Overview

Role: Network Architect
Location: Coventry, UK
Duration: Contract

Responsibilities

• Determine whether the customer should deploy NAC as a unique platform or consolidate with Universal ZTNA to deliver NAC in a more strategic way, assuming physical NAC services are still deemed necessary.
• Assess tolling to simplify the micro-segmentation approach for a hybrid cloud/on-prem and IT/OT enterprise (for delivery and management); consider how tooling can be used for data flow mapping.
• Evaluate whether, with Segmentation and ZTNA, NAC is still needed in corporate environments.
• Address consolidation considerations where the customer has a CAB deployed outside of the standard SSE stack and a SWG from a core SSE provider; explore consolidation to a single vendor SSE, including potential advantages and challenges, and implications for broader Technology, including SD-WAN and the possibility of a single vendor SASE approach.
• With the SD-WAN delivery outside of our programme, identify how to address SASE security risks and how to leverage their delivery to enable ZTA capability.

Key skills / knowledge / experience

• Understand network architecture and tools
• Knowledge of hybrid cloud networks (on-prem and multi-cloud)
• Knowledge of OT networks
• Experience designing macro and micro segmentation for both on-premise and cloud networks
• Experience designing Network Access Control solutions
• Experience designing zero trust network access (ZTNA) services for both external and internal access
• Experience in next generation firewall design
• Ideally experience in Operational Technology network design