Lead Solution Architect

Lead Solution Architect

Contract - 12 Months Initially

London - 1-2 Days Onsite

The role is for a Lead Solution Architect with the Global Infrastructure group; responsible for definition of strategy and the delivery of global solutions across the networking domain. The successful candidate will have a vital role in shaping future strategy and direction within the organization and must possess a relevant experience across enterprise and cloud networking technology.

Role / Principal Accountabilities:

• Define strategy across all aspects of the networking domain; supporting the adoption of hybrid cloud as a platform, providing service design and enhancements to improve automation and efficiency
• Define standards for adoption of Public Cloud technology and provide input into Client's hybrid cloud architecture and roadmaps
• Aware of industry trends and direction that are defining the future state of the enterprise network
• Design and development solutions to automate delivery of core networking components and peripherals.
• Work closely with global operational counterparts to deliver consistent, stable, scalable and cloud ready solutions

Experience Required:

• Qualified to CCNP level or above
• Advanced level knowledge of Routing and Switching
• Experience of WAN circuits and solutions (i.e. MPLS and VPN's)
• Software Defined Solutions and Network virtualisation (e.g. CISCO ACI / VMware NSX / Nuage)
• Knowledge of working with Firewalling technologies (Palo Alto, Fortinet or CISCO)
• Knowledge of Application Delivery Controllers (e.g. F5, Citrix)
• Network programmability and frameworks (Ansible/Python)
• Experience of Public Cloud solutions (AWS / Azure)
• Proficient level knowledge of networking design and documentation (HLD/LLD)

Desirable Skills

• Awareness of common management tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus, Elasticsearch or Splunk
• Experience and use of tools traffic analysis tools such as Corvil, Netscout
• Exposure or awareness of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

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