Enterprise Network Designer presso Talktalk

We are PXC, the UK’s largest provider of wholesale connectivity. Our vision is to be the UK’s #1 wholesale platform, a one-stop shop provider of connectivity, voice, cloud and security underpinned by the UK’s most robust, secure, resilient and reliable network.

Born from the combination of Virtual1 and TalkTalk’s wholesale services and national network business, we operate across our 3 core sites (Salford, London and Skopje, North Macedonia).

Our mission is clear, to be the UK’s best company to work for and best to work with. We believe this success is driven by the power of our employees. We empower our people to become true experts in their field who embody our values every day: we care; we challenge; we commit.

About the Role

The PXC IT Services department delivers secure, scalable and intelligent digital infrastructure, integrating private and public cloud capabilities that empower innovation, accelerate deliver and safeguard the future of PXC.

We are a team that delivers high quality services to the business; aligned to our values:

Secure by Design – Security is embedded into everything we do.

Operational Excellence – We take pride in doing things right the first time, and better every time.

Cloud-Thinking, Value-Focused – Our solutions are guided by business impact and user experience, maximising value, scalability and accelerating delivery.

Collaboration Without Boundaries – We enable a consistent collaboration experience for our People.

One Team – We are one team, supported by our strategic IT Partner, delivering a unified IT vision aligned with PXC’s business objectives.

Critical National Infrastructure – We provide essential services to support the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure, ensuring full compliance with UK legislation.

Resilience – Delivering highly available, cyber resilient solutions.                                                                                                                                       

As an Enterprise Network Designer, you will be driving the technical, architectural decisions and guardrails of the business for building and shaping the enterprise network across public and private cloud.

You will be working with the wider business to ensure we are building scalable, secure and reliable systems for our customers and working with the existing architecture, security, engineering and 3rd party teams to ensure we are following both industry and PXC best practices

Key Responsibilities

• Continuously analyse existing enterprise networks across public and private cloud against new security principles and best practices.

• Review and approve all non-templated firewall changes implemented by 3rd party support

• Develop standardised templated firewall changes

• Govern and be the supplier owner of the 3rd party who looks after our enterprise networks across public and private cloud

• Design enterprise networks across public and private cloud using network patterns and best practices.

• Creation, assistance and review of both High-level and Low-level designs.

• Propose and build repeatable enterprise network patterns to improve security, accelerate network development, improve resiliency and reduce costs.

• Be an SME for the enterprise networks across public and private cloud ecosystems.

• Have the ability to drive enterprise networks across the software life cycle by adopting modern engineering practices including DevSecOps, Automation testing, Application security and tools.

• Responsible for the evaluation of technical risks and map out mitigation and placement strategies.

• Responsible for advising on enterprise networks across public and private cloud to effectively meet the strategic needs of the business

• Work closely with the Enterprise Architects, Security Architects, Application Architects and 3rd Parties to ensure enterprise networks designs meet security and business requirements from a cloud technology perspective.

• Work closely with business analysists, project managers and other stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into network deployments.

• Support the delivery teams with guided approaches, skill development and bridging the enterprise networks gaps.

• Ensure connectivity requirements and security is ingrained as part of every design.

What Will Make You Successful in This Role?

• Strong work experience in enterprise networks design across public and private cloud and development with Architecting solutions for both greenfield/brownfields.

• Strong experience working as a Network Engineer

• Strong experience in the large transformation of infrastructure using network technologies.

• Experience in adopting and implementing recognised frameworks like ISO 27002

• Strong PaaS and SaaS experience with enterprise networks solutions

• FinOps experience.

• Demonstrated experience with multiple toolsets and adaptability to learn new tools and processes.

• Experience with performing discovery and assessment of overall infrastructure portfolio, IT and business priorities, and stakeholder insights to create a modernization roadmap.

• Ability to work in a cross-functional team, as well as with various stakeholders.

• Good written and verbal communication skills to effectively articulate complex network concepts.

How we look after our employees

• Our brand new “PXC Flex” benefit launched in January 2025, which includes Flex30, an additional 30 hours* of leave every year for you to use how you wish

• Our hybrid working policy offers you flexibility to work from home as well as connecting with your colleagues in one of our accessible and collaborative office spaces

• A starting holiday allowance of 25 days* holiday and up to 10 extra days* leave via our holiday purchase scheme

• Free private healthcare for all employees, competitive pension scheme and the opportunity to earn bonus

• Free broadband for all employees plus gifts for major life events such as marriages and births

• Flexible salary sacrifice scheme including dental, gym plus a huge range of shopping and leisure discounts so you can save even more cash

• A range of inclusive employee networks to help integrate employees into life at PXC
   

(* Days and hours are based on a full-time employee’s working pattern and leave is pro-rated for part-time employee)

At PXC, we know that diversity means success and innovation. We want our workplace to reflect the communities and customer we serve. Being inclusive is part of our DNA; we are all 100% human, and we create a culture where you can truly be yourself.

We’re also not your usual 9-5. We are a dynamic workplace and we want to talk to you about how you like to work.