Senior Network Architect – Remote (Rail/OT)

Morson Human Resources Limited; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Human Resources Limited is recruiting a Senior Network Architect for an Outside IR35 contract. The role is remote with occasional on-site work in Manchester and initially six months.

The successful candidate will review and develop the architecture for a critical rail technology environment, focusing on network, infrastructure, hosting and communications architectures. Rail experience and safety-critical mindset are highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior/Principal Network Architect.
• Experience in rail or safety-critical environments preferred.
• Strong knowledge of WAN/LAN, routing, switching, firewalls, and resilience.
• Ability to produce architecture diagrams and documentation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Review the existing TPCMS architecture, including server infrastructure at Three Bridges and Manchester.
• Assess dependencies on local and wide area communications systems.
• Review network, server, infrastructure and hosting architecture across the end-to-end solution.
• Consider alternative hosting and infrastructure approaches to reduce subsystems reliance.
• Review fault data (DRACAS/TRAMMS) and implications for current architecture.
• Assess interaction between application, infrastructure and communications layers.
• Identify architecture, resilience and availability risks.
• Review failure modes and dependencies between TPCMS and communications architecture.
• Identify timing, sequencing, or communications dependencies that could cause outages.
• Produce/update end-to-end architecture diagrams.
• Develop practical recommendations and a review report.
• Work with technical stakeholders to validate architecture and recommendations.

Skills

Senior Network Architecture

Network design

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation & diagrams

Tools

WAN/LAN

Routers & switches

Firewalls & segmentation

Data centre hosting

Job description

Morson Human Resources Limited is recruiting a Senior Network Architect for an Outside IR35 contract. The role is remote with occasional on-site work in Manchester and initially six months.

The successful candidate will review and develop the architecture for a critical rail technology environment, focusing on network, infrastructure, hosting and communications architectures. Rail experience and safety-critical mindset are highly desirable.