Solution Architect

RS Group is seeking a skilled and driven Solution Architect with a focus on Networks and Security to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the design and delivery of complex solutions across a variety of initiatives, ranging from smaller-scale projects to multimillion-pound programmes.

While the initial focus will involve supporting a senior Solution Architect on a large-scale initiative, you will also be given ownership of smaller assignments, allowing for meaningful growth and hands-on experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Contribute to the architecture and design of major projects, aligned with enterprise architecture guidance.
• Collaborate on and participate in architectural governance to ensure consistency across target and transition states.
• Facilitate and document key design decisions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Present architectural decisions and implications to senior stakeholders in a clear and compelling way.
• Engage in cross-functional Design Working Groups to agree on and communicate key architectural elements.
• Ensure adherence to architectural governance processes across projects and initiatives.
• Provide mentoring and support to junior members of the Solution Architecture team.
• Collaborate with internal teams and third-party partners to analyse existing network structures and recommend improvements.
• Design and implement scalable and efficient network solutions, including LAN, WAN, WLAN, SDWAN, and telecoms infrastructure.
• Define policies and controls for firewalls and security systems to ensure data protection and compliance.
• Support the deployment of new network solutions in collaboration with IT teams.
• Conduct testing and validation of changes to network software and hardware.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of network architecture, configurations, and emergency procedures.
• Regularly review and upgrade network infrastructure to align with organisational goals.
• Work closely with stakeholders to anticipate future network needs and propose strategic solutions.

About You

You’re passionate about technology and crafting solutions that deliver impact. You bring a strong blend of technical expertise, a collaborative mindset, and a forward-thinking approach to problem-solving. You enjoy working across cross-functional teams, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring technology drives value.

What You Bring

• Demonstrated experience as a Network Solution Architect or similar role.
• Deep technical knowledge of:

• Cisco technologies (SDWAN, LAN, WAN, ASA/Firepower Firewalls)
• Zscaler (ZIA, SIPA)
• SIEM tools (e.g. Qualys)
• Remote access solutions (Ivanti, Pulse Secure, Cisco AnyConnect)

• AWS
• Azure

• ServiceNow
• Jira/Confluence
• Microsoft 365

The extras you’ll get:

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including annual performance bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, private healthcare, in the UK&I, we’ve just introduced a number of new Family Friendly Policies.

We are RS

At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers.

We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities – to solve problems.

We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do.

Come and join us and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.