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A highly accomplished and detail-oriented UK based Network Practice Lead is required to join a leading IT solutions and services provider on their journey, during a significant period of growth and success.

The contract will be home based so the candidate can claim mileage if travelling an office or client site. Candidates must be UK based and be able to travel to either the Reading or Leeds office. Preferred 1 day a week but can accommodate once a fortnight.

Reasons to work for our client -

Work with industry-leading technology to drive meaningful outcomes for clients
Work in a fast-packed work culture where individuals are empowered to succeed
Be a valued member in a rapidly growing team, with ambitious scale up plans
A range of benefits are on offer (including electric vehicle benefit scheme, cycle to work scheme, private medical care, life assurance and health and wellbeing programmes)
Own projects throughout the complete delivery lifecycle
State of the art working space and facilities in Berkshire and Leeds with flexible remote working optionsThe Role:

As the Network Practice Lead, your main focuses will be to help build highly resilient, scalable and modern product offerings and GTM strategy alongside fronting initial scale engagements with key clients as our client grows the practice. The successful candidate will be a driving force in the development of cutting-edge WAN and LAN networking technologies at the inception of new service propositions. This is your opportunity to make a mark - shaping and defining the future and productisation of new service offerings.

Your role will be client facing but you are still technically strong. You will be commercially aware with a business mindset, an expert communicator and you'll be able to converse with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders from client C-Suite through to internal Board of Directors.

Being vendor agnostic is crucial - you'll need excellent knowledge and experience across multi-vendor networking solutions spanning traditional WAN and next gen cloud delivered WAN and LAN architectures. You'll also have deep knowledge of security and connectivity concepts with the ability to build a clients Internetwork Strategy Roadmap, linking in the benefits of multiple business propositions including Cloud networking. Your approach will be customer centric led to deliver outcome based solutions and you'll continually put the customer first.

Ideal experience -

In depth knowledge of major networking vendors - Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco, HPE Aruba and NVIDIA (Mellanox & Cumulus).
MSP/VAR essential.
In depth knowledge of virtualised network functions (NFVs) and Cloud network virtual appliances (NVAs)
Formal training or certification on network migration concepts and proficient expert experience.
Technical hands on ability to build out networking environments with best in class security and practices, and at scale with infrastructure as code (IaC) approaches (Terraform, Ansible, Python etc).
Proven experience in managing multiple large scale network delivery projects and third parties.
Proven successful experience in the Information Technology market with a demonstrable track record of developing teams and individuals.
Have solid knowledge of security and connectivity concepts with a focus on Hybrid Cloud delivery. Our customers need to securely connect to cloud apps and services at scale and with the best internetworking experience.
Demonstrable experience in delivering change initiatives in line with business strategy.
Experience in portfolio creation and management, business and IT alignment, strategic planning and GTM planning.If this opportunity appeals to you and aligns closely to your background - please submit your application to Jackie Dean at Jumar for consideration.

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