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

Requirements

CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) as a minimum

Hands‑on experience designing, configuring and deploying Fortinet platforms (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer and the wider Security Fabric) in production environments

Practical experience delivering SSE or SASE technologyStrong 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 SonicWall, public cloud networking, ZTNA design, and technical standards/reference architecture experience nice to have

Core Competencies

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.

Highest-signal resume keywords

CCNP Certification

Fortinet Platform Deployment

SD-WAN Design Experience

Routing and Switching Knowledge

Multi-Site Network Project Delivery

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

Network Design

Configuration Management

Security Architecture

SSE Technology Implementation

BGP

OSPF

IPsec

VLANs

QoS

DNS

Soft Skills

Written Communication

Verbal Communication

Methodical Approach

Calm Under Pressure

Certifications & Qualifications

CCNP

NSE 4

NSE 6

NSE 7

Industry Keywords

Multi-Site Networking

Security Projects

Technical Standards

Reference Architecture

Change Management

Tools & Technologies

Cisco

Fortinet

FortiGate

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

HP/Aruba

SonicWall

Public Cloud Networking

ZTNA Design

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