Cisco Lead Architect/Engineer - Cisco | Enterprise LAN | Wireless/GPON - Hertfordhire

You’ll act as the senior technical authority across a diverse technology environment, covering traditional enterprise networking alongside the growing world of Smart Buildings, AV, BMS, Lighting and IoT.

You’ll:

Lead customer discovery, technical workshops and solution design Own HLD/LLD and network architecture standards Design and deliver LAN, WAN and WLAN solutions Lead complex customer implementations and migrations Act as the senior technical escalation point Mentor and provide technical direction to engineers Work closely with Sales, customers, contractors and technology partners Lead networking integration with BMS, AV, Lighting and IoT environments Define network segmentation and security across IT/OT/IoT environments Support new-build, retrofit and multi-site customer projects Help shape technical standards, vendor strategy and future technology direction

Technology

We’re particularly interested in experience across:

Cisco/Ruckus/Aruba Enterprise LAN, WAN & Wireless Switching & Routing VLANs, VPNs, QoS, DHCP/DNS Network Security & Segmentation Cisco Catalyst/Meraki Aruba Central Ruckus SmartZone/Cloud Structured Cabling/Low Voltage Infrastructure

Exposure to Smart Building technologies would be highly advantageous:

BMS/Building Management Systems AV/Conferencing/Digital Signage Lighting Control IoT/Sensors BACnet/Modbus/KNX/DALI/MQTT Nokia PON/GPON

What We’re Looking For

The key is seniority, leadership and breadth.

You’ll ideally come from a Network Architect, Technical Architect, Principal Consultant or Lead Network Engineer background and be comfortable operating from customer/C-Level engagement and architecture through to implementation and delivery.

We’d love someone who already understands the complete Smart Building technology stack - but equally recognise how difficult that combination is to find.

Therefore, if you’re an exceptional senior Network Architect/Engineer with strong Cisco/Ruckus/Aruba experience who is excited by Smart Buildings and wants to broaden into AV, BMS, Lighting, IoT and PON technologies, we’d still be very interested in speaking with you.

You don’t need to know everything on day one - attitude, technical leadership, customer credibility and the ability to learn are equally important.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to become a genuine technical leader within the business rather than another Architect in a huge team.

You’ll have the autonomy to influence technical direction, lead major customer engagements, mentor engineers and work across a genuinely interesting mix of traditional networking and next-generation Smart Building technology.

We need someone senior enough to lead customer engagements, influence technical strategy and own architecture/design - but equally comfortable supporting implementation and leading the more complex projects through delivery.