Senior IT Infrastructure & Security Engineer

Avalon Pharma Pvt Ltd; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Avalon Pharma Pvt Ltd is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure & Network Security professional to administer firewalls, secure connectivity, and monitor alerts in line with GxP/SFDA data integrity and NCA ECC controls.

You will triage SOC/SIEM alerts, manage privileged access, patch systems, and support DR/backup using Veeam and Synology NAS across Head Office and plants. Strong English; Arabic is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering or related field.
• 5–7 years IT infrastructure and network operations experience, incl. at least 3 years with firewalls.
• Fortinet NSE 4 or equivalent required; other certs listed are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Administer FortiGate firewalls: policies, NAT, VIPs, routing, VPN and access controls.
• Triage and investigate SOC/SIEM alerts across network, endpoint, server and cloud.
• Coordinate containment, remediation and escalation with SOC, vCISO and owners.
• Manage WAN/MPLS connectivity and monitor link health and performance.
• Administer VMware vCenter/ESXi, Windows Server, AD and Linux environments.
• Perform monthly patching, security hardening and server monitoring.
• Oversee backup and DR with Veeam and Synology NAS; verify restores.
• Manage Microsoft Entra ID, MFA, Conditional Access and SSO.

Skills

Fortinet Firewall

SOC Coordination

VPN & MPLS

VMware & Windows Server

Microsoft 365 & Entra ID

GxP/Data Integrity knowledge

English language skills

Arabic language a plus

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering or related

5–7 years IT infra and network operations experience

Fortinet NSE 4 or equivalent

VMware VCP-DCV

Veeam VMCE

Microsoft SC-300

Huawei HCIA/HCIP Datacom

CompTIA Security+

ITIL 4 Foundation

Job description

Avalon Pharma Pvt Ltd is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure & Network Security professional to administer firewalls, secure connectivity, and monitor alerts in line with GxP/SFDA data integrity and NCA ECC controls.

You will triage SOC/SIEM alerts, manage privileged access, patch systems, and support DR/backup using Veeam and Synology NAS across Head Office and plants. Strong English; Arabic is a plus.