Senior Cybersecurity Technical Engineer - Zscaler
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About the Role
Emirates Group IT seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Technical Engineer specializing in Zscaler to build, manage, and operate security technologies. The role involves leading discovery projects, managing technology lifecycle, and ensuring security designs meet business requirements.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the discovery projects and build high level designs to accomplish business needs while prioritizing cyber risk reduction
- Manage the cybersecurity technology lifecycle from conception to service operation
- Make design decisions aligning to security principles. Coordinate with internal teams to build support for design decisions and favorable risk reduction outcomes
- Build technical documentation for cybersecurity technology designs, operations and support the creation of associated security technology standards
- Facilitate the ongoing review of cybersecurity technology designs and alignment to industry best practices
- Support the diagnosis and resolution of cybersecurity technology issues as a subject matter expert
Requirements
- Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) in Information Technology or a related field
- 5+ Years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on emerging technologies, governance, and risk management
- Industry recognized certifications such as CCNP, CISSP, or equivalent advanced security certifications are highly desirable
- Extensive hands on experience across Enterprise Network Security, Information and cyber security, supporting large scale, complex environments
- Strong practical experience designing, implementing, and operating cloud delivered zero trust security platforms, with a particular focus on Zscaler (ZIA, ZPA, ZDX, SSE) within hybrid and cloud first architectures
- Deep understanding of enterprise network architectures (LAN, WAN, SD WAN, cloud connectivity), secure access models, and identity and access management (IAM) integrations using modern Zero Trust principles
- Demonstrated expertise in security technologies including Secure Web Gateway (SWG), CASB, ZTNA, Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and email security / MTA architectures
- Extensive experience as a technical design authority for network security capabilities
- Strong ability to troubleshoot, isolate, and diagnose complex technical and security issues across network, cloud, and security layers
- Proven capability to operate as a senior technical escalation point
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Job Purpose
- At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world to and through our global hub in Dubai and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers Fly Better.
- Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology. We are on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry.
- Join our CyberSecurity team where we ensure a world class CyberSecurity organisation based on the key principles of People, Process and Technology.
- The team protects our digital assets by monitoring for threats, responding to incidents, managing vulnerabilities, and ensuring compliance with security policies and regulations.
In This Role You Will
- Lead the discovery projects and build high level designs to accomplish business needs while prioritizing cyber risk reduction.
- Manage the cybersecurity technology lifecycle from conception to service operation.
- Make design decisions aligning to security principles. Coordinate with internal teams to build support for design decisions and favorable risk reduction outcomes.
- Build technical documentation for cybersecurity technology designs, operations and support the creation of associated security technology standards.
- Facilitate the ongoing review of cybersecurity technology designs and alignment to industry best practices.
- Support the diagnosis and resolution of cybersecurity technology issues as a subject matter expert.
To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements
- Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) in Information Technology or a related field.
- 5+ Years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on emerging technologies, governance, and risk management.
- Industry recognized certifications such as CCNP, CISSP, or equivalent advanced security certifications are highly desirable.
- Extensive hands on experience across Enterprise Network Security, Information and cyber security, supporting large scale, complex environments in private (on premise) and public cloud.
- Strong practical experience designing, implementing, and operating cloud delivered zero trust security platforms, with a particular focus on Zscaler (ZIA, ZPA, ZDX, SSE) within hybrid and cloud first architectures.
- Deep understanding of enterprise network architectures (LAN, WAN, SD WAN, cloud connectivity), secure access models, and identity and access management (IAM) integrations using modern Zero Trust principles.
- Demonstrated expertise in security technologies including Secure Web Gateway (SWG), CASB, ZTNA, Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and email security / MTA architectures.
- Extensive experince as a technical design authority for network security capabilities; behaves as a subject matter expert and thought leader contributing to roadmaps, strategies and patterns for the domain.
- Strong ability to troubleshoot, isolate, and diagnose complex technical and security issues across network, cloud, and security layers, including traffic flows, authentication failures, policy enforcement, and performance degradation.
- Proven capability to operate as a senior technical escalation point, contributing to platform stability, continuous improvement, and secure by design outcomes across infrastructure and cybersecurity domains.
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Salary & benefits
- Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world.
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