Senior Network Architect & Design Lead

beaumont; Chester-le-Street; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & progression plan

27 days’ holiday + birthday off

Pension matched up to 7%

Enhanced sick pay (4 months) and leave

Electric car lease, Cycle to Work, and

Tech & Home schemes

Perkbox, Costco card, virtual GP and 1

Physio service

Job summary

Beaumont is seeking a Network Technical Architect to own the design lifecycle within a close-knit MSP networking team. You will sit with Sales and Pre-sales to shape customer requirements, craft scalable, secure designs, and present them to leadership.

When design work softens, you’ll hands-on deliver the build and support handover. This role suits senior Cisco/Meraki engineers who want design authority or architects who miss hands-on build work, with opportunities to guide 1st/2nd line

Qualifications

• Senior network professional with design ownership experience in MSP environments.
• Strong Cisco, Meraki, Fortinet expertise.
• Ability to explain complex designs to execs and engineers.
• Certifications such as CCNP/CCDE/CCIE are a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Turn customer requirements into network designs that fit budget and estate.
• Lead technical presentations and design discussions up to C-suite.
• Design, deploy and manage LAN/WAN, firewalls, VPNs, circuits and network security.
• Ensure clean handover to Support with monitoring, patching and docs.
• Collaborate with End User, Cloud & Infrastructure and Security teams.

Skills

Cisco

Meraki

Fortinet

CCNP/CCDE/CCIE

Job description

Beaumont is seeking a Network Technical Architect to own the design lifecycle within a close-knit MSP networking team. You will sit with Sales and Pre-sales to shape customer requirements, craft scalable, secure designs, and present them to leadership.

When design work softens, you’ll hands-on deliver the build and support handover. This role suits senior Cisco/Meraki engineers who want design authority or architects who miss hands-on build work, with opportunities to guide 1st/2nd line