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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Customer Solutions Design Specialist - **Company:** Bt View All Jobs - **Location:** Bristol, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Centers, Multi-protocol Systems, Network Planning and Design, SAP (Applications), Wide Area Networks, Load Balancing, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco - **Published:** May 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/jobad/gbeb8ab3887fb69e916bddab97c5789d68 ## About the Role * 5+ years experience in Network Design within Enterprise, service provider or public sector * Production of High level and low level designs in line with customer requirements, ability to understand business requirements and turn them into practical solution designs * Knowledge and experience of Cisco and HPE Aruba WAN/LAN and SDWAN * HPE Aruba Certified to Associate level or Cisco certified to CCNP level * Strong stakeholder management skills * Hold or be eligible to hold Security Clearance (not dual passport holder) Desirable Skills / Experience * Knowledge of Riverbed, Packeteer, Palo Alto NGFW and MPLS * Experience working in defence or secure environments ## Description Join BT's Defence & Defence Industry Partners team as a Customer Solutions Design Specialist, where your work will help design and deliver secure solutions that support critical Defence programmes and contribute to keeping the UK safe and secure. Working within an existing team that delivers complex, bespoke and secure end to end network solutions and working with vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto and HPE Aruba amongst others. This is a customer facing and customer focussed role, and you must be able to lead the technical direction of projects and build a strong, trusted relationship with them and senior stakeholders. You'll work closely with other teams such as our Solution Architects, Operations and Security teams and be a Subject matter expert enabling the successful delivery of complex, bespoke solutions. 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