IT Network Architect (Azure/Palo Alto/Cisco)

City, London
DGH Recruitment Ltd.

IT Network Architect (Azure/Palo Alto/Cisco)

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive, global business as they continue to migrate towards cloud services in Microsoft Azure.

My client are looking for an individual who will be responsible for defining the technology landscape from a networking perspective across the business globally both on-premise and where appropriate in the cloud. This role will be seen as the clear technical lead in this domain and will be the go-to person for guidance in relation to the network domain.

Responsibilities:
– Research network technologies and stay up to date on advancements in the field.
– Update and present Network Roadmap strategy to IT Leadership Team.
– Produce Design documentation (HLD/LLD).
– Act as a lead in the network, Internet voice and video technology space globally.
– Create and maintain architectural documentation as artefacts that relate to network topology, architectural designs, patterns, principles and standards and technology selection.
– Work with IT, suppliers, vendors and specialty third parties to develop a strategy for the network domain.

Required Skills/Experience:
– Proven experience in selecting, designing and overseeing the deployment of traditional LAN, WAN, and WLAN solutions.
– Architectural experience of product life cycle delivery, owning the design from strategy through to execution.
– Experience with working with MPLS WAN Networks, SD-WAN including Microsoft ExpressRoute, vWAN and Direct Access.
– Hands on and design experience of Azure VNET’s, VNET Peering, NSG’s and VNET Gateways.
– Experience with deploying network appliances to Azure as well as Azure network functions like Azure Traffic Manager.
– Experience in global Firewall, network load balancer and WAN Optimizer strategy and design.
– Strong, hands-on technical knowledge of network operating systems, including Palo Alto PAN-OS, Cisco IOS and NX-OS, Cisco Meraki, Aruba ArubaOS, HPE ArubaOS-Switch, Netscaler, and Riverbed RiOS.

IT Network Architect (Azure/Palo Alto/Cisco)

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