Senior Life Cycle Network Engineer

Manage the lifecycle of network services supporting SITA’s airport and gateway operations. Combine migration delivery, troubleshooting and service improvement with operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Own wired/wireless LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, network/cloud security and shared infrastructure through provisioning, monitoring, improvement and retirement across airports and gateways.
• Lead pilot and customer migrations to SITA Connect Versa, covering implementation, validation, troubleshooting and coordination with design/engineering.
• Provision service-provider networks accurately and on time, analyze performance trends, keep software/platforms current and manage improvement/change risks with minimal live-service disruption.
• Maintain customer/airport network and security configuration documentation, procedures and shared-infrastructure records.
• Support incidents/problems and root-cause analysis across routing, switching, NAT, QoS, IPsec and SD-WAN; evaluate automation/new technologies and train operational teams.

Required and preferred qualifications

• Relevant computer-science/IT/network-engineering bachelor’s and 5–8 years managing the network-service lifecycle, with practical WAN implementation, migration, validation and troubleshooting.
• Strong BGP, OSPF, static routing, NAT, QoS and IPsec in WAN/service-provider environments; Layer 2/high-availability including VTP, STP, RSTP, PVST and HSRP.
• Cisco/Juniper routers and switches, Cisco ASA/Palo Alto firewalls and working knowledge of Cisco Nexus/ACI data-centre switching.
• Service models, SLAs, network-management tools and incident/problem/change processes; strong scenario analysis, clear communication and minimal-disruption migration delivery.
• An associate-level security certification is mandatory. Preferred: CCNP, Network+ or equivalent; Versa/SD-WAN experience or certification; automation, cloud-security or airport-infrastructure experience.

Schedule and travel

• Support European and sometimes American migration windows, including early mornings or evenings outside standard Amman hours when necessary.

Benefits and compensation

• Up to two home-working days per week depending on team needs, flexible working-day arrangements and up to 30 work-from-anywhere days per year.
• An employee-assistance programme for employees and dependants available around the clock, plus Champion Health wellbeing support.
• Professional development aligned with the role and business needs through learning platforms/programmes, and market/employment-status-dependent benefits; no numerical salary is provided.
• The employer states an equal-opportunity policy and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities.

Professional development

• Learning resources named by the employer include LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Enterprise Skills Initiative and Airports Council International, with specialized programmes such as Pluralsight, Harvard Business Publishing and Stanford aligned to development plans.

Application and workplace

Work location: Amman, Jordan. Employer posting date: 2026-10-01. Submit your application through the linked official employer vacancy page.