Senior Network Architect — Enterprise Security & Cloud

CDW LLC.; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW is seeking a Senior Network Architect to shape, design, and lead complex network and security solutions for diverse enterprise customers. You will translate business needs into high-level architectures and drive solution strategy across multi-vendor environments, from discovery through proposal and handover to delivery.

You'll own solution architecture for opportunities, lead discovery, design and proposals, align technology to outcomes and KPIs, and collaborate with services to ensure

Qualifications

• 10+ years in network architecture or consulting roles.
• Strong enterprise/networking design experience.
• Experience across data centre and campus networking.
• Proven track record with multi-vendor environments.
• Security technologies: NGFW, ZTNA, IPS/IDS, WAF.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience with AI in workplace tools and observability.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer discovery and capture business/technical requirements.
• Translate outcomes into scalable, high-level architectures.
• Act as the technical authority throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Present solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Produce high-quality solution proposals and design artifacts (HLDs).
• Design secure, scalable network architectures across campus, data centre, WAN and cloud domains.
• Align designs with best practices, vendor validated designs, and CDW standards.
• Support pricing, sizing, and commercial positioning.
• Identify opportunities to enhance solutions with additional services.
• Collaborate with delivery teams for smooth handover to delivery.

Skills

Network architecture

Enterprise networking

Solution design

Stakeholder management

Presentation to stakeholders

Zero Trust architectures

Cloud networking

Automation

AI-driven operations

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Certifications (CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE)

Tools

Splunk

LogicMonitor

Big Panda

Python

Ansible

Terraform

NetBox

Job description

CDW is seeking a Senior Network Architect to shape, design, and lead complex network and security solutions for diverse enterprise customers. You will translate business needs into high-level architectures and drive solution strategy across multi-vendor environments, from discovery through proposal and handover to delivery.

You'll own solution architecture for opportunities, lead discovery, design and proposals, align technology to outcomes and KPIs, and collaborate with services to ensure