Remote-Ready Senior Network Architect: Routing & DC Fabric

World Wide Technology, Inc.

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

World Wide Technology is seeking an Enterprise Architect with expert-level routing and switching to own the technical delivery of network engagements from design through cutover. You will lead governance sessions and ensure architecture sign-off while spanning security, AI, cloud networking, and automation as needed.

This role requires CCIE-calibre depth with a track record of multi-site or global transformations.

Qualifications

10+ years in network engineering and architecture roles with ownership of enterprise-scale routing and switching designs.
CCIE-calibre depth is mandatory or clearly equivalent expert-level skill demonstrated through assessment.
Track record leading multi-site or global network transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end technical delivery of network architecture engagements: design authority, low-level design production, implementation oversight, and cutover/migration leadership.
Host and chair Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Technical Design Authority (TDA) sessions for network engagements, owning governance gates, decision records, and design sign-off.
Architect enterprise-grade routing solutions spanning BGP, OSPF/IS-IS/EIGRP for campus, data center, and WAN environments.
Design and validate switching architectures: VLANs, STP/RSTP/MST, VXLAN/EVPN fabrics, VPC/MLAG, and SDN-based data center fabrics (Cisco ACI, Arista CloudVision, Juniper Apstra).
Lead spine-leaf data center fabric design, including underlay/overlay architecture, multi-tenancy, and fabric automation.
Architect WAN and SD-WAN solutions (Cisco Viptela/Meraki, VMware VeloCloud, Silver Peak, Fortinet) including MPLS integration and transport diversity strategies.
Design QoS policies, multicast, and IPv6 architectures for mission-critical environments.
Integrate network segmentation and micro-segmentation designs with client security architecture, including zero trust network access initiatives.
Lead client-facing technical design workshops, present architecture to network and infrastructure leadership, and act as the named technical escalation point for delivery teams.