Network Technical Architect – Cisco/Meraki/Fortinet, Hybrid

Hamilton Barnes; North East; Híbrido; GBP 65.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

27 days' annual leave

Hybrid working (3 days office, 2 days

Training and progression plan

Salary sacrifice pension

Enhanced sick pay

Cycle to Work

Virtual GP & physio

Perkbox membership

Office fruit and beverages

Descripción de la vacante

Hamilton Barnes seeks a Network Technical Architect to design and deliver scalable, secure customer networks across firewalls, VPNs, circuits, and network security in a hybrid model. You will own Cisco, Meraki, and Fortinet solutions from discovery through go-live and handover to Support, collaborating with Sales and Pre-sales and guiding discussions up to the C-suite.

The role demands 3–5+ years of network engineering experience, strong design leadership, and excellent communication skills for

Formación

• 3 to 5+ years in network engineering, with proven experience as a Technical Architect or in a similar design-led role within an MSP.
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing Cisco, Meraki and Fortinet solutions, covering LAN/WAN, firewalls, VPNs, circuits and network security.
• Designing for scalability, security and high availability, full solution lifecycle management, and designs built to be monitored, maintained and patched through standard MSP tooling.
• Excellent problem solver who can quickly understand issues and propose viable solutions. Explains complex technical problems clearly to junior engineers and non-technical stakeholders alike, and is comfortable presenting to C-suite. Flexible enough to switch between design and delivery.

Responsabilidades

• Work with Sales and Pre-sales to understand customer needs, analysing existing network architectures and business processes to support future growth.
• Design scalable, secure and highly available network solutions within customer budgets, integrated with the wider technical estate.
• Lead solution presentations and technical discussions with customers from engineering teams to C-suite, addressing concerns and building confidence in the design.
• Deliver and implement solutions when needed, moving between design and hands-on delivery as required.
• Onboard customer networks into Support with high-quality documentation, robust monitoring thresholds and patching schedules.
• Act as the escalation point for 1st and 2nd line faults, and upskill the teams through knowledge sharing and mentoring.

Conocimientos

Network design

Technical architecture

Pre-sales support

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Herramientas

Cisco

Meraki

Fortinet

Descripción del empleo

Hamilton Barnes seeks a Network Technical Architect to design and deliver scalable, secure customer networks across firewalls, VPNs, circuits, and network security in a hybrid model. You will own Cisco, Meraki, and Fortinet solutions from discovery through go-live and handover to Support, collaborating with Sales and Pre-sales and guiding discussions up to the C-suite.

The role demands 3–5+ years of network engineering experience, strong design leadership, and excellent communication skills for