Pre-sales Network Architect

**Basingstoke**

Are you a Network Architect who combines strong technical skills with an ability to create bid collateral that meets challenging customer requirements? Are you a team player who is willing to learn emerging technologies to produce credible solutions that will delight our customers? Do you want to be proud to work for a company that respects its people and is at the forefront of technology? We are looking to grow our team with committed people to work with our solution architects and vendors to deliver high assurance services and solutions for our customers in the UK and overseas.

**Your Role**
We are looking for a Pre-Sales Network Architect, with previous a background of working within Defence, pre-sales and bid experience, to join our existing team. They will work closely with the Delivery Executives, Solution Owners and Customer to produce design documentation on a wide variety of complex changes and bids that vary in size and complexity. Working alongside a team of dedicated professionals, you will be driven to find better, faster, more effective solutions. This is a fast paced environment where you will have the chance to grow and build upon your existing knowledge and ability.

You will:
Provide day-to day-support to the Delivery Executives and Solution Owners to create innovative network solutions and offerings against the customers’ requirements.
Create and be responsible for High Level Designs and Architecture Overview Document that meet, or exceed, the customers’ expectations.
Production of estimates including BOMs, licensing and effort based on chosen methodology.
Support the Lead Bid Architect/Solution Owner in defining designs in line with requirements.
Ensure designs produced are fit for purpose and are capable of passing internal Governance first time.
Provide input into reports, when required, to the customer and Lead Network Bid Architects.

**Transferable Skills and experience**
Demonstrable design experience in proposing and utilising technologies from a variety of industry leading technology vendors.
Previous experience working alongside the customer to derive requirements.
Experience in requirements management and associated tooling.
Previous experience working on bids and/or large and complex changes.
Solid understanding of a variety of network and routing protocols.
Experience with Network Management or SIEM designs, tooling or support.
Demonstrable troubleshooting skills and approach to defect resolution.
SDWAN experience is advantageous.

**Your benefits**:
25 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)

Pension - Double matching contributions of up to 10%

Life assurance

Companywide incentive plans

Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)

Perks at work - employee discounts

Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP

Role dependent benefits: Private medical/ company car or car allowance

**Recruitment process**

The recruitment process consists of two stages of interview

**Achieve together**

**We are recognised as a responsible and inclusive employer**:Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader, a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter, but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

**We are people centric**:Our hybrid work environments enable you to **Be Completely You. **Our active people-led Inclusive Community networks are representative of all aspects of diversity and are instrumental in enabling and supporting our innovative approach to inclusion

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