Solution Architect – Networking & Security

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical design of multi-site networking and security projects from pre-sales and solution design through customer hand-over
• Configure, build, migrate and commission Cisco, Fortinet and adjacent platforms alongside delivery engineers
• Travel to customer sites across the UK for design workshops, kick-offs, surveys, installation, cabling and commissioning
• Produce High-Level and Low-Level Designs, build documents, configuration templates, runbooks and as-built hand-over packs
• Translate customer requirements and commercial outcomes into deliverable architectures
• Review configurations, change records and build documents to ensure technical quality
• Lead and mentor delivery engineers and support certification development
• Act as senior technical escalation point during build, migration and cut-over phases
• Explain design decisions, progress, risks and trade-offs to customers and non-technical stakeholders
• Lead pre-sales solution design using Cisco and Fortinet expertise
• Help establish and improve team design and build standards
• Perform some planned out-of-hours work for change windows

• CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) as a minimum
• Hands‑on experience designing, configuring and deploying Fortinet platforms (Forti Gate, Forti Manager, Forti Analyzer and the wider Security Fabric) in production environments
• Practical experience delivering SSE or SASE technology
  
  Strong design and delivery experience on at least one major SD‑WAN platform
• Solid working knowledge of routing and switching, VLANs, BGP, OSPF, IPsec, QoS, DNS, DHCP and wireless
• Track record of delivering multi‑site network and security projects end to end
• Hands‑on, on‑site implementation experience, including UK travel and physical installation work
• Confident written and verbal communication
• Calm, methodical approach under pressure
• Full UK driving licence
• NSE 4 or higher preferred
• Fortinet NSE 6 or NSE 7 nice to have
• Wider Cisco specialisations, HP/Aruba or Sonic Wall, public cloud networking, ZTNA design, and technical standards/reference architecture experience nice to have

Demonstrates expertise in end-to-end technical design and implementation of multi-site networking and security projects, with a strong focus on Cisco and Fortinet platforms. Capable of leading teams, mentoring engineers, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

• CCNP Certification
• Fortinet Platform Deployment
• SD-WAN Design Experience
• Routing and Switching Knowledge
• Multi-Site Network Project Delivery

• Network Design
• Configuration Management
• Security Architecture
• SSE Technology Implementation
• BGP
• OSPF
• IPsec
• VLANs
• QoS
• DNS

• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Methodical Approach
• Calm Under Pressure

• CCNP
• NSE 4
• NSE 6
• NSE 7

• Multi-Site Networking
• Security Projects
• Technical Standards
• Reference Architecture
• Change Management

• Cisco
• Fortinet
• Forti Gate
• Forti Manager
• Forti Analyzer
• HP/Aruba
• Sonic Wall
• Public Cloud Networking
• ZTNA Design