Principal Network & Cloud Networking Engineer (6 Months Contract)

About Mozn

Mozn is a rapidly growing technology firm revolutionising the field of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and it’s working to realise Vision 2030 with a proven track record of excellence in supporting and growing the tech ecosystem in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region. Mozn is the trusted AI technology partner for some of the largest government organizations, as well as many large corporations and startups.

About the role

We are seeking a seasoned Principal Network & Cloud Networking Engineer with deep expertise in FortiGate firewalls, hybrid/multi-cloud connectivity, and secure cloud network architecture. In this strategic role, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud and on-premises networking solutions, ensuring seamless and secure connectivity across regions, clouds, and environments.

What you'll do

• Designing and implementing highly available, scalable, and secure hybrid and multi-cloud network architectures across AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-prem
  Building and managing global SD-WAN, site-to-site VPNs, and interconnects (e.g., Direct Connect, Interconnect, ExpressRoute)
  Owning Layer 3–7 network design, segmentation strategy, traffic flow optimization, and firewall policy enforcement
• Ensuring end-to-end network observability, latency analysis, and proactive incident management
• Serving as the SME for FortiGate firewall deployments (physical and virtual) across data centers and cloud environments
• Defining and enforcing security zones, NAT rules, SSL inspection, and IPS/IDS capabilities
• Collaborating with the Cloud Security Architect on zero-trust, micro segmentation, and edge protection designs
• Maintaining firewall rule hygiene, audit readiness, and compliance alignment (e.g., PDPL, GDPR, ISO 27001).
• Designing and maintaining secure, resilient cloud connectivity strategies including hub-and-spoke, transit gateway, and hybrid mesh topologies
• Implementing cloud-native networking services (e.g., VPC, VNet, Shared VPC, Cloud NAT, Private Link, etc.)
• Supporting cross-cloud service communications, domain resolution, and egress traffic control
• Partnering with the FinOps Architect to ensure efficient and cost-effective network design
• Acting as a technical leader across infrastructure, cloud, and security teams, providing expertise on all things networking
• Partnering closely with platform and SRE teams to deliver production-grade network capabilities
• Mentoring mid- and senior-level engineers and help shape internal network engineering standards
• Participating in root cause analysis and postmortems for major network-impacting events

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise networking, 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 skillIndustry
• certifications (e.g., NSE4+, CCNP, GCP/AWS Networking Specialty) are a strong plus