The Scoop on the Role:
This role involves closely collaborating with stakeholders to design, deploy, maintain, and monitor live services and the underlying network infrastructure. As a Principal Network Architect, you\'ll focus on architecting, deploying, and operating cloud-based GRC and HRIS services and SaaS products ensuring the security and connectivity of critical operations processes.
The role\'s areas of focus:

• Architectural Leadership: Lead the creation of advanced network architectures and designs within a team of technical leads.
• Technology Evaluation: Proactively evaluate and assess new networking technologies to enhance infrastructure capabilities.
• Technical Standards: Develop technical solutions and establish standards, policies, and procedures for network infrastructure.
• Infrastructure Management: Manage cloud network resources, application flows, and security elements as code, integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Automation: Automate workloads using a variety of tools and services, including native command line tools like Microsoft Azure and AWS.
• Security Compliance: Apply a risk-based approach to implementing security policies to ensure GDPR and InfoSec compliance.
• Security Collaboration: Collaborate with the security team to implement best practices for cloud network security.
• Agile Participation: Engage in Agile Scrum standups with platform and development teams, supporting software deployment to secure cloud networks.
• Monitoring Solutions: Implement monitoring solutions for network infrastructure and services across multiple clouds, utilising open-source dashboarding technologies like Graphana.
• Vendor Management: Act as the primary interface to third-party network and security vendors on behalf of Grouper.

What We\'re Looking For: Network Architect Ninja! Are you ready to dive into a role that demands technical mastery and strategic flair? We\'re seeking someone with:

• Experience or Certification: Possess experience or certification in one of the following: Azure Web Application Firewall, Checkpoint Next Generation Firewall, NGINX/F5 API Management & NGINX App Protect Web Application Firewall.
• IT Governance and Compliance: Experience with IT governance standards and compliance frameworks such as ITIL, PCI, and SOC.
• Network Architecture: Extensive experience in architecting networks to enable a flexible and secure environment for operating and maintaining a fleet of Microservice APIs.
• Scripting Skills: Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Ansible, Azure DevOps, or Terraform for automating routine tasks.
• Tool Proficiency: Experience with Atlassian JIRA, Bitbucket, and Confluence for project management, version control, and documentation.
• Linux Shell Scripting: Proficiency in Linux shell scripting for automation and system administration tasks.
  
• Git Repository Management: Experience in working with git repositories for version control and collaborative development.
• Communication Skills: Strong documentation, communication, and interpersonal skills are essential for effective collaboration.
• Load Balancer Design: Extensive experience with standard load balancer design, SSL termination, and overall application/solution design.
• Certifications: Desired certifications or equivalent experience in disciplines such as CCNA, CCNP, CCDP, CCIE, CISSP, or other relevant security certifications.
• Advanced Traffic Management: Demonstrated knowledge of advanced layer 4 to 7 traffic management, including authentication and authorization flows, JWT/OIDC, and integration with 3rd party identity providers.

The Perfect Match: If you possess some of these skills, Grouper is excited to hear from you!

• Certified MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure is like finding gold at the end of the rainbow!
• Someone who gets things done, but puts security first.
• University degree:. Advanced degree preferred for that extra sparkle!
• Experience working in an agile environment following scrum - because who doesn\'t love a good sprint?
• Certification on Microsoft Azure, AWS and other Public Cloud technology is music to our ears!

Meet Grouper: We are our customers\' trusted partner in the exciting world of safeguarding data, strengthening cybersecurity, and strategic consulting. We lead the way in ensuring data integrity, securing information, and navigating regulatory compliance with confidence. With a blend of technical expertise and clever thinking, we redefine GRC and IT strategies, empowering organisations to shine. From wielding cyber-superpowers to mastering security frameworks like ISO 27001:2013 and NIST, we\'re certified wizards ready to chart a course to success, strengthen defenses, and turn challenges into opportunities to excel.

So whether our customers are battling cyber dragons or navigating the tumultuous seas of change, Gruper is their trusted ally on the journey to greatness.
Join Grouper: Are you ready to embark on an epic journey where your technical prowess meets strategic brilliance? Join Grouper\'s Platform Operations Team as a Principal Network Architect.