Network Architect

Opticore IT  are currently searching for a  Network Architect to join our Broadcast Media client to ensure their Cloud and on-premise platforms are fit for purpose. You'll join our excelling team, based in the London area, two days a week.

Opticore IT is a rapidly expanding specialist  Network Engineer and Project Management C onsultancy, offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast-paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more.

What you'll be doing:

• Re-implement and integrate our clients' News network. This is a large budget, multi-year project for 10-11 News locations around the UK, starting with Bristol. 
• Reporting into UK Technology Architecture to ensure that any solution adheres to our clients design principles and the operating models are considered.
• Oversee the design and the high-level integration of NDI/SRT video

What you'll bring:

• Operating at a CCIE level
• Previous delivery of a multicast project
• Excellent knowledge of switching and routing, across a number of routing protocols, but specific knowledge and history of BGP is a requirement.
• Good relevant industry exposure in the Network space.
• Demonstrable Security knowledge (Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Fortinet) and/or authentication services such as Cisco ISE.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate non-technical requirements and workflows into technical proposals to be communicated back to senior stakeholders within the organisation.
• A history of deploying wide area networks to support high bandwidth workflows is also essential

What you’ll gain:

Here at  OpticoreIT we believe in investing in our team as we understand that we are only as great as our engineers, so learning and development are big deals for us. Whether you’re going for a CCNP, CCIE, Hashicorp, Python, Cloud Technology, or anything in between  Opticore IT  has your back with all our training, labs, courses, and shared knowledge, and the most important part it’s all free!

On top of that, we also give you:

• Discretionary bonus
• 23 days holiday + bank holidays
• Private healthcare & dental
• Pension
• EV car, workplace nursery, tech, and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
• Team & Company Social Events
• EMI share scheme

Diversity:

At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce, and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.