Network Architect
1 day ago
Edinburgh
Overview: The Network Architect will be responsible for designing, integrating, and securing network environments required to support large-scale application migration initiatives. The role involves network architecture design, firewall configuration, integration discussions with cross-functional teams, and ensuring end-to-end connectivity for on-prem and cloud-based workloads. Key Responsibilities: • Lead network architecture and integration discussions to define connectivity requirements for application migration projects., • Design and implement network topologies, routing strategies, and segmentation models to support new and existing application environments., • Perform and coordinate firewall (FW) changes, including rule creation, optimization, NAT, ACL updates, security policies, and migration of firewall policies., • Ensure secure and reliable network connectivity between on-premises data centers, cloud platforms, and third-party applications., • Work closely with application, cloud, and security teams to validate network requirements and ensure compatibility with migration workflows., • Troubleshoot network performance, latency, routing, DNS, load balancers, and connectivity issues affecting migrated applications., • Support end-to-end network readiness, including testing, packet tracing, and validation of communication paths prior to go-live., • Maintain documentation for network designs, IP schemas, firewall rule sets, and migration-related architecture changes., • Ensure compliance with network security best practices, including traffic segmentation, Zero Trust principles, and access control., • Strong experience in network architecture, design, and operations in enterprise environments., • Hands-on expertise with firewalls (Palo Alto, Check Point, Fortinet, Cisco ASA, or similar)., • Solid understanding of routing, switching, VPN, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, and network segmentation., • Experience supporting application migrations across data centers or cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP preferred)., • Strong knowledge of load balancers, proxy servers, DNS, DHCP, NAT, and IP addressing., • Ability to interpret and design network diagrams, HLD/LLD documentation, and security architectures., • Relevant certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, PCNSE, NSE, or AWS/Azure Network certifications., • Experience with cloud networking (Azure Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, etc.)., • Familiarity with automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, Python) for network configuration.