Senior Network Architect

Auxo Talent; Valencia; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Auxo Talent is seeking a Senior Network Architect for a 12-month contract to guide the network evolution as the JV forms. This advisory role focuses on architecture analysis, documentation and stakeholder coordination, with implementation handled by the client’s regional teams.

The position is remote in the UK with planned travel to Valencia, Spain, and requires strong experience in enterprise manufacturing environments and Cisco/Palo Alto/F5 technologies.

Qualifications

• Senior network architecture experience in large enterprise and manufacturing environments.
• Must be based in the UK.
• Strong Cisco switching and enterprise LAN architecture, with working knowledge of Cisco SDA.
• Strong Palo Alto firewall and F5 load balancer architecture experience.
• Hands-on experience implementing agent-based micro-segmentation.
• Ability to factor Red Hat compute and NetApp storage dependencies into your designs.
• Excellent stakeholder facilitation, documentation, diagramming and executive communication skills.
• Comfortable working remotely across time zones and travelling internationally when approved.

Responsibilities

• Assess the current-state environment and produce a dependency map.
• Gather and validate requirements across security, network, application, manufacturing, regional operations and the JV.
• Document architecture considerations for LAN, wireless, firewall, load balancing, extranet, segmentation, and compute and storage.
• Define the JV / non-JV coexistence model, including permitted and prohibited connectivity paths.
• Maintain a living register of assumptions, risks, decisions and dependencies.
• Join architecture reviews and provide weekly status and governance updates.
• Coordinate with European implementation teams.

Skills

Senior network architecture

Tools

Cisco switching

Cisco SDA

Palo Alto firewall

F5 load balancer

Agent-based micro-segmentation

Red Hat compute

NetApp storage

Job description

Senior Network Architect (Travels to Valencia, Spain)

Location: Remote in UK, with planned travel to Valencia, Spain.

Employment type: Contract, 12 months

About the role

A manufacturing plant is separating its network as it moves to a joint venture structure. We need a senior Network Architect to define how the network evolves to a standalone end state, while the original entity and approved shared services keep running on the same campus.

This is an advisory and design role, not a hands-on build. You’ll own the architecture analysis, documentation and stakeholder coordination. Implementation sits with the client’s regional teams.

What you’ll do

• Assess the current-state environment and produce a dependency map
• Gather and validate requirements across security, network, application, manufacturing, regional operations and the JV
• Document architecture considerations for LAN, wireless, firewall, load balancing, extranet, segmentation, and compute and storage
• Define the JV / non-JV coexistence model, including permitted and prohibited connectivity paths
• Maintain a living register of assumptions, risks, decisions and dependencies
• Join architecture reviews and provide weekly status and governance updates
• Coordinate with European implementation teams

What you’ll bring

• Senior network architecture experience in large enterprise and manufacturing environments
• Candidate must be based in the UK.
• Strong Cisco switching and enterprise LAN architecture, with working knowledge of Cisco SDA
• Strong Palo Alto firewall and F5 load balancer architecture experience
• Hands-on experience implementing agent-based micro-segmentation
• Ability to factor Red Hat compute and NetApp storage dependencies into your designs
• Excellent stakeholder facilitation, documentation, diagramming and executive communication skills
• Comfortable working remotely across time zones and travelling internationally when approved

Nice to have

• JV separation, divestiture, extranet or complex network isolation experience