Network Consultant - Network Design, Network Deployment, CCNP level
4 days ago
Sheffield
Network Consultant - Enterprise Networking Remote, occasional travel to customer site Full-Time, Permanent £55000 - £75000 DOE + Benefits Overview We are seeking a customer-facing Principal Network Consultant to lead engagements across the full lifecycle — from pre-sales solution shaping through architecture & design, to delivery. This is not an operations role. You will act as a trusted technical advisor, working closely with customers, sales, and delivery teams to design secure, scalable network and security solutions — and ensure they are successfully implemented. You will bridge the gap between: Business requirements Solution architecture Technical delivery Your Role You will own the end-to-end technical lifecycle of enterprise network engagements. From discovery workshops and solution design to implementation oversight and transition into support, you’ll ensure solutions are: • Fit for purpose, • Secure by design, • Scalable, • Deliverable What You’ll Be Doing Solution Leadership • Act as technical lead in customer engagements and discovery workshops, • Translate business and operational needs into solution architectures, • Provide technical assurance during bid and pursuit stages, • Design enterprise network and security solutions across:, • LAN / Campus, • WLAN, • Network Access Control, • Segmentation, • Secure Internet Access, • Software-defined networking, • Produce:, • HLDs / LLDs, • Migration strategies, • Implementation roadmaps, • Security design principles, • Provide technical governance during implementation, • Guide engineering teams through complex deployments, • Act as escalation point during project delivery, • Ensure solutions align with architecture and customer intent You’ll lead solutions involving: • Cisco Security (ASA, FirePOWER, FTD, FMC), • Cisco ISE (NAC, identity & policy), • Cisco Umbrella (SSE / SASE foundations), • Cisco DNA Center (Automation & Assurance), • Enterprise LAN (Catalyst Switching), • SD-Access, • ACI / Nexus, • Cloud networking, • Act as senior technical advisor to customers, • Provide lifecycle improvement recommendations, • Contribute to standards and reusable architectures, • 5+ years in enterprise networking & security, • Experience in design and implementation, • Experiance within a managed services business or consultancy, • Strong Cisco enterprise networking background, • Experience translating business needs into technical solutions, • CCNP Enterprise or equivalent, • Experience with software-defined networking (SD-Access, ACI/Nexus Dashboard etc), • Managed services or systems integrator background, • Experience designing for operational supportability What You’re Like • Commercially aware, • Customer-facing and credible, • Calm in delivery-critical situations, • Strong communicator, • Outcome-focused