Senior Infrastructure Engineer 

Location: Client Premises, Dubai, UAE

Salary: AED 11,000 to 14,000 per month

Benefits: Work visa, air tickets, medical insurance, gratuity, paid time off

Experience Required: Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience

Reference: FZ-AE-210

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting complex enterprise network infrastructures across on-premise and cloud environments. This role acts as a Level 2 escalation point, ensuring high availability, security, and performance of all network services while supporting project delivery and operational stability.

Operations & Engineering:

• Serve as Level 2 escalation for advanced network incidents, performing packet captures, RCA, and deep analysis.
• Configure and troubleshoot routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), MPLS, VLANs, and Spanning Tree.
• Administer firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper), VPNs, IDS/IPS, NAT, ACLs, and Cloud WAF.
• Support wireless environments (Cisco, Aruba, ISE, ClearPass).
• Monitor and optimise network performance using SNMP, NetFlow, and NPM tools (SolarWinds, Dynatrace).
• Maintain accurate network diagrams, configuration documentation, and standards.
• Manage AWS networking: Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, ALB, VPC peering, Security Groups, and NACLs.
• Ensure adherence to change management and DR standards (RTO/RPO).

Security & Compliance:

• Enforce network security best practices and support vulnerability remediation.
• Ensure compliance with ISO27001, SOC, and internal security guidelines.

Project & Support:

• Deliver network components for infrastructure projects and migrations.
• Prepare implementation plans, runbooks, and knowledge base documentation.
• Provide 24x7 support for critical network issues and act as SME for L2 operations.

Architecture & Design:

• Design scalable, secure, multi-site network solutions across on-prem and cloud.
• Support technology evaluations, POCs, and roadmap planning aligned with business needs.

Technical Requirements:

• Routing & Switching: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VLANs, STP, Cisco IOS/NX-OS.
• Wireless: Cisco, Aruba, ISE, ClearPass.
• Security: Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, IDS/IPS, VPN, ACLs, Cloud WAF.
• Load Balancing: F5 LTM, NetScaler, ALB.
• Cloud: AWS networking (mandatory).
• Automation: Python or Ansible.
• Monitoring: SNMP, NetFlow, QoS, NPM tools.
• Certifications: CCNP required, ITIL preferred.

Key Qualifications:

• 8+ years in enterprise Network Operations.
• 5+ years with Cisco ACI (EPG, Bridge Domains, Contracts).
• 5+ years with Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Experience with F5 LTM.
• Hands-on AWS networking (TGW, ALB, VPC Peering)
• CCNP certified.