At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and optimise access network architectures in a cloud-centric environment.
- Company: Join a leading global healthcare company making a real impact.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, bonuses, flexible working, and extensive health benefits.
- Other info: Dynamic work culture with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Be a technical leader driving innovation in networking technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience with Cisco/Juniper architecture and cloud-native networking is essential.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
As a Network Architect within a cloud-centric enterprise environment, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing access network architectures. This includes LAN and Wi-Fi solutions across campuses, data centers, and manufacturing facilities. The role requires the integration of access network technologies with cloud platforms, wide area network (WAN) services, and modern security frameworks such as Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Zero Trust.
Acting as a technical authority, you will provide architectural leadership across internal initiatives, drive network transformation and migration programs, and ensure alignment with global networking standards. Success in this role requires balancing enterprise-wide standardization objectives with local site-specific requirements while leveraging deep multi-vendor networking expertise and strong cross-functional stakeholder management skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain global architecture for access layer networks
- Evaluate business and technical requirements to recommend networking solutions
- Oversee implementation of network designs and provide technical leadership to the engineering teams
- Assess and integrate emerging technologies (e.g., SD-WAN, zero trust, hybrid cloud networking, WiFi 8, campus fabric)
- Define network standards, policies, and best practices
- Ensure performance optimization, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery readiness
- Collaborate with enterprise, cybersecurity, cloud, and systems architects
- Manage vendor relationships and participate in technology selection
Basic Qualifications:
- Deep hands-on expertise with Cisco/Juniper architecture (wireless and access-layer switching)
- Understanding of the design and management differences between traditional controller-based and cloud-native, AI-driven architectures, and ability to define standards that accommodate both where dual-vendor environment exists
- Familiarity with network security fundamentals as they apply to access layer design across both Cisco ISE and Juniper Mist Access Assurance ecosystems
- Experience with hybrid cloud environments (Azure, GCP or AWS) and interconnectivity strategies
- Strategic thinking and long-term planning experience
- Experience producing technical documentation for internal and external purposes and presentation skills for architectural proposal
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in network engineering or infrastructure architecture
- Prior experience leading large-scale infrastructure migrations or redesigns
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance standards (e.g., HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001)
- Experience in integrating cloud-native networking with on-premises systems
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, network engineering, or related field
- Master’s degree in information systems or business administration is recommended for enterprise-level roles
Benefits:
- Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies
- Company Car or Car Allowance
- Long-Term incentives
- Contract of employment
- Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefits)
- Life insurance and pension plan
- Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible
- Sports cards (Multisport)
- Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure
- Personalized learning approach
- Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions, short Fridays option, health & well-being activities)
- Supportive community and integration events
- Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits every day
- Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers
As an Inclusive employer, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team at pl.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive.
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