Senior Signature Engineer - Remote
Join a cutting-edge team as a Senior Signature Engineer, designing DPI signatures that power real-time traffic analysis and next-gen data platforms.
Senior Signature Engineer – DPI | Dubai or Remote
We’re looking for a Senior Signature Engineer with strong expertise in Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to join a high-performance engineering team. This role is all about creating and optimising signature rules that enable accurate, real-time traffic detection across complex networks.
The role
You’ll design, test, and maintain signatures and detection patterns for DPI engines, ensuring protocols, anomalies, and traffic behaviours are correctly identified. Your work will directly support real-time analysis, policy enforcement, and the optimisation of large-scale data platforms.
Key responsibilities
Develop and maintain high-quality DPI signatures and rules
Analyse network protocols and payloads to identify patterns and anomalies
Reverse engineer network traffic samples to build new signatures
Validate signature accuracy, performance, and false positive rates
Monitor live traffic environments and fine-tune detection rules
Keep documentation updated for both custom and standard signatures
Track emerging protocols, applications, and traffic behaviours
What’s on offer
Competitive salary (depending on location)
Flexible working - Dubai HQ or fully remote
Work with cutting - edge data and streaming technologies
- Department
- InfoTech & Software Development
- Locations
- Multiple locations
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
About Simba Talent
Simba Talent – Thoughtful Recruitment, Rooted in Integrity
At Simba Talent, we know recruitment can feel overwhelming—whether you’re a business searching for the right hire or a candidate looking for a role that fits just right. We also understand what’s at stake. A poor hiring decision doesn’t just cost money; it wastes time, drains resources, and disrupts teams.
For candidates, a misstep can mean frustration, uncertainty, and wasted effort.
That’s why we’re here: to make the process human again.
We’ve walked in your shoes. We’ve been candidates navigating cold, impersonal processes, and we’ve worked in businesses that put profits before people.
Simba Talent was born from a desire to do better—for everyone involved. We approach recruitment thoughtfully, with empathy and care, because we believe that getting it right is worth the extra effort.
For us, it all starts with listening. Whether it’s understanding a company’s culture or a candidate’s personal values, we dig deeper to ensure every match we make is rooted in authenticity and alignment.
Why Simba Talent?
Before we act, we listen. We believe that understanding is the foundation of great recruitment. Whether you’re a client or a candidate, we take the time to hear your story, your challenges, and your goals.
Our Expertise
IT & Technology Recruitment
Helping tech-driven companies secure exceptional talent across software development, cloud & DevOps, cybersecurity, data, and related specialisms. We focus on sourcing professionals who can solve complex problems, deliver high-quality solutions, and drive meaningful change in fast-moving digital environments.
Oil & Gas Recruitment
Connecting energy businesses with skilled individuals who bring experience, reliability, and integrity to the field. Our network spans technical, operational, and engineering roles across upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors.