Enterprise Network Architect & Implementation Lead

Sword; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Private health

Job summary

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions with a strong focus on network engineering for energy, public and finance sectors. The role involves leading end-to-end network projects from design through deployment and documentation, with emphasis on Cisco and Fortinet platforms.

As a senior network professional, you will design, implement and validate complex solutions, collaborate with customers and stakeholders, and contribute to workshops and design reviews while ensuring

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to lead technical projects end-to-end.
• Strong Cisco networking expertise to CCNP/CCIE level preferred.
• Experience with modern data centre and campus network design patterns.
• Familiarity with Fortinet Security Fabric technologies and SD-WAN.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of enterprise network solutions across routing, switching, firewall and wireless technologies.
• Produce high-quality low-level designs, implementation and migration plans.
• Deploy, configure, test and optimize network infrastructure with Cisco/Fortinet technologies.
• Support modern architectures including Cisco ACI, VXLAN EVPN, and SD-WAN deployments.
• Create documentation, diagrams and handover materials for project delivery.
• Work with project managers, security teams and customers to ensure design governance.

Skills

CCNP/CCIE level

Cisco networking

Data centre design

Fortinet & SD-WAN

Azure & AWS

Automation (Ansible, Python)

Virtualization knowledge

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

Cisco ACI

VMware

Job description

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions with a strong focus on network engineering for energy, public and finance sectors. The role involves leading end-to-end network projects from design through deployment and documentation, with emphasis on Cisco and Fortinet platforms.

As a senior network professional, you will design, implement and validate complex solutions, collaborate with customers and stakeholders, and contribute to workshops and design reviews while ensuring