Remote Data Communications SME - Enterprise Networking Leader

NTT DATA, Inc.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA Services is seeking a seasoned DATACOM SME to provide leadership in enterprise networking across the UK and Europe. The role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing complex networks, ensuring high availability, security, and scalable connectivity across LAN, WAN, WLAN, and data centers.

You will collaborate with security, cloud, and operations teams to deliver reliable networking services and modernize infrastructure while mentoring junior engineers and guiding best practices.

Qualifications

• Typically 8+ years of experience in Network Infrastructure, Data Communication, and Enterprise Networking.
• Strong experience in designing, implementing, managing, and troubleshooting large-scale enterprise network environments.
• Experience supporting LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, Wireless Networking, Network Security technologies, Data Center, and Cloud Connectivity solutions.
• Hands-on expertise with Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, Huawei, Fortinet, or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, DNS, DHCP, and routing/switching concepts.
• Strong understanding of Data Center networking architectures.
• Experience in network monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Knowledge of network redundancy, high availability, and disaster recovery concepts.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure solutions.
• Provide subject matter expertise for LAN, WAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, VPN, and Data Center networking technologies.
• Lead network transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Perform network capacity planning, performance tuning, and optimization.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues and drive root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Cloud, and Application teams to ensure seamless connectivity and service delivery.
• Support network security implementations including firewalls, NAC, segmentation, and secure access solutions.
• Develop network architecture, standards, operational procedures, and technical documentation.
• Participate in incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Evaluate new networking technologies and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.

Skills

Data Communication Technologies

LAN / WAN / WLAN

SD-WAN

Routing & Switching

TCP/IP Protocol Suite

BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS

DNS & DHCP

VPN Technologies

Cisco Networking Solutions

Aruba Wireless

Network Security

Firewalls & Secure Access

Data Center Networking

Network Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Network Performance Optimization

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

Network Automation (Ansible, Python,  

Incident, Problem & Change Management

Infrastructure Transformation & Modern

Tools

Ansible

Python

Terraform

Job description

NTT DATA Services is seeking a seasoned DATACOM SME to provide leadership in enterprise networking across the UK and Europe. The role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing complex networks, ensuring high availability, security, and scalable connectivity across LAN, WAN, WLAN, and data centers.

You will collaborate with security, cloud, and operations teams to deliver reliable networking services and modernize infrastructure while mentoring junior engineers and guiding best practices.