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Job Title: Network Architect
Job Description
This role holds accountability for the comprehensive design and delivery of the Cisco Viptela/Catalyst product, ensuring seamless integration within existing networks and IT systems. The position involves consideration of low-level platform and infrastructure design, alongside end-to-end lifecycle management of products.
Responsibilities
* Accountable for the Cisco Viptela/Catalyst product architecture and high-level design, ensuring Product Requirements are met.
* Ensure the end-to-end design adheres to design principles like Security & Privacy by Design, balancing compliance with delivery time, cost, and quality.
* Translate functional and non-functional requirements into comprehensive solutions, including cost determination for development.
* Determine product/service technical building blocks and interactions, delivering relevant documentation.
* Responsible for technical aspects of vendor management, setting priorities, and driving product improvement.
* Accountable for the end-to-end In-Life Operating Model.
* Own the product lifecycle, managing Total Cost of Ownership, driving operational cost efficiencies, and overseeing 'end of life' events.
* Collaborate closely with the Service Designers’ team for successful interlock between high-level design and service design.
* Engage with key product stakeholders to assess product performance and identify improvement opportunities.
Essential Skills
* Expert level in IP technology and connectivity practices.
* Experience with connectivity provider practices.
* Strong technical background with adaptability to new products.
* Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
* Ability to work independently and manage workload.
* Customer-driven mindset with critical judgment and problem-solving focus.
* Routing and Switching expert knowledge.
* Firewall, NAT, and Proxy expertise.
* In-depth WAN or local DC experience ideally in a service design role.
* Ethernet and Optical knowledge.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Newbury, United Kingdom.
Location
Newbury, UK
Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Information Technology
* Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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