Key Responsibilities
- Design enterprise edge network architectures covering LAN, WLAN, and SD-WAN environments, producing High-Level and Low-Level Design documentation
- Assess current-state network infrastructure and define future-state architecture, migration, and modernisation roadmaps
- Design and optimise OT network architectures, supporting Industrial Control Systems (ICS), SCADA, and related operational platforms
- Define and implement secure IT/OT network segmentation strategies aligned with Zero Trust principles
- Lead architecture reviews and technical workshops, providing technical leadership and design guidance to implementation and delivery teams
What You Will Ideally Bring
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise networking architecture and design, with strong LAN switching, WLAN, and SD-WAN expertise
- Experience designing or supporting Operational Technology networks, including Industrial Ethernet, ICS, and SCADA environments
- Strong understanding of network security architecture, Zero Trust principles, and secure IT/OT network separation
- Excellent stakeholder management and consulting skills, comfortable engaging technical and non-technical audiences
- Desirable, certifications such as Cisco CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, Aruba Certified Design Expert, Fortinet NSE, CISSP, or GICSP, and experience across Cisco, Aruba, HPE, Fortinet, VeloCloud, Juniper, or Extreme Networks
Contract Details
- Duration: 6 months
- Day Rate: Negotiable
- Determination: Inside IR35
- Location: Hybrid, 2 days per week onsite, Maidenhead
- Start Date: ASAP