Principal Network Engineer Network And Security Patching

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Experience: 4–7 Years

Role Overview

We are looking for Principal Network Engineer to lead patch management, vulnerability remediation, and lifecycle maintenance of network and security infrastructure within a highly regulated banking environment.

The role requires expertise in risk assessment, change governance, compliance management, and operational support for enterprise network and security platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Network & Security Patch Management

• Manage the complete patch lifecycle for firewalls, WAFs, IPS, VPNs, routers, and switches.
• Execute upgrades, firmware updates, hotfixes, and vulnerability remediation activities.
• Maintain infrastructure patch compliance and security baselines.
  
  

• Perform impact analysis, dependency mapping, and risk assessments.
• Ensure adherence to CAB processes, audit requirements, PCI-DSS standards, and regulatory frameworks.
• Develop rollback plans and support governance controls.
  
  

• Provide L2/L3 support for network and security platforms.
• Support incident resolution, outage management, and root cause analysis activities.
• Collaborate with SOC, NOC, infrastructure, and security teams.
  
  

• Maintain audit-ready documentation and patch compliance reports.
• Support automation, process optimization, and operational improvements.
  
  

• Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco, Check Point, F5
• WAF, IPS & DDoS Protection Technologies
• Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs)
• Vulnerability Management
• Network Security Hardening
• Change & Risk Management
• Banking Infrastructure Support
  
  

• CCNP / CCIE
• NSE / PCNSE
• CISSP
• ITIL