Lead Network Security Architect- (UAEN)

About EWEC EWEC (Emirates Water and Electricity Company) is the sole procurer and supplier of water and electricity in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. EWEC drives the planning, forecasting, purchasing, and system despatch services of water and electricity. EWEC fulfils these vital responsibilities through the short-term and long-term balancing of bulk supply and demand for distribution companies and authorities in Abu Dhabi and other Emirates. EWEC is supporting the government of Abu Dhabi and the government of the UAE by enabling the reduction of cost whilst also providing the increased security of supply that comes from a cleaner, larger, and more integrated system. EWEC is mandated to implement strategic initiatives that will achieve the 60 per cent clean energy target outlined in the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy's (DoE) Clean Energy Strategic Target 2035 for Electricity Production in Abu Dhabi, in addition to enabling the achievement of UAE Water Security Strategy 2036, UAE Energy Strategy by 2050, and the UAE Net Zero by 2050 strategic initiative. EWEC is accelerating Abu Dhabi and the UAE’s energy transition by diversifying the country’s energy mix through developing and deploying renewable and clean energy as well as low-carbon intensive water desalination capacities. EWEC is part of ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s diversified economy. For more information, please visit www.ewec.ae. The Power Network Operability Lead manages power system operability planning within the Operations directorate, with a primary focus on the 1-3-year horizon and advisory input beyond three years. The role defines and maintains future operability envelopes (thermal, voltage, fault level, stability and reserve limits), leads the annual multi-year operability assessment, and develops and updates restoration and black-start plans. The Lead ensures that demand growth, new capacity and decarbonization initiatives remain operable, provides clear recommendations to Power Planning & Studies, Outage Management and Integrated Planning, and collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders to support system reliability and EWEC’s energy transition objectives. Job Specific Responsibilities: Target role: Senior Network Security Architect / Lead Network Security Architect- GCC enterprise experience. Experience • Ideally 15+ years in Network & Cybersecurity, with significant hands-on architecture experience. • Strong experience designing and operating large, complex enterprise environments, including Data Center, DR, Internet/DMZ, LAN/WAN and cloud. • Must have experience leading major network/security transformation and migration projects, not only BAU operations. • Experience in critical infrastructure, government, defence, energy/utilities, banking, or similarly complex environments is highly desirable. Must-have technical depth • Palo Alto and/or Fortinet NGFW • Cisco ACI / Nexus / enterprise Data Center networking • Cisco ISE / NAC / segmentation • SD-WAN and enterprise WAN architecture • SASE / SSE / ZTNA, preferably Zscaler, Netskope, Prisma Access or similar • Azure/AWS hybrid-cloud network security • Strong routing: BGP, OSPF, MP-BGP, VRF, VXLAN/EVPN • Network/security monitoring and traffic visibility • High availability and resilient DC/DR architecture • Practical knowledge of DDoS, WAF, IPS/IDS, VPN, DLP and network segmentation • Ability to produce HLDs, LLDs, architecture standards, technical requirements and RFPs Preferred • Cisco ACI, DNAC/Catalyst Center, SD-WAN • Palo Alto Panorama / Strata • FortiGate / Forti Manager • F5 • Gigamon • Cloudflare DDoS • Zscaler ZIA/ZPA • Infoblox/DDI • VMware NSX • Python, Ansible and Terraform • OT/critical infrastructure network-security exposure Certifications /CCIE-level capability, PCNSE, Fortinet certifications, cloud/security architecture certifications, CISSP or equivalent are desirable, but actual architecture and hands-on delivery experience should be prioritized over certifications.

Experience Ideally 15+ years in Network & Cybersecurity, with significant hands-on architecture experience. Strong experience designing and operating large, complex enterprise environments, including Data Center, DR, Internet/DMZ, LAN/WAN and cloud. Must have experience leading major network/security transformation and migration projects, not only BAU operations. Experience in critical infrastructure, government, defence, energy/utilities, banking, or similarly complex environments is highly desirable. Certifications / CCIE-level capability, PCNSE, Fortinet certifications, cloud/security architecture certifications, CISSP or equivalent are desirable, but actual architecture and hands-on delivery experience should be prioritized over certifications.

The Power Network Operability Lead manages power system operability planning within the Operations directorate, with a primary focus on the 1-3-year horizon and advisory input beyond three years. The role defines and maintains future operability envelopes (thermal, voltage, fault level, stability and reserve limits), leads the annual multi-year operability assessment, and develops and updates restoration and black-start plans. The Lead ensures that demand growth, new capacity and decarbonization initiatives remain operable, provides clear recommendations to Power Planning & Studies, Outage Management and Integrated Planning, and collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders to support system reliability and EWEC’s energy transition objectives.