Senior Network Administrator

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Network Administrator to join our team in Saudi Arabia. You will design, implement, secure, and maintain enterprise‑grade network infrastructure for a banking/enterprise environment, ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Design, deploy and manage LAN, WAN, data‑center, cloud connectivity, SD‑WAN and VPN solutions.
• Configure and maintain security appliances such as NGFW, IPS/IDS, WAF, NAC and secure access technologies.
• Support SOC integration, including SIEM, NDR, log forwarding, NetFlow and security monitoring.
• Troubleshoot network incidents, perform root‑cause analysis and implement preventive actions.
• Participate in disaster‑recovery and business‑continuity planning activities.
• Maintain up‑to‑date network documentation, diagrams, SOPs and operational procedures.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards and relevant regulatory frameworks.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering or a related field.
• 5‑8 years of hands‑on experience in enterprise network administration.
• Experience in banking or other regulated environments is preferred.

Required skills

• Cisco networking technologies.
• Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point and F5 firewalls.
• LAN/WAN, VLAN, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, SD‑WAN.
• IPSec and SSL VPN technologies.
• Network monitoring tools such as SolarWinds or PRTG.
• SIEM/SOC integration experience.