Overview

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

Job Description:

Should customer 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

Responsibilities

• Assess whether NAC should be deployed as a unique platform or consolidated with Universal ZTNA to deliver NAC strategically, while acknowledging that physical NAC services may still be required
• Examine tolling to simplify the micro-segmentation approach for a hybrid cloud/on-prem and IT/OT enterprise (for delivery and management) and identify how tooling can be used for data flow mapping
• Evaluate whether, with segmentation and ZTNA in place, NAC is still needed in the corporate environment
• Consider consolidation implications when the customer has a CAB deployed outside the standard SSE stack and a SWG from a core SSE provider; weigh risks and benefits of consolidating to a single vendor SSE, including broader technology changes
• With SD-WAN delivery outside of our programme, address SASE security risks and explore how delivery can enable ZTA capability

Key skills/knowledge/experience

• Understand network architecture and tooling
• 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 (NAC) solutions
• Experience designing Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) services for both external and internal access
• Experience with next-generation firewall design
• Ideally experience in Operational Technology (OT) network design