Be Part of a Groundbreaking IT Transformation. Sopra Steria is leading the development of a brand-new, cutting-edge Managed Service, replacing a complex legacy Enterprise infrastructure with a next-generation, highly automated and scalable environment. This greenfield project is a unique opportunity to design and build a best-in-class networking solution from the ground up, working with the latest Cisco and BIG-IP F5 technologies within a Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) environment. **This role will require on-site working in Farnborough 5 days a week.** **What you'll Be Doing:** * Working on a truly unique, large-scale networking solution. * Getting hands-on experience with cutting-edge networking technologies. * Designing \& implementing enterprise-grade network solutions using Cisco and BIG-IP F5 Load Balancers. * Deploying \& configuring Cisco network components to support a high-performance Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI). * Optimising network performance \& scalability to meet evolving business needs. * Enhancing security \& resilience, following best practices \& Tiered Access Model principles. * Documenting network designs, configurations \& operational procedures for seamless future support. **What You'll Bring:** * Strong experience with Cisco Switches. * Expertise in BIG-IP F5 Load Balancers. **It would be great if you had:** * Experience with Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN). * Network Monitoring \& Management expertise. * Security Best Practices \& Secure Network Design. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! **Employment Type: Full-time Permanent** **Location: Farnborough - on-site** **Security Clearance Level: eligibility for SC Clearance and DV clearance.** **Internal Recruiter: Lee** **Salary: up to £56,000** **Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.** Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. **Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?** Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.