Security Solutions Specialist – Network Operations

Location: Dubai / Remote
Employment Type: Contract
Department: Cloud and Infrastructure

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Security Solutions Specialist to manage day-to-day Network Access Control network security firewall routing and switching operations in a multi-vendor enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise with FortiNAC Aruba ClearPass Cisco ISE Fortinet Palo Alto Cisco Arista and HPE Aruba technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and support NAC platforms including FortiNAC Aruba ClearPass or Cisco ISE.
  
• Manage endpoint profiling posture assessment access policies quarantine remediation and device onboarding/offboarding.
  
• Support wired wireless BYOD OT IoT IP phone camera and corporate endpoint access controls.
  
• Configure and troubleshoot RADIUS TACACS 802.1X EAP-TLS AAA and identity-source integrations.
  
• Monitor maintain and troubleshoot routing switching VLANs inter-VLAN routing and firewall environments.
  
• Operate Next-Generation Firewalls including IPS web filtering application control antivirus and access-control policies.
  
• Investigate network incidents authentication failures firewall alerts and performance issues.
  
• Support MPLS BGP EVPN-VXLAN NAT QoS traffic segmentation and packet-capture analysis.
  
• Perform health checks change implementation testing rollback planning and root-cause analysis.
  
• Maintain configuration records operational runbooks incident reports and SOPs.
  
• Participate in on-call or shift-based support as required.
  

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in IT Computer Science Networking or a related field.
  
• Proven hands-on operational experience with FortiNAC Aruba ClearPass Cisco ISE or equivalent NAC platforms.
  
• Strong experience with Fortinet Palo Alto Cisco Arista and/or HPE Aruba networking and firewall technologies.
  
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP VLANs routing switching BGP MPLS EVPN-VXLAN RADIUS TACACS and 802.1X.
  
• Experience operating NGFW security features such as IPS web filtering application control antivirus and NAC integration.
  
• Ability to analyse logs alerts packet captures and authentication events in a live production environment.
  
• Strong troubleshooting incident response documentation and communication skills.
  

Preferred Certifications

• Fortinet NSE 4 NSE 5 or NSE 7.
  
• CCNA CCNP or equivalent Cisco certification.
  
• Aruba ClearPass or Cisco ISE certification.
  
• Exposure to ISO 27001 GDPR PCI-DSS SIEM IAM and automation/scripting.