Senior Network & Data Center Engineer - Riyadh

Taqniyat; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Taqniyat seeks an experienced Network & Data Center Engineer in Riyadh to engineer, deploy, and optimize enterprise data center networks and security architectures. The role covers spine‑leaf fabrics, core switches, and advanced routing strategies, with responsibility for uptime and performance across mission‑critical systems.

You will lead provisioning, firmware upgrades, troubleshooting, and capacity planning, while aligning with change control and security standards to ensure resilient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Current physical residence in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (mandatory candidate requirement).
• Proven hands‑on experience as a Network Engineer or Data Center Engineer working within enterprise‑grade environments.
• In‑depth technical proficiency with Cisco, Huawei, Juniper, or Arista routing and switching platforms and enterprise operating systems.
• Solid expertise in data center technologies, such as VXLAN, EVPN, BFD, STP, and redundant gateway protocols.
• Demonstrated experience with next‑generation firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Cisco Firepower) and secure network segmentation.
• Working familiarity with SAN protocols, fiber channel, iSCSI, and data center virtualization platforms.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, coupled with analytical problem‑solving and structured technical troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, deploy, and maintain high‑performance enterprise data center network architectures, including spine‑leaf fabrics, core switches, and edge routers.
• Manage and administer enterprise routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), VLANs, VXLAN, EVPN, link aggregation, and high‑availability network topologies.
• Monitor data center network health, traffic patterns, link utilization, and overall throughput using enterprise monitoring tools, ensuring continuous SLA compliance.
• Perform rapid incident triage, root cause analysis (RCA), and end‑to‑end troubleshooting for complex network, hardware, and data center connectivity failures.
• Maintain, configure, and troubleshoot data center security appliances, including next‑generation firewalls, access control lists (ACLs), and VPN gateways.
• Oversee physical and virtual data center infrastructure operations, including rack layout, structured cabling, power distribution units, and environmental monitoring.
• Execute scheduled system patching, OS upgrades, configuration backups, and compliance audits adhering strictly to formal change control procedures.
• Develop, update, and maintain detailed network diagrams, high‑level architecture designs (HLD), low‑level designs (LLD), and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Skills

Cisco

Huawei

Juniper

Arista

BGP

OSPF

VXLAN

EVPN

STP

ACLs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Telecommunications / Information Technology

Tools

SAN/NAS networking

Fiber Channel

iSCSI

Data center virtualization

Job description

Taqniyat seeks an experienced Network & Data Center Engineer in Riyadh to engineer, deploy, and optimize enterprise data center networks and security architectures. The role covers spine‑leaf fabrics, core switches, and advanced routing strategies, with responsibility for uptime and performance across mission‑critical systems.

You will lead provisioning, firmware upgrades, troubleshooting, and capacity planning, while aligning with change control and security standards to ensure resilient