About this role
Veritaz is a leading IT staffing solutions provider in Sweden, committed to advancing individual careers and aiding employers in ensuring the perfect talent fit. With a proven track record of successful partnerships with top companies, we have rapidly grown our presence in the USA, Europe, and Sweden as a dependable and trusted resource within the IT industry.
- Role SummaryAn experienced Network Technical Lead is required for a consulting assignment within a large organisation operating a complex IT environment with international stakeholders.
- The role serves as a trusted technical advisor in the network domain, ensuring that business needs for stability, security, cost efficiency and long-term sustainability are addressed.
- You will represent the Swedish organisation in network-related matters and act as a key link between local operations, global IT functions and external suppliers.
- The assignment combines deep technical expertise with a strategic perspective, requiring the ability to understand operational needs and translate them into clear, well-founded technical recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
- Represent the Swedish organisation's interests in matters concerning network infrastructure, security, technical development and change management.
- Monitor requirements for network connectivity and communications between offices, projects and data centres, and present requirements and recommendations to global IT teams.
- Act as a technical advisor on network security, firewalls and associated infrastructure solutions.
- Review, challenge and quality-assure proposed technical solutions and supplier recommendations against business requirements and local conditions.
- Perform qualified risk assessments ahead of technical changes and investments.
- Review technical roadmaps and standards, providing recommendations based on business risks, needs and priorities.
- Participate in Change Advisory and other relevant change forums to review and monitor change requests.
- Serve as a technical contact and advisory escalation point for the local Incident Manager during major incidents and critical service disruptions.
- Support technical assessments, coordination and escalation activities with global IT teams.
- Prepare technical decision-support material addressing risk, cost, business impact and long-term sustainability.
- Represent the local organisation in global initiatives and decisions affecting the network domain.
- Identify technical debt, improvement opportunities and long-term risks within the network infrastructure.
Technical Stack & Requirements
- Deep expertise in routing, switching, WAN, LAN and WLAN.
- Strong knowledge of network security, including firewalls, network segmentation and secure communications.
- Experience with hybrid and cloud-based network solutions.
- Experience in technical governance, risk assessment and change management.
- Working knowledge of Change Advisory Board processes and formal change-request review.
- Experience assessing network architecture, network operations and infrastructure transformation initiatives.
Qualifications & ExperienceThe ideal candidate has several years of experience in network architecture, network operations or an equivalent technical specialist role.
- You should be comfortable providing independent technical recommendations, challenging proposed changes and recommending conditions, postponement or escalation when risks and consequences have not been sufficiently managed.
- Experience of supplier governance, requirements management and collaboration with external vendors is required.
- Experience from international or global organisations is highly valued, as is participation in major transformation initiatives.
- Relevant network or security certifications are advantageous.
- The role requires the ability to communicate complex technical matters clearly to varied stakeholders, including IT service management, architects, service owners, security functions, global IT teams and suppliers.
- Eligibility: We are currently considering applications from candidates who are eligible to work in Sweden.
- Thank you for your understanding.