WAN Network Architect

Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom

5/13/2025

Job Description

WAN Network Architect

Location: Basingstoke

Our purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As a Site WAN Architect, you will contribute to this by working collaboratively in the project team, and designing and delivering medium to large network solutions to enable services for our customer that are cost-effective.

We are looking for a Site WAN Architect to work on delivery opportunities taking place within the secure Defence and National Security sector. Your role will involve providing technical leadership within a project, understanding the business and technical requirements and you will be responsible for the producing the relevant design collateral, including passing any governance reviews, and ensure effective technical delivery of the solution.

Your Transferable Skills And Experience

• Demonstrable experience of understanding the customers business and technical requirements and issues and producing solid network solutions.
• Demonstrable design experience in proposing and utilizing technologies from global network vendors such as Cisco and Juniper, including production of quality technical documentation for delivery and solution support.
• Strong technical networking knowledge with industry recognized network certifications such as Cisco CCNA/CCNP, Juniper JNCIA-Design or JNCIA-Junos.
• Able to create non-standard solutions that may incorporate any of the following: LAN, WAN, WiFi, VPN, Voice, Video, Cyber and Security technologies. Liaise with others in the Program team where solutions cross responsibility borders.
• Solid understanding of project end to end life cycle, through initial requirements gathering to Operational Acceptance into Service, including good commercial and financial awareness in terms of understanding risks and dependencies associated with any delivery project.
• Able to support project management with any reporting, and to ensure timely project delivery that meets the customers expectation.
• Excellent communications skills with multiple stakeholders, able to take ownership and responsibility and make quick decisions. Ability to communicate calmly and concisely with the Customer.
  
  

This role will require you to be eligible to undergo a high level security clearance

Your Benefits

26 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)

Pension – Double matching contributions of up to 10%

Life assurance

Companywide incentive plans

Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays / travel / dental critical illness and more)

Perks at work – employee discounts

Employee assistance programme / virtual GP

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of two stages of interviews.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

Achieve together

We are recognised as a responsible and inclusive employer: Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader, a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter, but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

We are people centric: Our hybrid work environments enable you to Be Completely You. Our active people-led Inclusive Community networks are representative of all aspects of diversity and are instrumental in enabling and supporting our innovative approach to inclusion

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