Solutions Architect

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients.  We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications.  We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals. 

About the role:

• Provide technical leadership and solution architecture across customer opportunities, from initial discovery through solution design, proposal and transition into delivery
• Lead customer workshops to understand business, technical and operational requirements and translate these into appropriate solution architectures
• Design secure, resilient and scalable Network and Security solutions, with a primary focus on Cisco and Palo Alto technologies
• Develop solutions covering Enterprise Networking, SD-WAN, SDA, SASE/SSE, LAN, Wireless, Network Access Control and Cyber Security
• Support broader Hybrid Cloud opportunities spanning Cloud, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Compute, Storage, Backup and associated networking/security
• Produce and review solution documentation including high-level designs, statements of work, bills of materials, assumptions, risks and technical proposals
• Provide technical input into bids, t