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.
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