Solution Architect - Network

Solution Architect - Network

Fulltime

Derby/Solihull - Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Solution Architect to join the Networks Team, within the Group IT function. You will be based between Derby and Solihull, on a hybrid working arrangement.

As a Solution Architect, you will work with the Networks Team to provide expertise in the design and implementation of network roadmaps. You will excel in this role with hands-on experience and extensive knowledge and understanding of:

• Cisco products including routing / switching, Firewalls, VPN, IDS, Load balancing, Wireless, ACS /ISE, F5 Big-IP.

• Network environments and sound application of architectural best practice (e.g. TOGAF).

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity, you will get a chance to:

• Own the service design principles across the supply chain and ensure that what is designed meets the business service needs.

• Define the Rolls-Royce service solution standards (service solution architecture).

• Review & support development of Solution Architectures and Technical Architectures to assure they have been designed for availability.

• Mandate and Govern alignment of Service Management processes to deliver end-to-end services and service Levels to meet agreed business requirements.

• Define & maintain delivery standards & continual improvement of Service Management processes.

• Establish operational performance management across new Business Services/Solutions from all Supply Chain vendors including SaaS and BPO.

Who we’re looking for

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• TOGAF or similar qualification in IT Architecture.

• Demonstrable IT architecture experience.

• Demonstrable service orientated approach.

• ITIL or similar qualification in Service Management.

• Hands-on experience of service towers including compute, networking, storage, and database and cloud services.

• Knowledge of recommended best practices and demonstrable experience for building secure and reliable service platforms solutions (on-premise, cloud, PaaS, SaaS, etc.).

• Experience of working in both a service provider setting as well as a lead architect role would be highly favourable.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.