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| Job Type | |
| Location | Hendon |
| Area | London, UK |
| Sector | DigitalIT & Telecoms |
| Salary | £650 Outside IR35 |
| Start Date | 01/10/2018 |
| Advertiser | Leanne Howlett |
| Telephone | 07597378032 |
| Job Ref | LH-DOS-PPPT |
- Description
- Specialist role Technical Architect
Latest start date Monday 1 October 2018
Expected contract length 6 months with option to extend.
Location London
Maximum day rate £650
Security clearance SC or ability to be SC cleared
Summary of the work
A Network Architect is required to support existing BAU teams with the support of all network related functions in the Hendon datacentre whilst also acting as the Network Architect for a migration project.
Who the specialist will work with
Reporting to the Existing Datacentre lead.
Working with the PPPT Architect reporting to the Programme’s Lead Architect on design.
Will need to engage with members of the Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS) Architecture Team, the existing Police Live Services team and with the programme’s Delivery Partners as necessary.
To deliver some of the design work, external stakeholder engagement should be expected.
What the specialist will work on
The specialist shall be responsible for the delivery of the design specifications and completing the activities required to deliver the following:
• On Premise VMWare Estate (Network element)
• Transition to Cloud
• WAN capabilities
The specialist shall articulate specifications to a level that an implementation team can use, and refine these specifications with technical colleagues and delivery partners. Specialist expertise shall be available to consult with such as infrastructure and security architects. The designs are generally technical, but may involve some process-related design.
Address where the work will take place Primary location - Hendon Datacentre.
Other London sites - Croydon and 2 Marsham Street.
Working arrangements
Some remote working is acceptable, supported by a Home Office laptop to enable collaboration and sensitive material to be exchanged.
Some meetings can be by conference call, but significant design meetings are expected to be face-to-face at a Home Office location or partner visit. Existing Subject Matter Experts located in Croydon or Hendon will provide most of the information on the architectures and requirements.
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
Skills and experience
Essential skills and experience
1. Demonstrable ability of design of technical solutions for implementation by a third party within the last two years.
2. Demonstrable ability of authoring technical design documentation within the last two years.
3. Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of legacy Cisco Hardware within the last two years.
4. Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of Cisco UCS within the last two years.
5. Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of Cloud Networking within the last two years.
6. Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of Secure WAN Networks within the last two years.
7. Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of software based encryption methods within the last two years.
8. Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of Cisco or Checkpoint Firewalls within the last two years.
9. Demonstrable ability to build rapidly and maintain a network of colleagues to achieve progress on objectives.
10. Demonstrable ability to actively involve colleagues and partners to deliver the best possible product.
11. Demonstrable evidence of having worked in a leading on projects that have spanned multiple systems and integration points within the last two years
12. Demonstrable ability of sharing knowledge and working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Nice-to-have skills and experience
1. Detailed knowledge of Police Networks within the last two years.
2. Detailed knowledge of Mainframe Computing within the last two years.
3. Previous use of ITIL methodology for BAU activity within the last two years.
