Descripción de la oferta
Senior Network Architect (Travels to Valencia, Spain) Location: Remote in UK, with planned travel to Valencia, Spain. Employment type: Contract, 12 months About the role A manufacturing plant is separating its network as it moves to a joint venture structure. We need a senior Network Architect to define how the network evolves to a standalone end state, while the original entity and approved shared services keep running on the same campus. This is an advisory and design role, not a hands-on build. You’ll own the architecture analysis, documentation and stakeholder coordination. Implementation sits with the client’s regional teams. What you’ll do Assess the current-state environment and produce a dependency map Gather and validate requirements across security, network, application, manufacturing, regional operations and the JV Document architecture considerations for LAN, wireless, firewall, load balancing, extranet, segmentation, and compute and storage Define the JV / non-JV coexistence model, including permitted and prohibited connectivity paths Maintain a living register of assumptions, risks, decisions and dependencies Join architecture reviews and provide weekly status and governance updates Coordinate with European implementation teams What you’ll bring Senior network architecture experience in large enterprise and manufacturing environments Candidate must be based in the UK. Strong Cisco switching and enterprise LAN architecture, with working knowledge of Cisco SDA Strong Palo Alto firewall and F5 load balancer architecture experience Hands-on experience implementing agent-based micro-segmentation Ability to factor Red Hat compute and Net App storage dependencies into your designs Excellent stakeholder facilitation, documentation, diagramming and executive communication skills Comfortable working remotely across time zones and travelling internationally when approved Nice to have JV separation, divestiture, extranet or complex network isolation experience #J-18808-Ljbffr
