Solution Architect

Solution Architect (Networks and Security)
Location: Remote (UK)
Permanent
RS Group is seeking a skilled and driven Solution Architect with a focus on Networks and Security to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the design and delivery of complex solutions across a variety of initiatives, ranging from smaller-scale projects to multimillion-pound programmes.

While the initial focus will involve supporting a senior Solution Architect on a large-scale initiative, you will also be given ownership of smaller assignments, allowing for meaningful growth and hands-on experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Contribute to the architecture and design of major projects, aligned with enterprise architecture guidance.
• Collaborate on and participate in architectural governance to ensure consistency across target and transition states.
• Facilitate and document key design decisions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Present architectural decisions and implications to senior stakeholders in a clear and compelling way.
• Engage in cross-functional Design Working Groups to agree on and communicate key architectural elements.
• Ensure adherence to architectural governance processes across projects and initiatives.
• Provide mentoring and support to junior members of the Solution Architecture team.
• Collaborate with internal teams and third-party partners to analyse existing network structures and recommend improvements.
• Design and implement scalable and efficient network solutions, including LAN, WAN, WLAN, SDWAN, and telecoms infrastructure.
• Define policies and controls for firewalls and security systems to ensure data protection and compliance.
• Support the deployment of new network solutions in collaboration with IT teams.
• Conduct testing and validation of changes to network software and hardware.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of network architecture, configurations, and emergency procedures.
• Regularly review and upgrade network infrastructure to align with organisational goals.
• Work closely with stakeholders to anticipate future network needs and propose strategic solutions.
   

About You

You’re passionate about technology and crafting solutions that deliver impact. You bring a strong blend of technical expertise, a collaborative mindset, and a forward-thinking approach to problem-solving. You enjoy working across cross-functional teams, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring technology drives value.
 

What You Bring

• Demonstrated experience as a Network Solution Architect or similar role.
• Deep technical knowledge of:
  • Cisco technologies (SDWAN, LAN, WAN, ASA/Firepower Firewalls)
  • Zscaler (ZIA, SIPA)
  • SIEM tools (e.g. Qualys)
  • Remote access solutions (Ivanti, Pulse Secure, Cisco AnyConnect)
• Experience with cloud platforms, including:
  • AWS
  • Azure
• Familiarity with enterprise tools:
  • ServiceNow
  • Jira/Confluence
  • Microsoft 365
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity best practices and controls.
• Hands-on experience with network management tools, routers, switches, and security systems.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and deliver robust, scalable solutions.
   

The extras you’ll get:

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including annual performance bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, private healthcare, in the UK&I, we’ve just introduced a number of new Family Friendly Policies including:​

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation​
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome​
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause​
•  Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery​
• Additions to Fertility coverage including IVF for lesbian couples and information/support around surrogacy and adoption for all. 

We are RS

At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.  ​

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.  ​

We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers.  ​

We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities – to solve problems.  ​

We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do. ​

Come and join us and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.​

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