As a Consultant Architect within the Networking Team, you will bring experience in your speciality, supporting organisational and colleague growth with a growth mindset. You'll manage client expectations while successfully implementing technical solutions. Your role demands strong technical and organisational skills, excellent communication, interpersonal skills, adaptability, and flexibility to changing technologies.

As a key member of our Team you will engage in client consultations, ensuring any solution meets their explicit strategic needs. This will enable you, in turn, to create strong, long-lasting relationships with stakeholders inside our customer base through the successful delivery of these projects that facilitate digital transformation through pragmatic innovation, laying the fundamental platform that their business can leverage for sustainable growth.

Key Skills

Good knowledge and demonstrable skills in multiple areas to include but not limited to:

• Microsoft (On-Prem & Cloud)
• VMware
• Citrix
• Cisco CCNP / CCIE
• HPE
• Aruba Certified – Professional
• Fortinet Certified - Professional

Experience and skill set should include:

• Good knowledge of network design and architecture principles.
• Proficiency in configuring and managing enterprise-level routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Understanding and experience of network security protocols and measures, including VPNs, IDS/IPS, and encryption technologies.
• Experience with network monitoring and performance tools.
• Familiarity with cloud networking solutions and hybrid cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of network automation and orchestration.
• Ability to develop and implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies such as SDN, NFV, and IoT.
• Ability to work effectively in a commercially aware yet client sensitive capacity.
• Leading architectural design sessions with clients to ensure scalable and secure network infrastructure aligned to business needs.
• Engage and provide professional and expert technical support and direction to clients.
• Ability to build relationships and develop rapport internally and with external clients.
• Design, installation, and support of technical solutions associated with delivering applications both internally and to external clients.
• Experience of Pre-sales activities would be desirable.

About You

The ideal candidate will have sound technical capability, a confident presence in front of customers and strong experience in technical consultancy skills. They must not be afraid to roll up their sleeves and assist in the delivery of technical solutions, leading from the front.