Senior Network Architect
Posted Today by Rise Technical Recruitment
£600 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Summary: The Senior Network Architect role in Milton Keynes involves supporting the delivery and management of national security capabilities for a central Government client. The position requires liaising with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications and providing high-level technical oversight. Candidates should have experience in enterprise environments, particularly within government bodies, and possess relevant networking architecture skills. Eligibility for SC/DV clearance is preferred, with a focus on security principles and technical documentation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the delivery and management of key national security capabilities.
- Liaise with stakeholders/customers to interpret business requirements into technical specifications.
- Provide 4th level technical oversight to customer issues.
- Create technical and architectural documents such as options assessments and technical designs.
- Manage requirements and ownership of deliverables.
- Maintain working knowledge of auditing and security products configuration.
- Understand NCSC, GDS, CIS, Cyber Essentials, and NIST IT security principles.
Key Skills:
- Experience in networking architecture, including network topology, configuration, and wireless network architecture.
- Knowledge of firewalls, network load balancing, and VPN configuration.
- Experience creating technical and architectural documents.
- Working knowledge of auditing and security products configuration.
- Comprehensive understanding of UK government technology strategies and policies.
- IT technical qualifications or equivalent experience.
- TOGAF or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of public cloud offerings.
Salary (Rate): £600/day
City: Milton Keynes
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Network Architect
Milton Keynes (Hybrid 3 days PW)
£550 - £600pd DOE (Inside IR35/Umbrella)
6 month initial contract
Ideally SC/DV Cleared (Need to be eligible if not)
My central Government client is looking for an experienced Network Architect to support them with the delivery and management of key national security capabilities. You will liaise with stakeholders/customers and interpret business requirements into technical ones and support technical teams in delivery of capabilities, providing 4th level technical oversight to customer issues. The ideal candidate will have experience in an enterprise environment, ideally within a Government body.
Essential Experience Required:
- Networking architecture such as
- Network Topology and configuration
- Wireless network architecture
- Firewalls
- Network load balancing
- Inter/intra site connectivity
- Virtual private network configuration
- Public could connectivity
- Experience creating technical and architectural documents such as options assessments, low and high-level technical designs.
- Experience of requirements management and ownership of deliverables.
- Working knowledge of auditing and security products configuration.
- A comprehensive understanding of NCSC, GDS, CIS, Cyber Essentials, and NIST IT security principles, along with experience in UK government technology strategies and policies.
Desirable:
- Worked in a matrix organisation structure.
- IT Technical qualifications or equivalent experience
- TOGAF or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of Public cloud offerings
Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client. We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.