Network / Zero Trust Architect - DV Clearance Required

Location - Wiltshire / on-site 3 days a week

Duration - To September 2024 (extendable)

Rates - TBC / OUTSIDE of IR35 contract

Live DV Clearance required

The Network Architect will have commercial hyperscale cloud experience and a strong understanding of Zero Trust concepts and principles must be demonstrable.

The role:

The post holder will have responsibility for network designs and specifications to support business strategies using common tools. You will:

• Research new technologies and solutions and ensure appropriate levels of assurance.
• Plan, direct and co-ordinate activities, engaging with other stakeholders to manage and implement solutions.
• Have an understanding of the following network technologies: LAN (local area network), WAN (wide area network), data-centre LAN, SD (software-defined) networks, network management solutions, network-specific security and remote access technologies and approaches. Collaborate with engineers to ensure systems are practically designed.

Responsibilities and required experience:

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills:

• Governance and Assurance:
  • Evolve and define governance. o Take responsibility for working with and supporting other staff in wider governance.
  • Assure services across sets of services.
  • Use tools, standards, guardrails and principles to effectively govern delivery.
• IT infrastructure (network architect):
  • Create, design and implement infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. These can include computing, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, commercial-off-the-shelf software (COTS), and opensource packages and solutions. This will include virtual and cloud computing such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS).
• Systems Design:
  • Design systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity.
  • Apply the organisation's appropriate design standards, methods and tools, and ensure they are applied effectively.
  • Review the systems designs of others to ensure the selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology.
• Systems integration (network architect):
  • Create the design of network services within a team requiring moderate to complex service integration.

• Technical Understanding:
  • Ability show a thorough understanding of the technical concepts required for the role and can explain how these fit into the wider technical landscape.
• Troubleshooting and problem resolution:
  • Ability to break a problem down into its component parts to identify and diagnose root causes.
  • Troubleshoot and identify problems across different technology capabilities.

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level Developed Vetting clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 6 months for this level of security clearance. Adecco Public Sector welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.