Job Description
Overview:
nA Network Architect is responsible for designing and governing network architecture that supports business services.
nThis includes translating requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient designs, and making informed trade-off decisions across cost, risk, and performance.
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nCore Responsibilities:
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Architecture and Design n

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Design enterprise network architecture across data center, WAN, cloud, and hybrid settingsn
Define standards, patterns, and reference architecturesn
Ensure scalability, resiliency, and security by designn

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Trade-off and Decision Making: n

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Balance performance, cost, risk, and operabilityn
Evaluate competing approaches (e.g., overlay vs underlay, vendor vs open solutions)n
Make design decisions at the system level rather than the device leveln
This is a key differentiator compared to a technical project manager or engineern

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Vendor and Technology Neutrality: n

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Evaluate technologies across multiple vendors (e.g., Cisco, VMware, Juniper)



and open source.n
Avoid designing around a single vendor’s constraints or biasn
Select solutions based on best architectural fitn

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Complex Programme Delivery: n

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Lead architecture across large, multi-domain programmesn
Collaborate with infrastructure, security, cloud, and application teamsn
Own end-to-end design coherence rather than isolated componentsn
Typically involves large-scale enterprise or highly regulated environments with multi-region and high-resilience requirementsn

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Stakeholder Management (Conflict Handling): n

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Align stakeholders across security, operations, business, and vendorsn
Manage conflicting requirements such as:n
Security vs usabilityn
Cost vs resiliencyn
Speed vs governancen
Drive decisions to closure through effective communicationn

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Governance and Standards: n

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Define and en

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