Network Architect

**Technical Architect opportunity in Warwick** Location: Warwick Duration: 6 months The Role This role will ensure that I&O maintains internal technical knowledge and the architectural integrity across the Operational Telcomm (OT), Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and Enterprise service portfolio and the various suppliers of IT Infrastructureand Services to the business from current to future state. Further to ensure the alignment and assurance across the architecture underpinning the solutions sponsoring with OT, CNI and Enterprise. These requirements should facilitate cost effective service management, allowing for rapid deployment, lowering the risk and cost of change, enabling rapid fault isolation, appropriate volume and regression testing, dynamic hardware, and provisioning with proactivemonitoring. Position tasks (including but not limited to): - Ownership for establishing the infrastructure governance model for Optel, private fiber, Telemetry, Tele-Protection, CNI network architecture and service models to ensure the above requirements are complied with and any residual risks are accepted and recorded.To run solution architecture reviews on key programs, influence and partner with Engineering and Delivery teams on the development of the system and solutions. - In-depth knowledge and working experience in the infrastructure architecture and roadmaps for the technology. - The development of hardware and software architecture patterns. The socialization of the hardware and software architecture patterns to all Suppliers delivering the services and the Solution Architects that are delivering all services. - partnership with the Solution delivery organizations to build association and awareness of operability requirements and to help shape thinking around emerging delivery methodologies to ensure the service design standards are not compromised. - Engages with technical design and other Domain Architects, to ensure comprehension of solution interoperability of the combined architecture are met. - Examines evidence and evaluates the quality of project outputs against the established acceptance criteria, to ensure correct products are produced, on schedule and fit for purpose. - Develops own ideas, or the ideas of others, making all the necessary observations and tests and carrying them through to a full practical demonstration, wherever viable and feasible. Where necessary, designs data collection tools and techniques for both qualitativeand quantitative data. Knowledge & Experience Required - Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience - Has thorough knowledge of fiber technology and transport network infrastructure architecture applied to critical services demanding low latency and high availability. - Technical knowledge and experience with MPLS-TP, syncE, 1588, photonics, and VSAT - Tools for Network Performance Monitoring and End to End Service promoting Fiber infrastructure. - OT networking, fiber optic transport systems, telemetry systems, tele-protection systems, LAN network security and segmentation based on roles and policies, service management and automation, monitoring tools and QoS - Defines the infrastructure architecture technology roadmap from the "as-is state" to the "to-be state". - Designs a secure, efficient, and adaptable future state model. - Defines the high-level migration plan to address the gaps between the "as-is" and future state. - Excellent presentation and communication skills with high comfort with technical and business audiences. Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and passion into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities,and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an all-encompassing environment that helps them thrive. References Visible links 1. mailto: