Technical Solution Architect
Posted Today by 1768275173
£400 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Technical Solution Architect role involves leading technical solution design and architecture for network security in a hybrid working environment. The position requires hands-on experience with various technologies, including firewalls and SD-WAN, and entails collaboration with a global IT consultancy for telecom projects. The contract is for five months, primarily remote with occasional travel to London. The role is classified as outside IR35, offering a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead technical design and architecture for complex network security deployments.
- Ensure hands-on design/migration of at least two specified technologies at scale.
- Make end-to-end technical design decisions and provide leadership in enterprise environments.
- Produce and maintain architecture documentation and design artifacts.
- Validate and integrate component designs for various network security elements.
- Provide 24/7 escalation cover to meet migration deadlines when rostered.
Key Skills:
- Experience with Check Point R8x Firewalls, Cisco or Juniper LAN and WAN, F5 BIG-IP, Zscaler ZIA & ZPA, and SD-WAN.
- Strong routing fundamentals (BGP, OSPF).
- Proven experience as a Technical Design Lead/Technical Authority.
- Expertise in documentation and tooling (Visio, PowerPoint, Word/Confluence).
- Relevant qualifications (CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE, F5 CTS, Check Point CCSE, Zscaler ZCCA IA/ZCCA IAE, TOGAF, ITIL v4).
Salary (Rate): £400 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Technical Solution Architect - LAN, WAN, Firewalls, F5, Zscaler ZPA/ZIA, BGP/OSPF
5 Month Contract
London (Remote, Hybrid)
£330-£400/day (Outside IR35)
Technical Solution Design Lead/Technical Authority experience needed for a 5 Month Contract mainly remote with 2 to 3 times a month in London travel when required (Hybrid). Start ASAP in January 2026.
Must have handson design/migration of at least two of the following at scale:
Check Point R8x Firewalls, Cisco or Juniper LAN and WAN, F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM/AFM,
Zscaler ZIA & ZPA, SD-WAN.
Working with a global IT Consultancy for a Telecoms end client on large-scale projects. Paying £330-400/day (Outside IR35).
Hybrid working - Contract mainly remote with 2 to 3 times a month in London London.
Key skills, experience + tasks will include:
- Network Security architecture or senior engineering across enterprise environments.
- Proven experience as a Technical Design Lead/Technical Authority
- Must have hands-on design/migration of at least two of the following at scale:
Check Point R8x Firewalls, Cisco or Juniper LAN and WAN,
F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM/AFM, Zscaler ZIA & ZPA, SD-WAN.
- Strong routing fundamentals (BGP, OSPF, route maps, redistribution).
- Ownership of end-to-end technical design decisions (not implementation-only roles)
- Demonstrable leadership in complex enterprise or carrier-scale environments
- Providing end-to-end technical design for complex network security architecture deployments and migrations.
- Documentation & tooling: Expertise with Visio or draw.io for architecture diagrams; PowerPoint for executive decks; Word/Confluence for LLDs. Familiarity with change tools (ServiceNow, Remedy) and SharePoint governance.
- Validating/integrating component designs for LAN, Firewall, F5, WAN, VPN, ZPA/ZIA + security controls.
- Owning overall solution architecture, low-level designs (LLD), solution integrity from high-level architecture through to handover, acting as the single technical point of contact for external customers.
- Producing/maintaining architecture decks, LLDs, change packs (ER/CR forms), rollback procedures, and run books.
- Reviewing implementation artefacts (configs, Ansible/Terraform scripts, F5 iRules) to ensure alignment to LLD.
- Qualifications: CCNP/CCIE Enterprise or Security, JNCIP/JNCIE, F5 CTS, Check Point CCSE, Zscaler ZCCA IA/ZCCA IAE, TOGAF, ITIL v4.
- Providing 24/7 escalation cover to meet migration deadlines when rostered.