Senior Network Architect(Travels to Valencia, Spain)Location:Remote in UK, with planned travel to Valencia, Spain.Employment type:Contract, 12 monthsRate:£650-£670 per day,Inside IR35About the roleA manufacturing plant is separating its network as it moves to a joint venture structure. We need a senior Network Architect to define how the network evolves to a standalone end state, while the original entity and approved shared services keep running on the same campus.This is an advisory and design role, not a hands-on build. You’ll own the architecture analysis, documentation and stakeholder coordination. Implementation sits with the client's regional teams.What you’ll doAssess the current-state environment and produce a dependency mapGather and validate requirements across security, network, application, manufacturing, regional operations and the JVDocument architecture considerations for LAN, wireless, firewall, load balancing, extranet, segmentation, and compute and storageDefine the JV / non-JV coexistence model, including permitted and prohibited connectivity pathsMaintain a living register of assumptions, risks, decisions and dependenciesJoin architecture reviews and provide weekly status and governance updatesCoordinate with European implementation teamsWhat you’ll bringSenior network architecture experience in large enterprise and manufacturing environmentsCandidate must be based in the UK.Strong Cisco switching and enterprise LAN architecture, with working knowledge of Cisco SDAStrong Palo Alto firewall and F5 load balancer architecture experienceHands-on experience implementing agent-based micro-segmentationAbility to factor Red Hat compute and NetApp storage dependencies into your designsExcellent stakeholder facilitation, documentation, diagramming and executive communication skillsComfortable working remotely across time zones and travelling internationally when approvedNice to haveJV separation, divestiture, extranet or complex network isolation experience#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Senior Network Architect (Madrid)
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📍 Madrid