Job Description
* Extensive experience (10 years+) at senior expert/architect level in large scale environments with comparable scale, complexity and project delivery timelines
* Extensive experience in briefing Senior Management (including Board/CIO/CTO/CISO level)
* Extensive experience in collaborating closely with other senior architects in other technical domains to investigate incidents, identify solutions and design new architectures.
* Extensive experience in assisting Senior management in reviewing and defining strategies and architectures for the relevant technical domain, to ensure that it is agile, flexible, fit for purpose and meets strategic needs for current and future (+5 year and +10 year) requirements.
* Proven expertise in ensuring availability, performance, integrity, stability and scalability of systems.
* Demonstrate deep curiosity and proactivity in investigating solutions, challenges and issues.
* Demonstrate deep experience and knowledge of supporting infrastructures running in 24x7 highly available environments.
* Extensive technical experience across all aspects of the relevant infrastructure technical domains in organisations with comparable scale, complexity and project delivery timelines.
* Extensive experience in planning and delivery of complex strategic change in the relevant infrastructure technical domains in organisations with comparable scale, complexity and project delivery timelines.
* Excellent communication skills, ability to interact with IT staff, external partners and business users to understand existing issues and requirements.
* Skills transfer and upskilling of staff in the relevant infrastructure and technical domains.
* Point of escalation for technical analysis and incident response where required by more junior resources.
* Extensive Experience in standards compliance related matters, engaging with ISO, internal audit, NIS2 or similar auditors on matters related to the relevant technical domain.
* The proposed resource must have 10+ years of significant Network/Security experience at Senior Engineer/Architect level.
* Proven experience in carrying out the types of tasks outlined in the Role Profile above.
* Ability to produce quality documentation.
* Ability to interact with IT staff and end users to understand existing issues and requirements.
* Willingness to “go the extra mile” and support outside of core business hours where required – whether planned work outside normal hours, or short notice assistance/incident response.
Qualifications
* Expert level Industry Certification (– eg: CCIE) as well as other relevant network and security certifications and substantial hands on experience across infrastructure and security technologies such as:
o Cisco (inc ACI, NXOS, IOS, ISE, ASA, UCCE),
o HPE/Comware
o Fortinet,
o Palo Alto,
o Vmware,
o Citrix Netscaler,
o Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF etc) and MPLS networks,
o Linux,
o Ansible,
o Docker,
o Git,
o Python,
o REST apis,
o YAML
* Experience with a range of network monitoring and management tooling used, including Netbox, Netflow, Elastic/ELK, PerfSonar, HP IMC, Opsview.
* Hands on experience with Public/Private cloud deployments either directly at a CSP or in delivering cloud based.
* Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
* Cisco datacentre networking including Nexus9K switches/ACI and other vendor switching/routing tech.
* Advanced knowledge of routing and routing protocols.
* Hypervisor technologies and software defined networking technologies.
* Firewalling and threat protection across multiple brands, Web application firewalls.
* SIEM and traffic monitoring based security tools.
* Multi-tenant network as a service architectures.
* Datacentre operational models.
* Cisco Nexus 7706.
* Fortinet firewalls and associated products – eg Fortianalyser and Fortimanager.
* Public cloud.
Additional Information
Why Version 1?
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
* Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
* Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
* Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
* Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
* Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
* Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
* Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
* Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
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