Network Security Architect

Network Security Architect

Hampshire / Hybrid

6 month contract

SC cleared

circa £600 per day

We are looking for a Senior Networking & Security Specialist to take a technical lead role in the design, implementation and delivery of complex multi-vendor network and security solutions.

This is a hands-on position requiring strong expertise across routing & switching, network security, data centre networking and SD-WAN, alongside the ability to produce high-quality technical designs and lead delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of complex network and security solutions.

Produce HLDs, LLDs, implementation plans and operational runbooks.

Configure and troubleshoot enterprise and service-provider network infrastructure.

Provide technical leadership and act as a senior escalation point.

Work with customers, architects, project teams and vendors to deliver solutions.

Lead technical discussions and present solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Mentor and support other engineers.

Conduct design validation, testing and technical assessments.

Key Technical Experience

Strong Cisco, Juniper and Fortinet experience.

Advanced routing and switching: BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, VLANs, STP, VPC/LACP, QoS.

Cisco ACI, including spine/leaf, tenants, VRFs, BDs, EPGs and contracts.

Network security including NGFWs, IPsec, SSL VPN and SD-WAN security.

F5 BIG-IP, L4/L7 load balancing, SSL offloading and GSLB.

Data centre networking and high-availability architectures.

Network automation using Python, Ansible or network APIs is desirable.

If this Network Security Architect role is of interest apply now or email your CV to me at (url removed)