L3 Network Engineer

Hiring: L3 Network Engineer – Dubai

L3 Network Engineer

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Duration

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Notice Period

Mandatory Requirements

• **MOFA-attested degree is mandatory**
• **Palo Alto Firewall experience is mandatory – expert level**
• **Immediate to 15 days notice only**
• Due to the immediate onsite requirement, only candidates currently available and able to join within 15 days will be considered.

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L3-level support for enterprise LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, firewall, and wireless infrastructure
• Act as the final escalation point for complex and high-impact network incidents
• Perform deep troubleshooting across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments
• Perform Root Cause Analysis for recurring and critical network issues
• Lead problem management activities and implement permanent corrective actions
• Prepare RCA reports and preventive recommendations
• Manage and support routing and switching environments using BGP and OSPF
• Support SD-WAN platforms to ensure resiliency and performance
• Manage core network services including DNS and DHCP
• Administer and support Palo Alto Firewalls including security policies, NAT, IPSec/SSL VPNs, traffic inspection, threat prevention, and security hardening
• Support and manage Cisco Firepower Threat Defense firewalls
• Ensure firewall configurations align with security policies and compliance requirements
• Support Microsoft Azure Networking including VNets, subnets, NSGs, UDRs, Azure VPN Gateway, and hybrid connectivity
• Troubleshoot and optimize cloud-to-on-prem and inter-VNet traffic flows
• Operate and support Cisco DNA Center for network assurance and automation
• Manage Cisco ISE for NAC, AAA, and policy enforcement
• Support Cisco WLC and enterprise wireless networks
• Manage and support F5 Load Balancers including virtual servers, pools, nodes, health monitors, traffic management, and application delivery policies
• Review, assess, and approve network changes as part of CAB
• Support major network changes, upgrades, migrations, and rollback planning
• Ensure adherence to ITIL-based change management processes
• Maintain network documentation, diagrams, configuration records, compliance, backups, and security hardening

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering with L3 ownership
• Strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto Firewalls

• Microsoft Azure Networking

• Cisco DNAC
• Cisco FTD
• Cisco ISE
• Cisco WLC

• F5 Load Balancers

• Strong expertise in BGP, OSPF, LAN/WAN, and SD-WAN
• Solid understanding of DNS, DHCP, and enterprise network services

• CCNP Enterprise / Security

• CCIE preferred
• PCNSE strongly preferred
• AZ-700 – Azure Network Engineer Associate
• F5-CA or F5 Certified Specialist LTM
• ITIL 4 Foundation preferred
• Interested candidates who match the mandatory requirements can share their updated CV to tahera@mindtelglobal.com and tahir@mindtelglobal.com