About this role
A hands-on Network Architect role where Juniper and Fortinet meet complex, business-critical infrastructure. Our partner is an international technology organisation operating critical digital infrastructure. As part of the continued development of their infrastructure environment, they are looking for a Network Architect to join a highly skilled and collaborative technical team. This is not a purely conceptual architecture role. You will move between architecture, design, implementation and production support , working with modern networking technologies and having a direct impact on the resilience and evolution of the infrastructure. Your playground? Juniper, Fortinet, BGP, DNS, security and distributed infrastructure. Network Architect - The Role Design and evolve network architectures across complex and distributed production environments, from high-level concepts to low-level technical designs. Work hands-on with Juniper networking and Fortinet security technologies , including routing, switching, firewalls and network segmentation. Contribute to BGP, DNS/DNSSEC, high-availability and distributed infrastructure , with a strong focus on resilience and security. Drive improvements around automation, monitoring and observability , using technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Python, Prometheus or Grafana. Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture and Software Engineering teams, while challenging and validating technical solutions delivered by external partners. Maintain architecture documentation, diagrams and technical standards , while supporting troubleshooting, lifecycle management and production environments. Network Architect - The Profile 7+ years of experience in network, infrastructure or systems engineering, with strong exposure to critical production environments. Strong expertise in networking , including TCP/IP, routing, switching and protocols such as BGP and OSPF. Solid hands-on experience with Juniper and Fortinet — this is a key part of the role. Good understanding of Linux, DNS/DNSSEC, firewalls and high-availability/distributed infrastructure . Exposure to virtualisation, containers, private cloud or Infrastructure as Code (VMware, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, etc.) is a strong plus. Analytical, pragmatic and hands-on mindset , with the ability to move from architecture and design to implementation and production troubleshooting. Fluent English is required.