Customer Solutions Design Practitioner
Posted 1 week ago by Experis
£500 Per day
Undetermined
Hybrid
Devon
Summary: The Customer Solutions Design Practitioner role involves designing technology solutions for global customers, focusing on high-performance and secure systems that support digital transformation. The position requires collaboration with technical teams and stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions while managing risks and identifying improvement opportunities. The role is based in Exeter and offers a hybrid working arrangement. The position is expected to last for a duration of 6 months or more.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing technology components that meet time, cost and quality requirements.
- Working on T&T designs with occasional support for WNB/C2M or in-life solutions.
- Collaborating with solution designers and technical specialists to deliver integrated solutions.
- Managing technical and commercial risks and communicating clearly with senior stakeholders.
- Identifying cross-sell, up-sell and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Presenting technical solutions, explaining design decisions and business benefits.
- Supporting innovation and contributing to knowledge-sharing within design squads.
- Leading medium-scale engagements and mentoring less experienced team members.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in technical design or solution delivery.
- Strong working knowledge across multiple relevant technologies or products.
- Experience delivering component-level designs and working within governance standards.
- Ability to manage risks, resolve issues independently and communicate with senior stakeholders.
- Commercial awareness, including lifecycle cost considerations.
- Understanding of SLAs, customer business contexts and the impact of technical decisions.
- Basic industry qualifications or equivalent experience, with motivation to grow technical depth.
- Routing and switching skills.
- Experience with Cisco platforms: ISR, C9200, C9300, C9500, ASR1001, Nexus 7k, Nexus 9k.
- Knowledge of Cisco Nexus, Cisco NX-OS, VLAN, VXLAN, VRF, OSPF and BGP, F5 technologies, IPConnect, and datacentre architecture and design.
Salary (Rate): £500.00 per day
City: Exeter
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Customer Solutions Design Practitioner
Clearance- NPPV3 required
Duration- 6 Months +
Location- Exeter- Hybrid 3-5 Days On Site
Why this job matters
You'll help design the technology solutions our global customers rely on-from critical
national services to major enterprise networks. Working within the clients Technical & Service
Design team, you'll contribute to secure, high-performance solutions that support
digital transformation worldwide. Your work will directly impact customers in 180+
countries while you grow your technical capability in a highly collaborative, innovative
environment.
What you'll be doing
* Designing technology components that meet time, cost and quality requirements.
* Working on T&T designs with occasional support for WNB/C2M or in-life solutions.
* Collaborating with solution designers and technical specialists to deliver integrated
solutions.
* Managing technical and commercial risks and communicating clearly with senior
stakeholders.
* Identifying cross-sell, up-sell and continuous improvement opportunities.
* Presenting technical solutions, explaining design decisions and business benefits.
* Supporting innovation and contributing to knowledge-sharing within design squads.
* Leading medium-scale engagements and mentoring less experienced team members.
What we'd like to see from your CV
* Proven experience in technical design or solution delivery.
* Strong working knowledge across multiple relevant technologies or products.
* Experience delivering component-level designs and working within governance
standards.
* Ability to manage risks, resolve issues independently and communicate with senior
stakeholders.
* Commercial awareness, including lifecycle cost considerations.
* Understanding of SLAs, customer business contexts and the impact of technical
decisions.
* Basic industry qualifications or equivalent experience, with motivation to grow
technical depth
Technical Skills:
* Routing and switching
* Cisco platforms: ISR, C9200, C9300, C9500, ASR1001, Nexus 7k, Nexus 9k
General
General
* Cisco Nexus, Cisco NX-OS
* VLAN, VXLAN, VRF
* OSPF and BGP
* F5 technologies
* IPConnect
* Datacentre architecture and design
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!