Senior Network and Security Engineer

In this role, you will collaborate closely with one of our esteemed clients—a globally recognized leader in their industry, distinguished by their commitment to excellence, innovation, and delivering exceptional value. As a trusted IT consulting partner, the company is connecting them with exceptional talent to drive business growth and transformation.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Network & Security Engineer to design, implement, and safeguard the enterprise network and security infrastructure of a UAE government entity. The role combines deep networking expertise with hands-on cybersecurity engineering, ensuring the availability, resilience, and confidentiality of mission-critical government services while maintaining compliance with UAE Information Assurance standards and applicable regulatory frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage enterprise network infrastructure across data-center and campus environments, including routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN, and load balancing.
• Administer and harden perimeter and internal security controls, including next-generation firewalls, IPS/IDS, WAF, secure web gateways, and NAC.
• Implement and maintain Zero Trust network architecture, micro-segmentation, and secure remote-access solutions such as IPSec / SSL VPN.
• Monitor, triage, and investigate security events; support incident response and coordinate remediation with the SOC using SIEM and related tooling.
• Ensure compliance with UAE Information Assurance Standards (NESA / SIA IAS), ISO.

Required Technical Skills Networking:

• Enterprise routing & switching — Cisco, Juniper, or Aruba.
• Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, STP, and VRF.
• Wireless LAN — Cisco / Aruba controllers.
• SD-WAN — Cisco Viptela, Fortinet, or VMware VeloCloud.
• Load balancing/application delivery — F5 BIG-IP or Citrix ADC.
• Core services — DNS, DHCP, and IPAM using Infoblox or equivalent.

Security:

• Next-generation firewalls — Palo Alto, Fortinet FortiGate, Check Point, or Cisco Firepower.
• Experience with IPS/IDS, WAF, proxy/web filtering, and email security.
• Network Access Control — Cisco ISE or Aruba ClearPass.
• SIEM — Splunk, IBM QRadar, or Microsoft Sentinel.
• Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR).
• Privileged Access Management — CyberArk or BeyondTrust.
• Vulnerability management — Nessus or Qualys.

Governance & Compliance:

• Working knowledge of UAE IA Standards (NESA / SIA).
• Understanding of ISO 27001 / 27002 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Familiarity with UAE government security frameworks such as Dubai ISR and ADHICS is an advantage.

Certifications Required: At least one of the following:

• CCNP or CCIE — Enterprise or Security.
• Palo Alto PCNSE or Fortinet NSE 4 and above.

Preferred:

• CISSP, CEH, CompTIA Security+, or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer / Lead Auditor.

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering — Computer, Electronics & Communication, or related disciplines.
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in network and security engineering, including at least 3 years in a senior or lead capacity.
• Prior experience supporting UAE government or large-enterprise environments is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Excellent technical documentation and stakeholder communication abilities.
• Ability to work on-site, coordinate across cross-functional teams, and operate under change-controlled processes.
• Arabic language proficiency is an advantage given the government context.

If this opportunity aligns with your expertise and career aspirations, we invite you to share your updated resume at [email protected].