Senior Enterprise Networking Architect: Routing & Switching

World Wide Technology; England; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

World Wide Technology is seeking an Enterprise Architect with expert routing and switching depth to design, defend, and troubleshoot complex campus, data center, and WAN architectures. The role demands CCIE-calibre proficiency and technical leadership across engagements from design to cutover.

You will own end-to-end network architecture engagements, chair governance forums, mentor engineers, and drive standards across multi-site deployments, including security, AI, cloud networking, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in network engineering and architecture with enterprise-scale ownership.
• CCIE-calibre depth; CCIE or proven equivalent expert-level skill via assessment.
• Proven delivery of multi-site or global network transformations.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of network architecture engagements from design through cutover.
• Chair ARB and TDA sessions, manage governance gates and sign-offs.
• Architect routing solutions (BGP/OSPF/IS-IS/EIGRP) for campus, data center and WAN.
• Design and validate switching fabrics (VXLAN/EVPN, VPC/MLAG, SDN fabrics).
• Lead spine-leaf data center fabric design and underlay/overlay architectures.
• Architect WAN/SD-WAN (Viptela/Meraki, VeloCloud, Silver Peak, Fortinet) with MPLS as needed.
• Define QoS, IPv6, multicast, and security integration with zero trust initiatives.
• Lead client workshops, present to leadership, and act as escalation point for delivery teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to architecture standards and reference designs.
• Support pre-sales through scoping, PoC design, and effort estimation.

Skills

CCIE-level depth

Architecture leadership

Routing & Switching

BGP/OSPF/IS-IS/EIGRP

VXLAN/EVPN

SD-WAN platforms

Python/Ansible for automation

ARB/TDA governance

Education

CCIE Certification

JNCIE (optional)

Tools

Cisco ACI

Arista CloudVision

Juniper Apstra

Cisco Viptela / Meraki

VMware VeloCloud

RESTCONF/NETCONF

gNMI telemetry

Job description

World Wide Technology is seeking an Enterprise Architect with expert routing and switching depth to design, defend, and troubleshoot complex campus, data center, and WAN architectures. The role demands CCIE-calibre proficiency and technical leadership across engagements from design to cutover.

You will own end-to-end network architecture engagements, chair governance forums, mentor engineers, and drive standards across multi-site deployments, including security, AI, cloud networking, and