Network Architect Leicester or Hursley - onsite Active SC clearance required Inside IR35 Network Architect for on-premises critical national infrastructure solution leading a mix of network new build, tech refresh and live service activities Working with networking infrastructure including Cisco switches, firewalls, routers, ISE, F5 load-balancers, Juniper SRX, and SolarWinds monitoring Knowledge of a wide range of networking concepts and technologies including: IPSec - site to site Layer 2 e.g. STP, VPC, VLAN, OTV Layer 3 e.g. IP, VRF, OSPF, QoS, IDS, HSRP, GRE F5 LTM, Big DNS (GTM) CCNP level understanding. Documenting solutions into HLDs and LLDs as well as overseeing the overall network configuration management Providing Networking leadership within the organisation and for the client when required Evaluating Networking technology choices to address client requirements Promoting best practise, standardisation, security, policies, and automation Good communicator, able to communicate to deeply technical and non-technical audiences A good coach and mentor to the wider networks team. If this is the role for you please submit your CV at your earliest convenience. If you have not had a response within 2 weeks please take this as you have not been successful on this occasion