Network & Security Architect – Greenfield Market Infra

Category; Oman; On-site; OMR 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodman Masson is partnering with a new financial markets infrastructure venture in Oman, hiring at the build stage to stand up critical market infrastructure from a blank sheet.

The Network and Security Engineer will design, build and run the platform's network, ensuring low-latency performance, secure connectivity to counterparties, and robust incident response from day one in Muscat.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, networking, information security, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• At least six years in network engineering with hands-on responsibility for network security.
• Strong network design and operation: segmentation and zoning, routing and switching, firewalls, load balancing, secure remote access, and low-latency design.
• Direct experience owning first-line network security including firewalls, hardening, certificates, and secure connectivity.
• Experience securing external-facing connectivity in a regulated or high-assurance setting.
• Experience leading the first response to a live network or security incident.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Design and then build the network: segmentation and zoning, routing and switching, firewalls, load balancing, DNS, and time synchronisation, engineered for steady low-latency performance.
• Set up and secure connectivity to external counterparties such as custodians, settlement banks, and market systems.
• Own perimeter and internal network security in the first line: firewalls, segmentation, secure and privileged remote access, and certificate and encryption management.
• Keep network devices patched and hardened, support penetration testing, and close network findings.
• Lead the first response to network and security incidents, and elevate cleanly when needed.
• Keep the network documented to a standard that holds up under review.

Skills

Network engineering

Network security

Firewalls

Low-latency design

DNS

Routing & switching

Packet capture

English fluency

Education

Degree in computer science or networking

Tools

Wireshark

Packet capture

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Goodman Masson is partnering with a new financial markets infrastructure venture in Oman, hiring at the build stage to stand up critical market infrastructure from a blank sheet.

The Network and Security Engineer will design, build and run the platform's network, ensuring low-latency performance, secure connectivity to counterparties, and robust incident response from day one in Muscat.