Network Architect
Posted 5 days ago by Intec Select
£750 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Network Architect role is a senior-level contract position focused on supporting network strategy and transformation initiatives within a global financial services organization. The successful candidate will act as a technical authority, overseeing network modernization programs and ensuring compliance with security and operational standards. This position requires collaboration with various teams to design scalable and secure network architectures. The role offers hybrid working arrangements, with a requirement for occasional on-site presence in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and own enterprise network architecture across large-scale environments
- Produce high-level and low-level network designs (HLD / LLD)
- Act as the senior technical authority for network transformation initiatives
- Design and govern Software Defined Networking (SDN) architectures
- Provide architectural leadership across firewall migration and security transformation programmes
- Define architectural standards, principles, and reference designs
- Ensure network solutions align with security, compliance, and operational requirements
- Support engineering teams through design assurance, technical guidance, and solution reviews
- Engage with infrastructure, security, cloud, and programme stakeholders
- Contribute to technology roadmaps and long-term network strategy
- Operate within regulatory frameworks typical of financial services environments
Key Skills:
- Proven experience working as a Network Architect in large enterprise environments
- Strong background designing and governing Cisco-based network architectures
- Deep knowledge of routing and switching at CCNP / CCIE level (or equivalent experience)
- Hands-on architectural experience with SDN technologies such as Cisco ACI and VMware NSX-T
- Strong experience designing next-generation firewall solutions (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco Firepower)
- Experience architecting Cisco ISE and enterprise network access control solutions
- Exposure to hybrid and cloud-integrated network architectures
- Experience working in regulated or financial services environments (highly desirable)
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Salary (Rate): £750 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Network Architect – Financial Services – London – £650–£750 per Day (Outside IR35) + Hybrid Working
Overview: We are seeking an experienced Network Architect to support enterprise-wide network strategy and transformation initiatives for a globally established financial services organisation. This is a senior-level contract role, operating across architecture definition, governance, and technical design within a complex, regulated environment. You will act as a senior technical authority across network modernisation programmes, working closely with engineering, security, and delivery teams to define scalable, secure, and future-proof network architectures across international platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and own enterprise network architecture across large-scale environments
- Produce high-level and low-level network designs (HLD / LLD)
- Act as the senior technical authority for network transformation initiatives
- Design and govern Software Defined Networking (SDN) architectures
- Provide architectural leadership across firewall migration and security transformation programmes
- Define architectural standards, principles, and reference designs
- Ensure network solutions align with security, compliance, and operational requirements
- Support engineering teams through design assurance, technical guidance, and solution reviews
- Engage with infrastructure, security, cloud, and programme stakeholders
- Contribute to technology roadmaps and long-term network strategy
- Operate within regulatory frameworks typical of financial services environments
Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience working as a Network Architect in large enterprise environments
- Strong background designing and governing Cisco-based network architectures
- Deep knowledge of routing and switching at CCNP / CCIE level (or equivalent experience)
- Hands-on architectural experience with SDN technologies such as Cisco ACI and VMware NSX-T
- Strong experience designing next-generation firewall solutions (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco Firepower)
- Experience architecting Cisco ISE and enterprise network access control solutions
- Exposure to hybrid and cloud-integrated network architectures
- Experience working in regulated or financial services environments (highly desirable)
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Contract Details:
- £650–£750 per day
- Outside IR35
- Hybrid working (London-based with approximately 1 day per week on-site)
- Long-term programme of work within a global financial services organisation
Network Architect – Financial Services – London – £650–£750 per Day (Outside IR35) + Hybrid Working