Job

Job

Network Architect

Job type:Contract
Town/City:London
County:London
Salary/Rate:£75 - £80 per hour + Inside remote working
Business Sector:IT
Job ref:BBBH154421
Post Date:May 19, 2026

Network Architect - SC cleared

+6 months +

+Fully remote working

+SC cleared role

+Sole British national only - due to nature of the project

+Inside IR35

+£75 - £80 ph

Skills:

+Aruba

+HLD / LLD

+SC clearance - current active clearance

Role Responsibilities

  • Architect network solutions and technically lead their implementation
  • Working closely with the wider architecture team to develop solutions
  • Technically lead network projects, ensuring that the customer's requirements are met
  • Provide assistance and support on architectural/technical issues to other team members as required, whilst sharing technical knowledge and experiences
  • Create Blueprint, High and Low Level Design documentation for network solutions and guide these through internal and customer approval processes
  • Create hardware Bill of Materials to meet solution requirements
  • Gain and maintain a working knowledge of the Portfolio of network Products and Services, promoting this with the customer and encouraging best fit solutions
  • Continually review and enhance existing knowledge of the network aspects of common product sets and technologies
  • Provide 'soft' consultancy skills and a proactive approach to gain the absolute trust of our customers
  • Participate in providing mentoring support and guidance to team members to help grow skills and capabilities

Basic Qualifications & Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Network specific certification from Cisco, Aruba, Juniper or similar at minimum CCNP level or equivalent
  • NG Firewall experience with Palo Alto, Fortinet, Checkpoint, preferably certified at CCSE or equivalent level
  • Experience in one of more of the following would be highly advantageous, Aruba Fabric Composer, VXLAN, NSX-T, AWS, MS Azure
  • Nine or more years of experience in networks, including LAN, WAN, Remote Access and Data Centre environments
  • Nine or more years of experience with mainstream Firewall platforms
  • Experience as Architecture/Design authority for large scale client projects
  • Experience of delivering the highest quality technical, architectural and project related documentation
  • Good Public/Private and Hybrid Cloud knowledge

If you'd like to discuss this Network Architect role in more detail, please send your updated CV to chloe.manerowski@cbsbutler.com and I will get in touch.