allocation between onsite and offsite engineers and act as escalation point.
• Quality-assure change records and weekly/monthly client reporting packs.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Next-gen firewalls

NAC ISE

IPS/IDS

Cloud remediation

CAB governance

Mentoring

Team leadership

Education

CCNP Security

CCIE Security

PCNSE

Fortinet NSE

Cisco ISE

Qualys VMDR

CISSP

CISM

ITIL

Tools

Qualys

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Azure

Job description

Gruve in Dubai seeks a Senior Network and Security Engineer who combines hands-on remediation with KPI governance. You will own patch time, coverage, and availability, lead complex server, virtualization, and cloud remediation, and serve as the technical escalation point for onsite and offsite engineers.

You will mentor Engineers 1 and 2, participate in CAB and change governance, ensure audit-ready evidence, and drive root-cause analysis of vulnerabilities while coordinating with clients and