Senior Network Architect – Cisco ACI & Active/Active DCs

Methods Business and Digital Technology

West of England

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 80,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Methods Business and Digital Technology is seeking a Senior Network Architect to assess and improve enterprise network architecture within a secure defence environment. You will produce detailed network designs and practical recommendations for resilience, covering two data centres and Cisco ACI, routing, firewalls and F5 load balancers.

The role involves leading design reviews, documenting current state, and delivering a prioritized roadmap with implementation considerations and risk

Qualifications

Hands-on Cisco ACI experience including fabric architecture, tenants, VRFs and contracts.
Strong Cisco routing knowledge and IP addressing, routing protocols and data-centre connectivity.
Experience reviewing Cisco ASA firewall configurations, traffic flows and NAT.

Responsibilities

Review live network implementations across two data centres and identify gaps between documented and actual operations.
Produce current-state High Level Designs and Low Level Designs with topology diagrams and dependencies.
Present a Network Review and Roadmap illustrating prioritized improvements with dependencies and service impact.
Lead technical reviews and secure sign-off of designs from Architecture and Network teams.