R&D Engineer — AI Ops & Network Automation

HCT Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UAE employment visa and health/medical

Dubai TECOM office with senior team

Competitive package based onexperience

Job summary

HCT Group in Dubai seeks an R&D Engineer to build AI-powered network automation products. You will translate ideas into working software using data from real networks, in a fast-growing Dubai team.

You will design data pipelines, train models for anomaly detection and KPI forecasting, and contribute to open, multi-vendor projects with a strong emphasis on Python, SQL and time-series data. 2–5 years' experience required.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant engineering or CS field.
• 2–5 years in network automation, data engineering or ML.
• Strong Python and SQL skills with time-series data.
• Git and good software engineering habits.
• Curiosity and discipline to finish tasks.

Responsibilities

• Build data pipelines from OSS, NMS, SNMP and streaming telemetry.
• Train models for anomaly detection, KPI forecasting and root-cause analysis.
• Write closed-loop automation with Python, Ansible and NETCONF/YANG.
• Take prototypes from PoC to minimum viable product.
• Run the Dubai lab and document what is built.
• Collaborate with the AI Engineer on network-operating agents.

Skills

Python

SQL

Time-series data

Git

Curiosity

O-RAN xApps/rApps

Kafka

Prometheus

Grafana

Research publications/patents

Education

BSc or MSc in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

NETCONF/YANG

Job description

HCT Group in Dubai seeks an R&D Engineer to build AI-powered network automation products. You will translate ideas into working software using data from real networks, in a fast-growing Dubai team.

You will design data pipelines, train models for anomaly detection and KPI forecasting, and contribute to open, multi-vendor projects with a strong emphasis on Python, SQL and time-series data. 2–5 years' experience required.