Network Architect

Leicester or Hursley - onsite

Active SC clearance required

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Network Architect for on-premises critical national infrastructure solution leading a mix of network new build, tech refresh and live service activities
Working with networking infrastructure including Cisco switches, firewalls, routers, ISE, F5 load-balancers, Juniper SRX, and SolarWinds monitoring
Knowledge of a wide range of networking concepts and technologies including:
IPSec - site to site
Layer 2 e.g. STP, VPC, VLAN, OTV
Layer 3 e.g. IP, VRF, OSPF, QoS, IDS, HSRP, GRE
F5 LTM, Big DNS (GTM)

CCNP level understanding.
Documenting solutions into HLDs and LLDs as well as overseeing the overall network configuration management
Providing Networking leadership within the organisation and for the client when required
Evaluating Networking technology choices to address client requirements
Promoting best practise, standardisation, security, policies, and automation
Good communicator, able to communicate to deeply technical and non-technical audiences
A good coach and mentor to the wider networks team.

If this is the role for you please submit your CV at your earliest convenience. If you have not had a response within 2 weeks please take this as you have not been successful on this occasion