Network Solutions Architect​/Designer

Job Title:

Network Solutions Architect / Designer

Reading, UK (moving to Newbury in January)

300.00 – 400.00 GBP Daily

Contract (12‑month term, 3 + 4 month initial)

This role is a hybrid position based in Reading, with the team moving to Newbury in January. The candidate will start as soon as possible and will work on a 12‑month contract with an initial commitment of 3 months, extendable to 4 months.

• Early stage demand assessment – Engage at project conception, triage new network‑impacting demand, and define scope and requirements.
• Multi‑domain solution design – Produce end‑to‑end designs across Packet Core, Voice/IMS, Messaging, OSS, Devices, Billing, and 5G SA.
• Architecture alignment – Ensure solutions adhere to the network strategy and target architectures.
• Cross‑team collaboration – Work closely with IT, RAN, OSS, and domain leads to shape technical direction.
• Technical leadership – Guide project managers on dependencies, surface decisions early, and communicate complex topics clearly.
• Fixed‑line evolution – Contribute to new solutions in fixed broadband, FWA, SD‑WAN, and corporate access as the team expands scope.

You’ll thrive here if you’re curious, adaptable, and confident working across unfamiliar technical areas.

• Mobile network design authority in at least two of the following:
  Packet Core (4G/5G), Voice Core / VoLTE / IMS, Messaging / SMS, Subscriber systems (HSS/UDM), OSS.
• Strong understanding of 5G SA/NSA architecture.
• Experience working in operators or major vendors.
• Ability to shape requirements, define scope, and engage at project conception.
• Comfortable mediating between business needs and technical certainty.

• RAN design exposure (even light experience).
• Experience delivering complex, multi‑domain network projects.
• Ability to communicate architectural decisions clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Traditional IT Solutions Architects without deep mobile telecoms experience.

• Small, senior architecture team.
• Handles two major projects and two smaller projects simultaneously.
• Regular technical reviews, design discussions, and cross‑domain alignment sessions.
• Works as part of a virtual project team, advising PMs and domain leads.

• Net­works
• Design
• Packet core
• 5G / 4G
• HSS
• BSS
• OSS
• Architecture
• HLD / LLD