Principal Network & Cloud Networking Engineer (6 Months Contract)

Principal Network & Cloud Networking Engineer (6‑Month Contract) Join

Mozn , a rapidly growing technology firm revolutionizing Artificial Intelligence and Data Science headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are scaling to deliver AI‑powered products and solutions globally.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and optimize hybrid and multi‑cloud network architectures across AWS, GCP, Azure, and on‑prem environments.

Build and manage global SD‑WAN, site‑to‑site VPNs, and interconnects (e.g., Direct Connect, Interconnect, ExpressRoute).

Own Layer 3–7 network design, segmentation strategy, traffic flow optimization, and firewall policy enforcement.

Ensure end‑to‑end network observability, latency analysis, and proactive incident management.

Serve as the SME for FortiGate firewall deployments (physical and virtual) across data centers and cloud environments.

Define and enforce security zones, NAT rules, SSL inspection, and IPS / IDS capabilities.

Collaborate with the Cloud Security Architect on zero‑trust, micro‑segmentation, and edge protection designs.

Maintain firewall rule hygiene, audit readiness, and compliance alignment (e.g., PDPL, GDPR, ISO 27001).

Design secure, resilient cloud connectivity strategies including hub‑and‑spoke, transit gateway, and hybrid mesh topologies.

Implement cloud‑native networking services (e.g., VPC, VNet, Shared VPC, Cloud NAT, Private Link).

Support cross‑cloud service communications, domain resolution, and egress traffic control.

Partner with the FinOps Architect to ensure efficient and cost‑effective network design.

Act as a technical leader across infrastructure, cloud, and security teams, providing network expertise.

Partner closely with platform and SRE teams to deliver production‑grade network capabilities.

Mentor mid‑ and senior‑level engineers and shape internal network engineering standards.

Participate in root‑cause analysis and post‑mortems for major network‑impacting events.

Qualifications

12+ years of enterprise networking experience, with at least 5 years focused on cloud networking and firewall engineering.

Deep expertise with FortiGate firewalls (configuration, policy management, HA, logging, IPS, SSL inspection).

Strong experience with multi‑cloud environments including AWS, GCP, Azure—especially around secure connectivity.

Familiarity with Terraform, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, and automated network provisioning.

Solid understanding of DNS, BGP, IPSec, NAT, VLANs, routing protocols, and SD‑WAN.

Knowledge of regulatory compliance and network security standards (PDPL, NIST, ISO, etc.).

Excellent documentation, troubleshooting, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Industry certifications (e.g., NSE4+, CCNP, GCP / AWS Networking Specialty) are a strong advantage.

Mozn is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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