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Senior Network Architect - £700 per day - Outside IR35- Remote with occasional on site requirement - 6 months initial contract.
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Network Architect to support the review and development of the architecture for a critical rail technology environment.
This is a senior-level architecture role focused primarily on network, infrastructure, hosting and communications architecture. You will be responsible for understanding the current end-to-end architecture, assessing key dependencies and identifying opportunities to improve resilience, availability and overall system performance.
Experience within rail or other complex, safety-critical environments is highly desirable. Familiarity with SCADA, OT and rail-related systems would be advantageous, but the core requirement is strong network and infrastructure architecture expertise.
Key Responsibilities -
- Review the existing architecture, including server infrastructure.
- Assess dependencies on local and wide area communications systems.
- Review network, server, infrastructure and hosting architecture across the end-to-end solution.
- Consider alternative hosting and infrastructure approaches that could reduce reliance on communications subsystems.
- Assess the interaction and dependencies between the application, infrastructure and communications layers.
- Identify potential architectural, resilience and availability risks.
- Review failure modes and assess whether there are conflicts or dependencies with communications architecture.
- Identify any timing, sequencing or communications dependencies that could contribute to service outages.
- Produce and update clear end-to-end architecture diagrams.
- Develop practical recommendations for improving the overall architecture.
- Produce a clear architectural review report covering findings, risks and proposed improvements.
- Work closely with technical and engineering stakeholders to validate the architecture and recommendations.
Essential Experience -
- Significant experience as a Senior Network Architect, Principal Network Architect or similar.
- Strong background in network architecture and infrastructure design. xgikmsk
- Experience designing and reviewing complex, distributed and highly available environments.
- Strong knowledge of WAN/LAN, r Please click on the apply button to read the full job description
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