About Company
Pay10.com is a UAE-headquartered fintech company licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of the UAE under the Retail Payment Services & Card Schemes (RPSCS), Stored Value Facilities (SVF), and Open Finance frameworks.
As part of our regional growth, we're expanding into Egypt one of the fastest-growing fintech markets in the MENA region. Pay10 Egypt will bring cutting-edge digital payment solutions to businesses and consumers, including payment gateway services, merchant acquiring, cross-border transfers, and open finance capabilities.
Our mission is to power seamless, secure, and inclusive payment experiences that support Egypt's digital transformation and financial inclusion goals. Join us as we build the future of payments in Egypt with innovation, integrity, and impact.
Role Overview:
The Network Security Engineer will play a key role in supporting Pay10's expansion into Egypt and strengthening our regional technology operations. The role involves designing, securing, and maintaining our network and security infrastructure across high-availability, mission-critical fintech environments. The engineer will manage firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, and drive network automation while ensuring compliance with frameworks such as NIST and ISO27001. They will also support CI/CD and infrastructure automation using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Python to enhance operational efficiency. This position is ideal for someone with strong hands-on expertise who can work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment.
Key Responsibilities
Network & Security (Primary Focus)
- Manage, configure, and troubleshoot network devices including switches, routers, firewalls, VPN, and load balancers.
- Administer and support security platforms such as F5 (LTM/WAF), FortiGate, Palo Alto, NSX, DNS, and VPN technologies.
- Perform periodic vulnerability testing for network and security layers.
- Participate in disaster recovery testing, network failover testing, and business continuity processes.
- Implement and maintain security controls mapped to frameworks such as NIST, ISO27001, and internal policies.
- Maintain documentation for network topology, change management, and operational procedures.
DevOps & Infrastructure Responsibilities
- Support CI/CD and automation activities for network and infrastructure systems.
- Build scripts for automation using Terraform, Ansible, Python, or API-based automation.
- Collaborate with development, systems, and data teams to ensure stable integration and seamless deployment.
- Manage Linux servers (primarily RHEL/AlmaLinux) and troubleshoot OS-level networking issues.
- Develop operational improvements, deployment procedures, and monitoring practices.
- Ensure high availability, performance, and security across production systems.
- Participate in production support and incident/problem management.
- Maintain monitoring and alerting systems for network and infrastructure layers.
Required Qualifications
- 812 years of experience in Network Engineering, Network Security, or Hybrid Network/DevOps roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- Firewalls: FortiGate, Palo Alto
- Load Balancers: F5 LTM/WAF
- Virtualization & Networking: VMware/NSX
- Solid understanding of routing, switching, VPN, DNS, and general network architectures.
- Experience automating infrastructure using Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
- Familiarity with DevOps lifecycle, CI/CD concepts, and infrastructure automation.
- Good knowledge of Linux environments (RHEL, AlmaLinux, CentOS).
- Ability to work in a small, fast-paced team with minimal supervision.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Familiarity with monitoring tools and alerting systems (Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, etc.).
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
- Certification such as CCNA, CCNP, NSE, or other relevant network/security certifications.
- Exposure to VMware Cloud networking models.
