Network Engineer

Location Dubai onsite Duration 12 months contract long term Required Skills and Qualifications Bachelor s degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field Minimum 5 years of handson experience in enterprise network engineering Proficient with Cisco routers switches and Cisco Nexus platforms Strong experience in Cisco SDWAN OSPF NAT ACLs and Layer 2 3 technologies Practical experience with F5 load balancers in a production environment Experience with Aruba Wireless systems including Aruba Central cloud management Working knowledge of Forescout NAC Cisco ISE or other endpoint compliance solutions Handson experience with Cisco CUCM VoIP phones and IM Presence solutions Experience coordinating with ISPs for MPLS and internet circuits Skilled with network troubleshooting tools such as Wireshark SNMP and Syslog analyzers Strong written and verbal communication including technical documentation Key Responsibilities Design deploy and maintain enterprise network infrastructure using Cisco routing and switching including Nexus series switches for data center environments Implement and manage Cisco SDWAN for optimized branch connectivity and applicationaware routing Configure support and troubleshoot VPN IPSec VPN and remote access solutions Maintain high availability and failover configurations for critical network devices and services Monitor analyze and respond to network alerts and performance issues using monitoring tools Implement and support F5 load balancers including virtual servers pools and health monitoring Configure and support Aruba wireless infrastructure managed through Aruba Central cloud portal Deploy and manage NAC Network Access Control solutions e g Forescout Cisco ISE to secure endpoint access Administer and support Cisco VoIP infrastructure including Cisco Unified Communications Manager CUCM IM Presence and VoIP phones Support LAN WAN MPLS infrastructure and coordinate with ISPs for connectivity issues and provisioning Manage IP addressing subnetting DHCP DNS and network segmentation Enforce network security through VLANs ACLs and firewall zone configurations Conduct network health checks capacity planning and proactive performance tuning Document all network changes diagrams and procedures in line with change management processes Participate in infrastructure projects migrations and new site deployments Support disaster recovery and business continuity efforts related to network infrastructure Collaborate with Information Security and other IT teams to ensure compliance with policies and standards