Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
Configure, operate, and maintain Cisco / Juniper / Arista routing and switching.
Implement and maintain firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco ASA/Firepower).
Operate WAN technologies: SD-WAN, MPLS, IPsec, BGP, OSPF.
Support load balancers (F5 LTM/GTM) and reverse proxies.
Drive incident response, change implementation, and post-incident reviews.
Maintain accurate documentation: HLD/LLD, IPAM, and CMDB.
Coordinate with security, datacentre, and cloud teams on cross-domain changes.
Desired Candidate Profile
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Network Engineering, or equivalent.
- 4+ years in enterprise network operations.
- CCNP Enterprise (or equivalent JNCIP) mandatory.
- Hands-on with at least one major firewall vendor (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco ASA).
- Strong on routing/switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VLAN, STP).
- Familiarity with monitoring (SolarWinds, LiveAction, ThousandEyes).
- Professional English mandatory.
Preferred / Nice to Have
- Working knowledge of Arabic is a plus.
- CCIE Enterprise / JNCIE.
- F5 LTM / Palo Alto PCNSE certification.
- SD-WAN platform experience (Cisco Viptela, Versa, Fortinet).