Network Solution Architect

Solution Architect (Secure Networking) Life on the team A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic and rapidly expanding Consultancy Practice within Computacenter. The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a consultancy position with focus on traditional, advanced and emerging and network solutions. Computacenter is experiencing high growth across all our networking technology services and the position will suit a candidate that enjoys a fast moving and varied role, working into enterprise customers that require the definition and delivery of advanced technology solutions. What you’ll do Working as part of a team or as the engagement lead with experience in multi-cloud networking, SASE, datacentre networking, network simplification, automation, observability and application networking and a strong understanding and alignment of security as it relates to the previous technology areas. Leveraging this experience to deliver: Enterprise level projects: Advisory services Requirements gathering Technical costings Attend Customer opportunity / strategy meetings to understand and articulate business and technical strategy for the company and customer. Provide qualification of designs or opportunities and produce high-level architecture/design documentation Work closely with Vendors / Partners to keep up to date with current and future technologies, products and strategies to manage the ‘cradle to grave’ solution provisions cycle. Act as a Design Authority for nominated key accounts Act as Technical Authority and lead for complex, enterprise-scale, mission-critical customer projects, throughout the project lifecycle – Campaign/Advisory, Pre-sales, Planning & Initiation and Delivery Work closely with peers and SMEs to create solutions for Computacenter customers Support colleagues in Solutions Sales to identify and create new propositions and services to take to market Research technology and deliver associated white papers to promote Computacenter’s offerings. Maintain high level of industry awareness through training and self-development Perform governance and due diligence around proposed solutions, ensuring they meet the documented customer requirements What you’ll need Demonstrable expertise in assessing, defining and supporting Enterprise level network transformation projects Network modernisation strategies Cloud migration and integration SD-WAN architectures Network automation and orchestration Security compliance and integration Performance optimisation Application visibility and optimisation Proven expertise in multi-cloud architectures and technologies, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) implementations, automation, and network transformation. Experience working with multi-cloud environments (including public cloud providers, cloud brokers and multi-cloud connectivity) and designing network solutions spanning multiple cloud providers. Strong understanding of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) principles and architectures. Proficiency in network automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Python scripting. Experience with network transformation initiatives, including legacy network modernization and migration to cloud-native architectures. Relevant certifications: Cisco Certified CCNP or CCIE. Palo Alto Certified PCSNE Fortinet Certified FNCSE Zscaler ZTCA AWS Certified Solutions Architect Azure Solutions Architect Expert F5 Distributed Cloud Experience in network automation tools or programming languages: Ansible Terraform Python Github