Network Architect – Internal Consultant

Charterhouse

Dubai, UAE

Posted on: 6 Jan 2026

JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Dubai, UAE
Nationality: Any Nationality
Salary: Not Specified
Gender: Not Specified
Arabic Fluency: Not Specified
Job Function: IT - Software & Web Development
Company Industry: IT, Software & Internet Services

Charterhouse are working with a growing technology company in the networking equipment space. Our client develops the Network Operating Systems that power critical data centre and telecom routing and switching infrastructure. They are looking to hire a Network Architect to support 200+ engineers in building next-generation networking software.

The Network Architect will act as an internal consultant for software engineers, QA and management teams on networking design decisions. The role will be tasked with validating the network protocols by reviewing BGP, EVPN, MPLS, SPF implementations to ensure they follow RFCs correctly, and offer QA strategy support by helping teams design realistic topologies.

Additionally, responsibilities include creating the internal guidelines for engineers to use when necessary, and provide any additional mentorship to the engineers to ensure networking decisions are made correctly. This role is about shaping design decisions and ensuring this greenfield NOS understands how real networks behave upon deployment.

Requirements:
The successful candidate must have expert-level networking knowledge (CCIE / HCIE level), and should have extensive experience in data centres or telecom networking with large-scale deployment experience. The candidate should have Linux networking proficiency and a strong working knowledge of testing methodology. It is essential to have deep protocol expertise and ASIC mapping knowledge, and should understand how protocol requirements translate to TCAM/SRAM resources.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Charterhouse Middle East was formed in 2004 following the successful launch of Charterhouse Australia in 2003. Following its initial success, Charterhouse has established itself as a reputed recruitment specialist in its industry with footprints in Asia (Hong Kong and Singapore), Australasia (Sydney and Melbourne) and the Middle East (Dubai). We offer professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services across a variety of industrial sectors as well as bespoke RPO services tailored to service to our clients specific requirements. Charterhouse Labour Solutions which provides Employee Outsourcing, HR solutions and Payroll Services, making Charterhouse one of only a handful of organisations within the UAE able to offer this service with a license issued through the Economic Development Department.

One of the keys to our success is our staff, they possess a track record of recruiting in both the regional and international markets, with a specialised understanding of their market space. This, we believe, offers the best platform of service to our client and candidate base. In addition, our team is offered the strongest candidate generation and marketing tools, an exceptional database and support from an experienced administration and research team, to ensure that we can provide the best possible service levels. We strive to achieve excellent levels of service. Our consultants are specialists within their respective markets and hence are able to provide specialist market insights, salary trends, and are able to network with candidates who are both active and passive opportunity seekers.

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