Network Solutions Architect

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Network Solutions Architect to work for our client within the defence sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that can be based in Bristol, Chippenham, Reading or Hemel Hempstead.

Our client is seeking a Network Solutions Architect with at least 5 years’ experience to join their Defence Solution Design Authority practice, you will be working as a trusted industry partner to their defence customer and cross-functionally supporting internal business units (Sales, Business, Technology, Security and Operations), key stakeholders and externally facing third party technology providers as part of and reporting into the practice manager. You will be part of an industry leading Solution Design Authority team working closely with other architects, designers, technology experts, business managers and business analysts. Where you will bring your expertise and diverse experience to each challenge ensuring successful solution delivery across a vast variation in highly sensitive and unique opportunities and project

You will play a pivotal role in designing and developing scalable, secure, and high-performance network infrastructure solutions. Your work will support the client’s extensive network ecosystem, spanning cloud, data centres, and enterprise systems. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to implement the latest networking technologies that ensure seamless performance for both internal and customer-facing services.

Responsibilities

• Engaging with the customer, business stakeholders and key partners in providing end to end architecture governance, leadership and solution decision making aligned to the Solution Design Authority architecture principles
• Develop and own enterprise architecture artefacts, strategies and roadmaps from a business and technology perspective, including ‘as-is’, ‘to-be’ and transitional states addressing key stakeholder viewpoints and requirements
• Provide subject matter expertise to business key stakeholders and units in providing consultative customer engagement, shaping, and qualifying complex service change, delivery, and resource profile requirements
• Own and engage key stakeholders and business units in responding to complex in-contract customer request for information, contract change notification, solution design proposal and winning new business bids
• Provide and own architecture deliverable outcomes such as proof of concept, technological solution whitepaper, bid (PQQ, ITT), high level design collateral in addressing the customers’ viewpoints and complex requirements

Technical Requirements

• Enterprise networks (IP Layer 1-7)
• OSI Layer 1-3
• DWDM Optics
• PDH Networking
• Ethernet/LAN
• Enterprise network security and boundary protection Service provider networks (e.g DWDM, SDH, OTN)
• ICT vendor technologies, solutions, and products (e.g Cisco, Juniper, Pal-alto, F5, Nokia)
• Industry architecture methodologies & languages (e.g TOGAF, ArchiMate, ITIL, BPMN)
• Experience in using enterprise architecture toolsets (iServer, IBM Doors)
• Responding to complex, multi-vendor public sector propositions and bid proposals based on customer requirements (RFI, PQQ, ITN, ITT)
• Developing solution roadmaps and governance structures in line with customer requirements

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave, work-place pension and BAYE share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.