Technical Solutions Architect - Ent Networking

Onnec; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ONNEC Group seeks a Technical Solutions Architect - Enterprise Networking to act as a senior technical authority bridging customer challenges, sales opportunities and delivery. You will shape innovative, commercially viable networking solutions for new and existing customers.

You’ll lead high-level designs, support pre-sales activities, and work with vendors to align with ONNEC's delivery capabilities, ensuring robust, scalable outcomes for complex environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in enterprise networking architectures and pre-sales delivery.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into scalable, viable networking solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted technical partner to customers to understand business challenges and shape solutions.
• Identify and support new business opportunities with Sales and Account Management.
• Develop robust networking solution packages aligned with delivery capabilities.
• Provide high-quality pre-sales support including workshops, demonstrations, and proofs of concept.
• Translate requirements into high level designs, risk considerations and BOM input for delivery.
• Collaborate with vendors and partners to stay ahead of emerging technologies and roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Technical architecture

Pre-sales

Solutions consulting

Delivery coordination

Tools

Zscaler

AWS Direct Connect

Azure ExpressRoute

Aruba Central

Juniper Mist

Cisco ISE

Cisco Nexus

VMware ESXi

Job description

ONNEC Group are a leading independent technology partner and global integrator, with over 30 years' experience, and an 800+ team of global experts, specialising in providing end-to-end connectivity solutions that propel organisations everywhere.

From structured cabling to managed services, our end-to-end services provide infrastructure that can be completely relied on. Design. Build. Deploy. Optimise. We offer a complete solution for business connectivity.

We are a rapidly growing organisation and finding and retaining the highest calibre of people is fundamental to us for the success of our business. We work hard to create a challenging, supportive and satisfying working environment for all our employees. ONNEC has successfully achieved the Investors in Diversity Foundational Award for our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

We are looking for a customer-facing Technical Solutions Architect - Enterprise Networking to act as a senior technical authority for ONNEC's enterprise networking solutions and service propositions. This role will bridge the gap between customer business challenges, sales opportunities and technical delivery, helping to shape creative, commercially viable and operationally achievable solutions for new and existing customers.

What you’ll be doing as our Technical Solutions Architect - Enterprise Networking:

• Acting as a trusted technical partner to customers by understanding their business challenges, goals, environments and operational requirements before shaping solutions.
• Proactively identifying, shaping and supporting new business opportunities and growth within existing accounts, working closely with Sales and Account Management teams.
• Developing creative, robust and commercially viable networking solution packages that meet customer needs and align with ONNEC's delivery capability.
• Providing high-quality pre-sales technical support, including discovery, technical qualification, customer workshops, solution presentations, demonstrations, proof of concepts and support for tenders, RFIs and RFPs.
• Translating customer requirements into scalable networking solutions, including high-level designs, solution overviews, technical assumptions, risk considerations, bill of materials input and handover material for delivery teams.
• Collaborating with vendors, manufacturers and strategic partners to stay ahead of emerging technologies, product roadmaps, life cycle notices, licensing models and best practice design principles.

What we’re looking for in our Technical Solutions Architect - Enterprise Networking:

• A strong technical background in enterprise networking, technical architecture, pre-sales, solutions consulting or a technical design authority role.
• Experience supporting customer discovery sessions, understanding business drivers and converting requirements into practical, commercially aware technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of both traditional and modern enterprise networking technologies, including WAN, LAN and data centre networking architectures, routing, switching, firewalls, wireless networking, SD-WAN, cybersecurity, cloud networking, automation, telemetry, network assurance, and connectivity requirements for AI and high-performance workloads.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Awareness of security and Zero Trust networking architectures, including SASE, DDoS protection, GRC, SIEM, and hybrid/multi-cloud connectivity solutions. Familiarity with leading platforms and services such as Zscaler, AWS Direct Connect and Azure ExpressRoute or similar would be beneficial.
• Awareness of modern campus, LAN and data centre architectures, including controller-led networking, NAC, network automation, virtualisation, hyperconverged infrastructure, and the connectivity requirements supporting AI workloads, high-performance computing and hybrid cloud environments. Familiarity with leading platforms such as Aruba Central, Juniper Mist, Cisco ISE, Cisco Nexus, VMware ESXi or similar would be beneficial.
• Relevant professional or vendor accreditations are desirable, such as Cisco CCNP or CCIE, CISSP, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Network Engineer Associate, or equivalent evidence of continued professional development.