1 Contract, Tech / Digital / IT jobs in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Role Summary: The Enterprise IT Architect will be responsible for designing and implementing simplified, scalable, and secure network architectures across client environments. This role will drive modernization by transitioning Legacy networks to cloud-native, software-defined infrastructures, ensuring alignment with business goals and digital transformation strategies. Network simplification: Outcome: Simplify how network services are built., operated, and consumed to reduce the demand on network change to deliver to customer Services. Key Responsibilities:

• Architectural Strategy & Design
• Define and evolve enterprise network architecture with a focus on simplification, automation, and cloud-readiness.
• Lead the transformation of Legacy network infrastructures into software-defined and hybrid cloud environments.
Network Simplification & Optimization
• Identify and eliminate architectural complexity, redundant technologies, and Legacy dependencies.
• Drive standardization and automation across network services and platforms.
• Segmentation simplification Illumio.
• Automation of Change.
• Cloud Firewall Simplification.
• Refreshed Guardrails Standards.
• Move to single Data centre core.
Client Engagement & Delivery
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to understand business goals and translate them into network architecture solutions.
• Support pre-sales and solutioning for large transformation programs, especially in telecom, BFSI, and manufacturing sectors.
Innovation & Technology Leadership
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies such as SD-WAN, SASE, Zero Trust, and network automation.
• Promote adoption of cloud-native networking models and DevNet practices.
Governance & Compliance
• Define and enforce architectural principles, frameworks, and governance models.
• Ensure compliance with global security standards and regulatory requirements.
Required Skills & Experience:
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise IT architecture with a strong focus on network design and transformation.
• Expertise in SDN, SD-WAN, cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP), and network security.
• Experience in simplifying complex network environments and driving automation.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  
  10+ years of experience in enterprise IT architecture with a strong focus on network design and transformation.
• Expertise in SDN, SD-WAN, cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP), and network security.
• Experience in simplifying complex network environments and driving automation.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.