Senior Network Architect – Campus SDN & Data Center

The University of Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous employer contribution pension

29 days annual leave plus bank hazards

Ride to work and EV car scheme

Job summary

The University of Manchester operates one of the UK’s largest single-site campus networks and is refreshing its LAN, Data Centre and DDI infrastructure. This role offers a SME opportunity within ITS to work across HPE, Cisco and Arista, aligning designs with our strategic principles.

You will deliver and operate enterprise LAN/WAN/Wireless and data centre networks, develop network policy and migrate to agile, identity-driven services, while collaborating with the network architect and strategic

Qualifications

• Experience of design, delivery and operations of enterprise networking.
• Professional level certifications in Cisco or Aruba networking.
• Experience of working with 3rd party suppliers to define, design, deliver and operate solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver and operate enterprise LAN/WAN/Wireless and data centre networks.
• Develop network policy and DDI environment to enable agile, identity-driven services.
• Collaborate with network architect and partner to ensure fit-for-purpose designs.

Skills

Network design

Cisco Aruba cert

Customer service

3rd party coordination

Root cause analysis

Routing protocols

Data centre networking

Security tooling

Analytical thinking

Time management

Tools

HPE Aruba

Arista switches

F5 load balancers

Job description

The University of Manchester operates one of the UK’s largest single-site campus networks and is refreshing its LAN, Data Centre and DDI infrastructure. This role offers a SME opportunity within ITS to work across HPE, Cisco and Arista, aligning designs with our strategic principles.

You will deliver and operate enterprise LAN/WAN/Wireless and data centre networks, develop network policy and migrate to agile, identity-driven services, while collaborating with the network architect and strategic