# Network Engineer — Dubai Careers

Canonical: https://jobxdubai.com/jobs/26002606-network-engineer
Location: Dubai, UAE
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 30,001 to 40,000 per month (employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-09-08
Apply: https://jobs.dubaicareers.ae/careersection/dubaicareers/jobdetail.ftl?job=26002606&lang=en

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## Description

Organization: Department of Economy and TourismEducational-level

Beginning of the main content section.Return to the home pagePrintable Format Job Description - Network Engineer (26002606)Job Description Network Engineer - (26002606) Job Description The Network Engineer, Infrastructure & Disaster Recovery is responsible for maintaining and supporting the organisation’s enterprise network infrastructure across primary, disaster-recovery and approved cloud environments. The Network Engineer ensures reliable, secure and resilient network connectivity by administering network devices and services, monitoring performance, resolving incidents, implementing approved changes and maintaining network recovery readiness.Network Infrastructure Administration● Administer, maintain and troubleshoot enterprise LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless and data-centre network environments.● Configure and support switches, routers, wireless infrastructure and related network services in accordance with approved designs and standards.● Maintain routing, switching, network segmentation, connectivity and redundancy configurations. Network Security and Secure Connectivity● Administer enterprise firewalls, site-to-site VPNs, remote-access VPNs and secure-connectivity services within the assigned operational scope.● Maintain approved firewall rules, network objects, security zones, network address translation and segmentation controls.● Support periodic firewall-rule and network-access reviews in coordination with Cybersecurity. Network Monitoring and Performance● Monitor network availability, performance, traffic utilisation and capacity across network devices, wireless infrastructure, firewalls and connectivity services.● Diagnose and resolve network outages, latency, packet loss, congestion, routing instability and wireless-connectivity issues.● Analyse logs, traffic flows, interface statistics and packet captures to identify faults and recurring performance problems. Cloud and Hybrid Network Support● Maintain approved cloud and hybrid-network connectivity, including virtual networks, gateways, routing, network-security configurations and private connectivity.● Monitor cloud-network connections, routes, throughput and service availability.● Troubleshoot hybrid routing, VPN, private-connectivity and name-resolution issues. Network Resilience and Disaster Recovery● Maintain network recovery procedures, configuration backups and technical runbooks for critical network services.● Support the recovery of switching, routing, WAN, internet, firewall, VPN, wireless and hybrid-connectivity services.● Validate routing, redundant devices, firewall availability, connectivity and service restoration following recovery. Incident, Change and Lifecycle Management● Provide technical support for network incidents and restore services in accordance with approved operational priorities.● Conduct root-cause analysis for significant or recurring network incidents and implement corrective and preventive actions.● Implement network changes through approved testing, validation, rollback and change-management procedures. Documentation and Technical Coordination● Maintain network topology diagrams, device inventories, circuit records, IP-address information and configuration documentation.● Maintain operating procedures, troubleshooting guides and disaster-recovery runbooks.● Coordinate incidents, maintenance activities and technical support with internal teams, telecommunications providers and technology vendors. Qualifications Qualifications & Experience:· Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields.· Professional certifications such as Cisco Certified Network Professional – Enterprise, or an equivalent current professional-level enterprise networking certification.· A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in enterprise network infrastructure, network security, connectivity, high availability and disaster-recovery environments.· Hands-on experience administering and supporting enterprise LAN, WAN, data-centre, wireless and SD-WAN networks, using technologies from Cisco, Juniper, Aruba or equivalent enterprise networking platforms.· Experience configuring and supporting routing and switching technologies, including VLANs, trunking, link aggregation, spanning tree, OSPF, BGP, redundancy and QoS.· Experience supporting SD-WAN technologies, including Cisco Viptela or equivalent platforms.· Experience administering enterprise firewalls and secure connectivity using Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco ASA/FTD or equivalent technologies, including firewall policies, NAT, IPSec VPN and SSL VPN.· Experience with network segmentation and microsegmentation technologies, including VXLAN, Cisco ACI, VMware NSX-T or equivalent technologies.·

## Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields. Professional certifications such as Cisco Certified Network Professional – Enterprise, or an equivalent current professional-level enterprise networking certification. A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in enterprise network infrastructure, network security, connectivity, high availability and disaster-recovery environments. Hands-on experience administering and supporting enterprise LAN, WAN, data-centre, wireless and SD-WAN networks, using technologies from Cisco, Juniper, Aruba or equivalent enterprise networking platforms. Experience configuring and supporting routing and switching technologies, including VLANs, trunking, link aggregation, spanning tree, OSPF, BGP, redundancy and QoS. Experience supporting SD-WAN technologies, including Cisco Viptela or equivalent platforms. Experience administering enterprise firewalls and secure connectivity using Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco ASA/FTD or equivalent technologies, including firewall policies, NAT, IPSec VPN and SSL VPN. Experience with network segmentation and microsegmentation technologies, including VXLAN, Cisco ACI, VMware NSX-T or equivalent technologies.

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