Solutions Architect - Enterprise Networking in London

Natilik is a Global Technology Solutions Partner. Our mission continues to be two-fold; growing a brand that is seen as the industry’s ‘Confident Guide’ sat between the vendors who make technology, and our clients who want to use it to help deliver the outcomes most important to them. We offer products, services, platforms, applications, and expertise to help. We also want to continue to build a business that we can be proud of, with a focus on five stakeholders: clients, people, partners, communities, and shareholders; putting our people at the heart of everything we do.

Today we advise and provide guidance to clients who are looking to manage, select, design, migrate, support & optimise traditional & modern network infrastructure in support of their business outcomes and initiatives. The Solution Architect works closely with the Sales community to provide pre-sales support on client opportunities. The primary value of this role is to understand a client’s existing business challenges and build a detailed technical solution which meets these, engaging with clients and prospects to generate positive interest in the solutions we provide, as well as expounding upon the business benefits that can be gained from investment in these solutions.

You’ll be a technologist at heart, but also comfortable in front of clients, with experience capturing complex requirements and designing cutting edge technology solutions to deliver enterprise-wide business benefits. You’ll be proficient in explaining difficult concepts in simple terms, with proven experience building and maintaining important client relationships.

Main activities, tasks & duties:

• Collaborate directly with clients and clearly capture their requirements enabling you to architect and design the correct technology solution to meet their business challenges.
• Clearly articulate solutions and business value through detailed, clear and concise client facing presentation and documentation.
• Conduct workshops and technology showcases to demonstrate business value of proposed solutions.
• Competently use vendor pricing & design tools, working alongside internal stakeholders on commercial elements of proposed solutions.
• Maintain great relationships with clients, partners and internal stakeholders, acting as a trusted technical solutions advisor / advocate for clients.
• Share insight and knowledge where appropriate, helping to grow the overall knowledge of the team and ultimately improve Natilik’s overall technical capabilities.

Job requirements:

To deliver in your role we expect the following skills, abilities, knowledge & experience:

Non-Technical Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to understand strategic business and technical requirements and develop appropriate solutions.
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to articulate technical solutions to different audiences.
• Ability to produce detailed, clear and concise client facing documentation and presentations.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships across client teams and key stakeholders.
• Team player who enjoys working alongside others, contributing and adding informed opinion and insights to discussions.
• Be passionate about the technology you are talking about and confident in front of clients.
• Be able to work to deadlines.
• Be present and available, and able to set clear expectations to key stakeholders.
• Other valued skills and abilities are attention to detail, numeracy, data analysis, reporting and negotiation.

Technical Skills & Abilities:

• Deep understanding of the Cisco ecosystem across their Switching, Wireless and SD-WAN and network management and assurance product portfolios (Catalyst, Meraki, Viptela).
• Subject matter expertise within specialty, for example: L2 networking (RSTP, STP, 802.1x, 802.1Q); L3 networking (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP); Transport (MPLS, IPSEC, VPN), QoS.
• Experience with Provider Customer Edge features such as handoffs, Network Address Translation & CG-NAT, MP-BGP, VRF-lite VRRP/HSRP.
• Architecture and provisioning of solutions within SD-WAN and MPLS based WAN environments (specifically Cisco/ Meraki based architecture).
• Network assurance, automation and orchestration tools and features and DevOps methodology (e.g. Cisco DNA Centre, ThousandEyes, Terraform, Ansible).
• Subject matter expert in wireless, e.g. 802.11, CAPWAP, cloud-native AIOps.
• Wireless infrastructure network design (Cloud-based & Controller-based: Meraki, Mist, Cisco).
• Wireless RF surveying and RF design (Ekahau, Hamina).
• Experience designing and deploying Zero Trust solutions leveraging capabilities such as SD-Access, ISE, Umbrella etc.
• Highly technical background with proven experience designing and delivering enterprise grade routing and switching solutions.

Desirable Skills & Abilities:

• CCNP or equivalent qualifications.
• Knowledge of Data Centre network design.
• Knowledge of AI LLMs and application to network management.
• Experience of Cisco and Palo Alto security technologies.
• Coding skills to support DevOps (Python, REST API, GIT, Ansible, Terraform etc.).
• Experience with enterprise networking integration into cloud-based architectures in Azure/AWS/GCP.
• Interest and appreciation for wider technology trends such as AI, IoT, hosting.

Benefits:

Natilik offers a series of benefits and perks designed to support your personal and professional growth, while fostering a thriving and rewarding work environment. We recognise the importance of contributing to our people's well-being, job satisfaction, and work-life balance and remain committed to doing so. This is why we offer:

• 25 days annual leave (+ bank holidays) rising with tenure.
• Quarterly Awards and Bonuses.
• Flexible Working Policy.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Access to Financial Wellness support.
• Industry-leading home working and mobility technology.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Company shares (available after one year tenure).
• Medicash (Cashback Scheme).
• Retail discounts via Medicash.
• Access to EAP scheme for you and your household.
• Vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme (available after one year tenure).
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Annual paid volunteering day.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Access to funding for additional qualifications and courses.
• Access to paid study leave.