Strategic Networking & Security Solutions Architect

Sword Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Private health

Pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Sword Group is a leading provider of business technology solutions in energy, public and financial sectors, seeking a Senior Network & Security Architect. You will lead architecture across opportunities from discovery to delivery, design secure network and security solutions, and work with Sales, Delivery and partners to craft technically sound proposals.

The role requires strong enterprise networking experience, Cisco and Palo Alto proficiency, and a holistic view of Network, Security and

Qualifications

• Strong enterprise networking architecture and design experience across Cisco portfolio
• Deep knowledge of Cisco technologies: Catalyst switching/wireless, SD-WAN, SDA, ISE
• Strong Palo Alto Networks knowledge including NGFW and Prisma Access/SASE
• Good understanding of modern SASE/SSE and Zero Trust architectures
• Solid understanding of enterprise security principles: segmentation, identity-based access, remote access, firewalling
• Broad Infra: hyperconverged infra, virtualization, compute, storage and backup
• Experience with public/hybrid cloud architectures (Azure, AWS) and cross-domain integration
• Ability to design holistically across Network, Security, Cloud and Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and solution architecture across opportunities, from discovery to delivery
• Lead customer workshops to translate requirements into architectures
• Design secure, resilient and scalable network and security solutions focusing on Cisco and Palo Alto
• Develop solutions covering Enterprise Networking, SD-WAN, SDA, SASE/SSE, LAN, Wireless, NAC and Cyber Security
• Support Hybrid Cloud opportunities across Cloud, HC Infrastructure, Compute, Storage and backup
• Produce high-level designs, BoMs, SOWs, risks and technical proposals
• Contribute technical input into bids, tenders, presentations and vendor engagements
• Collaborate with Sales, Pre-Sales, Delivery, Managed Services and partners
• Stay current with emerging technologies and AI applications in networking and security

Skills

Networking architecture

Cisco technologies

Palo Alto

Zero Trust

Security principles

Public/Hybrid Cloud

AI awareness

Job description

Sword Group is a leading provider of business technology solutions in energy, public and financial sectors, seeking a Senior Network & Security Architect. You will lead architecture across opportunities from discovery to delivery, design secure network and security solutions, and work with Sales, Delivery and partners to craft technically sound proposals.

The role requires strong enterprise networking experience, Cisco and Palo Alto proficiency, and a holistic view of Network, Security and