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Enterprise Network Architect

Enterprise Network Architect

FalconSmartIT • Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
30+ days ago
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Job description

Job Role: Enterprise Network Architect

Job Location: Bournemouth, UK/ Hybrid

Job Type: 1 Year FTC


A highly experienced and strategic Enterprise Architect to lead architectural initiatives across a complex hybrid IT landscape. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in both legacy and modern applications, cloud and on-premises infrastructure, and enterprise integration. This role is pivotal in ensuring architectural integrity, scalability, and alignment with business goals while supporting BAU services and transformation programs.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Impact Analysis & Architecture Governance:
  • Assess the architectural impact of proposed changes across infrastructure, security, integration, data, operational cost, and support.
  • Support internal architecture teams with impact assessments for BAU service changes.
  • Present impact analyses to Technical Design Authority (TDA), Architecture Board, and emergency Change Authority Board (CAB) as required.
  • Rework and refine impact assessments based on feedback from governance bodies.
  • Architecture Documentation & Reference Models:
  • Maintain and update reference architecture documents based on BAU changes.
  • Develop reference architectures where none exist, in collaboration with internal architecture teams.
  • Document all architectural decisions and impact assessments in the agreed Knowledge Management System (e.g., Confluence, InSpi).
  • Operational Support & Incident Management:
  • Provide architectural guidance for root cause analysis and resolution of P1/P2 incidents.
  • Support DR and SIAM operations from an architectural perspective.
  • Continuous Improvement & Risk Management:
  • Identify and document new risks during impact analysis and update the risk log accordingly.
  • Drive architectural improvements and innovation across BAU services.

Required Skills & Experience:

  • Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect or similar role in hybrid environments.
  • Expertise in cloud platforms (Azure Cloud) and on-premises technologies (Windows, Linux, Oracle PCA).
  • Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, microservices, and API management.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure technologies including:
  • Active Directory (on-prem and Azure), M365, Cisco Network Solutions & Meraki Wireless, Zscaler or proxy (ZIA)
  • Networking protocols and technologies along with hands-on troubleshooting experience on Fortigate SDWAN (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, MPLS)
  • Server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Storage solutions (NetApp, Cohesity), cloud storage
  • Familiarity with enterprise applications (ERP, CRM) and their integration.
  • Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) and automation tools.
  • Deep understanding of security frameworks, firewalls, endpoint protection, and SIEM tools.
  • Strong knowledge of data management platforms, databases, data lakes, Fabric and ETL processes.
  • Experience with observability tools and practices, including monitoring, logging, tracing, and metrics collection using platforms such as ELK stack, Grafana, Solarwinds & Azure Monitor.
  • Ability to design and implement observability strategies.

Preferred Certifications:

  • Certifications in enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) highly desirable.
  • Cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect) preferred.

Key Attributes:

  • Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Ability to work collaboratively across technical and business teams.
  • Comfortable operating in fast-paced, dynamic environments.


Regards,

Rachana

rachana@falconsmartit.com

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