[Hiring] Senior Network Solutions Architect @Sopra Steria

Role Description

This role involves leading the design and architecture of complex network and cloud solutions across enterprise environments.

• Leading the production of secure and resilient network and cloud designs across connectivity, capacity, performance, recovery, and access.
• Producing high- and low-level design documentation, build guides and implementation instructions.
• Presenting designs to technical authorities and architecture review boards for approval.
• Aligning solutions to industry best practice frameworks such as CIS Controls, NIST and secure-by-design principles.
• Overseeing Network Engineers during implementation and ensuring solutions are delivered to specification.
• Troubleshooting and collaborating with third-party suppliers and service providers.
• Acting as a domain expert across current and emerging networking and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Cisco, Meraki, Palo Alto (PANS) and firewall / security services.
• Proven Cloud Infrastructure experience (AWS and Azure).
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking including Virtual WAN, firewalling, load balancing and application gateways.
• Experience across Microsoft 365 and Microsoft on-premise technologies such as Azure Active Directory, Role Based Access Control or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
• Solid understanding of secure network design principles.
• Experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary delivery and operations teams.

Company Description

We support the UK Government to tackle today’s biggest challenges. We combine technical expertise and delivery capability with vision to accelerate change and reinvent the way that Public Services are designed and delivered. We work with energy and integrity to build intelligent, highly secure, joined-up solutions that make a difference to everyday lives. We’ve been helping Government to make a difference for 50 years, creating common systems and approaches, enabling government to work across multiple agencies and radically transform how Public Services are delivered. Empowering Government to make a difference to everyone, every day.