Senior Network Architect - Hybrid - 6 months - £500/day
Senior Network Architect - Hybrid - 6 months - £500/day
Senior Network Security SME and design authority responsible for network segmentation and Zero Trust initiatives across on-prem and hybrid cloud environments. This role owns architecture decisions, enforcement strategy, and senior customer engagement for a large enterprise environment.
Your Responsibilities
- Act as Network Security Design Authority for segmentation and Zero Trust.
- Design, implement, and optimize network segmentation using Guardicore and Illumio.
- Own User-to-Server (U2S) and Server-to-Server (S2S) traffic controls.
- Lead Guardicore - Illumio transition and future-state architecture.
- Drive segmentation standards, governance, and operational handover.
- Serve as primary technical interface to senior customer stakeholders.
- Manage escalations related to enforcement, Legacy dependencies, and risk trade-offs.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in analysing and visualizing "application" traffic to understand application flows and dependencies
- Overseeing the design, implementation, and optimization Network segmentation
- Developing Knowledge of Operations (KOP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Key Skills
- 15+ years in Network Security with architect/design authority responsibility.
- Strong, hands-on expertise in network segmentation/microsegmentation.
- Proven experience with Guardicore and Illumio.
- Deep understanding of on-prem data center network security.
- Working knowledge of hybrid cloud network security, including:
- VPC/VNet design
- Security Groups/NSGs
- Hybrid connectivity (VPN, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect)
- Experience working directly with senior customer stakeholders.
- Start: ASAP
- Day Rate: £500/day
- Contract Length: 6 months
- Location: London
Senior Network Architect - Hybrid - 6 months - £500/day