Network Architect

Fis QA; Qatar; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fusion Integrated Solutions is seeking a Network Architect to define target architecture and standards for enterprise connectivity. You will guide LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, Wi‑Fi, data-centre networking, and cloud-connectivity with a focus on practical, scalable designs.

You will translate business requirements into high-level designs, collaborate with stakeholders, engineers, and vendors, and drive modernization with governance across major initiatives.

Qualifications

• Fluency in English mandatory; Arabic desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in network engineering or architecture, including senior design responsibility.
• CCNP Enterprise, CCIE, Aruba expert, SD-WAN, cloud-networking, or comparable certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern enterprise network reference architectures, standards, design patterns, and technology roadmaps.
• Lead architecture and high-level design for LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, data-centre, cloud-connectivity, and multi-site solutions.
• Assess demand, capacity, availability, resilience, performance, integration, and lifecycle requirements; explain trade-offs.
• Review and assure technical designs, BOMs, implementation plans, and vendor proposals against standards.
• Advise senior stakeholders on technology risk, investment options, and modernization priorities.
• Lead technical design reviews, mentor engineers, and provide architectural guidance to delivery teams.
• Maintain architecture documentation and decision records; communicate rationale clearly to stakeholders.
• Support major incidents and post-incident reviews requiring architectural changes to improve reliability.

Job description

About the Role

The Network Architect defines and assures the target architecture, technical standards, roadmaps, and major design decisions for Fusion Integrated Solutions’ (FIS) enterprise connectivity infrastructure. The role provides authoritative guidance across LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, data-centre networking, cloud connectivity, and network resilience, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and supportable.

As a senior technical member of the Technical Delivery team, the successful candidate will translate business and operational requirements into network architectures and high-level designs. Working with senior stakeholders, engineers, vendors, and multi-disciplinary delivery teams, the role guides network modernisation, evaluates technical trade-offs, and maintains consistent architecture governance across major initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern enterprise network reference architectures, standards, design patterns, and technology roadmaps.
• Lead architecture and high-level design for complex LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, data-centre, cloud-connectivity, and multi-site solutions.
• Assess demand, capacity, availability, resilience, performance, integration, and lifecycle requirements; recommend appropriate designs and explain technical trade-offs.
• Review and assure technical designs, bills of materials, implementation plans, and vendor proposals against enterprise standards and business requirements.
• Advise senior stakeholders on technology risk, investment options, operating-model implications, and network-modernisation priorities.
• Lead technical design reviews, mentor network engineers, and provide architectural guidance to delivery teams.
• Maintain architecture documentation and decision records, communicating design rationale and requirements clearly to stakeholders.
• Support major incidents and post-incident reviews where architectural changes are needed to improve reliability and resilience.

Candidate Attributes

• Authoritative enterprise-network design expertise and sound technical judgement.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, vendors, and multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
• Strong architecture documentation, presentation, governance, and decision-recording skills.
• Ability to balance business needs, operational supportability, performance, resilience, and cost.
• A strategic, risk-aware, and outcome-focused approach to technology investment and modernisation.

Education and Experience

• Fluency in English is mandatory; Arabic is desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline; postgraduate study is advantageous.
• 7+ years of experience in network engineering or architecture, including senior design responsibility.
• CCNP Enterprise, CCIE, Aruba expert, SD-WAN, cloud-networking, or comparable certifications are preferred.