Head of Network Architecture

This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. You’ll join your colleagues in your local office at least two days a week.

Additional Information

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [email protected]. We want to help!

Division: CTIO

As the UK’s largest independent full fibre network and wholesale platform of choice, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.

Our network is greener, more reliable and designed for the future. The products we run over it lead the way on speed, value and service - helping businesses to innovate, communities to thrive, and people to live more connected digital lives.

At CityFibre, you’ll be part of something bigger, helping to build a better-connected Britain, together.

Joining us as a Head of Network Architecture

Life at CityFibre

Everyone deserves to feel heard, valued and truly included. Working alongside our Employee Communities, we’re committed to creating a workplace where people feel a genuine sense of belonging and pride in what they do. That’s why we’re proud to be a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality, endorsed by WORK180, a Disability Confident Leader, a Care Leaver Friendly Employer, and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.

Find out more about our culture, communities and benefits on our careers site.

As Head of Network Architecture, you’ll lead the development and evolution of CityFibre’s network architecture across fibre and passive infrastructure, optical and transport, core and edge networks, network services and supporting technologies. You’ll translate our technology and network strategy into clear target architectures, standards, roadmaps and High-Level Designs, ensuring our network continues to support our customers and wider business strategy.

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

You’ll receive a salary of up to £130k DOE a performance related bonus and a flexible benefits package.

We’ll support you to thrive inside and outside of work, with opportunities to grow your career and a flexible benefits package that adapts to your life – including generous annual leave (with an extra day off on your birthday), private medical insurance, health cash plans and family‑friendly policies.

What you’ll bring to the role

You’ll bring significant senior leadership experience in Network Architecture within a large-scale telecommunications, service-provider or infrastructure environment, with a strong track record of translating network strategy into target architectures, roadmaps and High-Level Designs. You’ll also have:

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable