Job Description

About The Role

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.

Role:

Technical Architect- Networks

Location:

Birmingham

(SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)

Contract Type:

Permanent

Salary Package:

67,219

plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year

Hours:

9.00 am - 5.30 pm Monday - Friday

Interview Process:

2-stage process

Why SCC?

An inclusive workplace Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements Career development and life-long learning opportunities Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company

Role purpose:

Provide network architecture across SCC Digital's platforms and services and where required, customer environments.



Work closely with the sales function to support customer presales engagements and promote SCC networking products and services.

Key responsibilities:

Network architecture across all SCC Digital platforms and services, ensuring all designs adhere to SCC standards and follow the defined architecture governance process Lead on the network design for the development of new SCC Digital products and services in-line with strategic business objectives Help ensure all in-life platforms are fit-for-purpose, supportable and secure by evaluating existing architectures and supporting the network engineering function with planned maintenance and network improvements Provide networking expertise for customer presales engagements across the SCC Digital portfolio to help drive the sales of products and services Proactively work to identify operational efficiencies and cost-savings that can be realised through the network architecture; present recommendations to management with supporting justification and financial models Contribute to the development of the network automation strategy across SCC Digital Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the networking engineering functions Produce and maintain reference architectures with a view to increasing standardisation in the networking space across the organisation Support operations by providing 4th line technical support and root-cause analysis for complex networking issues

Skills and experience:

Significant network design experience across routing, switching and security, with a deep understanding of the interfaces with adjacent technology stacks and services Significant network implementation experience across Cisco Nexus, Catalyst and ISR/ASR platforms Expert level knowledge of Cisco and/or Fortigate firewalls, including additional security features such as IPS/Content Filtering/Anti-Malware/Anti-DoS Working knowledge of Cisco ACI Strong network documentation skills with proven experience of writing network HLD / LLD, supporting documents and network schematics Experience supporting presales activities with contribution to RFI/RFP response, BoM and SoW Experience of acting as technical lead on complex, large scale network deployments SD-WAN skills with Meraki and/or Fortigate products are advantageous, or a willingness to upskill in this area as required Network automation skills with tools such as Ansible and Terraform are advantageous, or a willingness to upskill in this area as required Public cloud networking skills are advantageous, or a willingness to upskill in this area as required Confident presenter to internal and external stakeholders Resilient and able to handle pressure and challenging situations Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills. Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, particularly with the operations functions, with the ability to build positive relationships

About Us

SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new 7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex.

We are an equal opportunities employer

SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.

Diversity & Inclusion at SCC -

https://www.scc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/

Sustainability at SCC -

https://www.scc.com/sustainability-at-scc/

Life at SCC

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/scc/life