Implement and maintain network segmentation, access control, and zero-trust strategies.
Collaborate with the cross-departmental teams on incident response and threat mitigation.
Operations Oversight & Optimization
Oversee the performance, availability, and efficiency of the network and its security services.
Develop and enforce network operations procedures, ensuring compliance with industry and regulatory standards.
Project Leadership
Lead critical infrastructure projects, including migrations, upgrades, and partner connectivity.
Coordinate cross-departmentally to ensure secure rollout of new services and systems.
Vendor & Contract Management
Evaluate, select, and manage vendors and service providers.
Ensure SLA compliance and conduct regular performance reviews.
Compliance & Audit Readiness
Maintain documentation and policies to meet the requirements of financial sector audits and compliance checks (e.g., PCI-DSS, ISO 27001).
Monitoring & Incident Detection
Experience with proactive monitoring for performance and threats using tools like SIEM, NMS, and flow analysis.
Define thresholds, alerts, and escalation workflows for operational and security incidents.
Team Development
Provide coaching, conduct regular performance reviews, and build development plans for team members.
Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous learning.
Documentation
Strong experience using documentation tools (Microsoft Office 365, Visio, Lucid chart).
Ensure all documentation aligns with compliance, audit, and organization standards.
Strong presentation skills.
Skills & Qualifications
Typically, 7+ years of relevant work experience in industry, with a minimum of 3 years in a similar role
Deep hands-on expertise in enterprise networking, SDN solutions, network security, and firewall administration (Cisco, Aruba, Fortinet, Palo Alto, etc.).
Full-stack network knowledge (routing, switching, DNS, VPN, proxies, load balancers, SD-WAN, NAC, Wi-Fi, ACI, SD-Access).
Strong experience designing and managing secure, scalable, and high-performance networks.
Proficient in troubleshooting complex multi-vendor, multi-layer issues under pressure.
Understanding of secure cloud networking (Azure/AWS) and hybrid environments.
Familiar with compliance frameworks such as Cybersecurity Framework, NCA, ISO 27001, NIST.
Education & Certifications
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Network Engineering, or a related field.
Preferred certifications
Cisco CCIE (DC, Enterprise, Security) preferred Enterprise.
CISSP / CISM (a plus for security leadership)
Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure Network Specialty)
Working Conditions
Based in Saudi Arabia with on-site visits to data centers and site offices.
Availability for critical incidents and changes outside of normal working hours.
Hybrid collaboration with global teams, regulators, and auditors.
Platform Proficiency (Required)
SolarWinds NPM (performance monitoring), NTA (traffic analysis), NCM (configuration governance — golden baselines, drift detection, scheduled backups, rollback)
Dynatrace with Davis AI for full-stack observability and AIOps-driven root cause analysis
Bridge AIOps for event correlation and alert noise reduction
ServiceNow as the system of record for all ITSM workflows (incidents, changes, CMDB, approval gates)
Palo Alto NGFW and Cisco ASA/FTD for firewall administration
Cisco ISE for Network Access Control (posture, guest, BYOD workflows)
Cisco SD-WAN (controller-based) with MPLS underlay across all sites
Citrix NetScaler for load balancing (diagnostic-first approach)
Delivery Model Responsibilities
Lead the on-site KSA network team (Network Tower Lead/Architect + L3 engineer) while overseeing 24×7 offshore NOC teams (Egypt & India) responsible for monitoring, incident response, and change execution.
Coordinate with ISPs for MPLS/Internet underlay circuit management.
Ensure bilingual (Arabic and English) communication across all network touchpoints.
Network Automation Oversight
Own the delivery of network automation use cases
WAN degradation diagnostics (auto-collect interface counters, path stats)
Port flap triage (approval-gated port bounce via ServiceNow)
AP recovery and client rebalancing (controller-based recovery, RF adjustment)
Configuration drift detection and restore (NCM golden baselines)
BGP neighbor failure diagnostics (routing state collection, ISP escalation)
Pre-meeting wireless readiness validation for VIP areas
Automation pattern: SolarWinds events → ServiceNow workflows → Ansible playbooks
Compliance & Regulatory
NCA (National Cybersecurity Authority) — Saudi regulatory framework
NDMO (National Data Management Office) — Saudi data governance
ISO 27001, NIST, CIS hardening baselines
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