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At CGI, you will shape the future of human-centred design, working at the heart of major client transformations and enabling outcomes that deliver real-world impact. As a Director of Business Consulting in our SPARCK practice, you will guide multidisciplinary teams, steer strategic direction, and ensure our clients receive safe, scalable and innovative services. You will play a pivotal role in strengthening our design capability, nurturing talent and driving sustainable growth, while contributing to an environment where creativity thrives, ownership is encouraged and people feel supported to do their best work. CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go. Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position but you will be expected to travel to CGI offices or client sites 2-3 days per week on average.

As an Interaction Designer at MI5, you’ll design intuitive, user-friendly products that help keep the UK safe. You’ll join our growing Experience Design Team, reporting to the Head of Experience Design and collaborating with graphic designers, user researchers, and service designers. Your passion, experience, and creative flair will help shape the future of MI5's mission capabilities. The role involves looking ahead to explore emerging technologies while reviewing existing systems and processes to identify improvements, turning insights into impactful solutions. Key responsibilities include: supporting the scoping and planning of design projects under guidance from the team lead. working with user researchers to gather and interpret data, transforming insights into solutions that meet user and business needs. creating wireframes and prototypes for new products, while clearly communicating complex information to non-technical audiences. Beyond these core tasks, the role also contributes to design concepts for technology products and other solutions that improve user experience, whether that’s process, policy, or even physical spatial design. It involves advocating for users throughout the product lifecycle by running user testing, gathering feedback, and promoting robust UX principles across MI5. Identifying user issues to inform decisions on technology and value for money is another critical aspect of the work. You can expect occasional UK travel to collect valuable insights directly from users and teams.

UX Design Consultant Our Client is looking to recruit a UX designer Consultant with 3 to 4 years UX Design experience. This is a consultancy role, advising a global player in Education on direction and execution of a number of products/projects, as part of the evolving digital strategy. It is essential that you are self-managed and organized, and able to effectively prioritize and advise multiple stakeholders. SKILLS ● Excellent communication skills, written and oral. Excellent presentation skills. ● Workshop facilitation. ● UX and ethnographic research. ● Ability to fluidly and confidently work in ambiguous situations. ● Provide leadership in challenging situations through clarity, tact and diplomacy. ● Ability to identify and communicate the commercial impact of design decisions. ● Full command of the UX process is a must. An understanding of the Service Design purpose and process is a bonus. ● Visual thinking, proof of concept, rapid prototyping, storyboarding and technical skills. ● Attention to detail. ● Ability to quickly turn around wireframes in an iterative environment. ● Proficiency in Sketch, Axure, etc. ● An understanding of technology. EXPERIENCE ● Senior designer with over 4 years of work experience with blue chip clients as a UX designer, Product designer, UX architect, or a Service designer. ● Design processes, agile development and lean UX. ● Working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team. ● Creating omnichannel experiences – cross-platform and cross-device solutions. ● Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success. ● Working to strict deadlines. ● Proven design track record and design agency experience. ● Design degree or equivalent. The duration of this assignment will be up to 2 months. The location is Holborn London. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your daily rate and availability.

We are recruiting for a Senior Service Designer to join the Design System Team. The Design System provides teams across government with the styles, components and patterns they need to design and build user-centered digital services. As a senior service designer, you will be working across the end-to-end experience of the Design System, collaborating closely with other disciplines to spot opportunities for improvement as we think about our role and growth in the context of a multi-channel . As a user centred design practitioner, you’ll be ensuring that our products are consistently inclusive, accessible and easy to use for our users. You will also be expected to engage with our active community of users, working closely with our user researcher and community designer to continuously update our engagement practices and product offering. These skills must be demonstrated in your cover letter and portfolio. As a Senior Service Designer you’ll: lead and coordinate service design work in your team, supporting other designers where necessary work effectively in a multidisciplinary, agile environment, adapting quickly to changes in requirements, priorities or user needs use research and analytics to understand users needs, identify service failures and test different designs design collaboratively and in the open, engaging your whole team with the design process and adapting it if necessary champion accessibility and inclusion, consider the impact of new technologies and ensure that designs meet legal requirements collaborate with designers in other teams and departments, reviewing each other's work and developing shared patterns

UX/UI Designer and Developer - Manage our external web development and technology partners, to ensure organic growth and conversion opportunities are maximized. - Project management will include collecting requirements from the business, briefing our partners, prioritising asks in line with key business objectives and aligning with timeline of the business. - Deliver high-quality, user-friendly, content across our digital platforms. - Own the delivery of the US and UJ for new / ongoing event website and app related launches. - Identify content improvements with the objective of enhancing engagement, gaining insights, and increasing sales. - Produce and automate top-level website reports to influence decision-making for improvements including user flow Sankey diagrams, channel specific user journeys and holistic business reporting. Develop a UX and UI workflow in alignment with feedback and research to execution, specifically running CRO tests to prove hypotheses. - Expertise in CMS optimisation (VWO, Optimisely or other). - Expertise in SEO, CRO, accessibility and UX best practices. - Proven experience delivering multi format digital content within a CMS environment (Contentful) - Proven experience delivering content-heavy platform targeted at consumer audiences. - Proficiency in integrated performance reports using different data sources including analytics and CRM tools i.e. Google Analytics and HubSpot. - Fundamental understanding of basic adtech i.e. UTM tagging and tracking and setting up of media tags via Google Tag Manager.Take initiative with a solution-oriented approach, within a cross functional team. - Basic understanding of HTML and CSS – or keen to upskill in this area - Strong collaboration skills to help manage input from stakeholders and 3rd parties - Ability to manage and support different projects simultaneously - Possess good knowledge of digital marketing and multi-channel campaigns - Ability to understand website analytics and help drive data-driven conclusions (i.e. Google Analytics) - Ability to recommend decisions underpinned and driven by data. A passion for UX and all things customer first. This is a 3 month contract assignment in Shoreditch London on-site. The daily rate will be circa £250 pd to £400 pd. Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your daily rate and availability.

Senior UX Lead Architect – Holborn London Our Client is a leading international consultant with offices scattered around the World. Currently, they are looking to recruit a UX Design Lead Architect for their London office. You must have be a design lead with a strong UX background, experience in Service Design and an interest in design strategy. We are looking for a seasoned, hands-on practitioner, with a can-do attitude. As a senior member of the team and design representative in the organisation, your focus will be on people – clients, users/customers, team and colleagues and on the process support and advocate for the existing systems, and with a critical eye improve upon them. You will be reporting to the Global Head of the XD Practice and programme delivery. EXPERIENCE · Senior designer with over 8 years work experience working for blue chip clients · as a Senior UX designer, Senior Product designer, UX architect, or a Service designer. · Design processes, agile development and lean UX. · Working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team. · Creating omnichannel experiences – cross-platform and cross-device solutions. · Designing enterprise level, consumer grade digital services and products. · Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success. · Working to strict deadlines. · Proven design track record and design agency experience. · Design degree or equivalent. You will be involved in leading pitches, presentations and support proposals. Create project estimates and plans Summary of Senior UX Architect Skills required: · Provide leadership in challenging situations through clarity, tact and diplomacy. · Ability to identify and communicate the commercial impact of design decisions. · Full command of the UX process and an understanding of the Service Design process. · Visual thinking, proof of concept, rapid prototyping, storyboarding and technical skills. · Attention to detail. · Ability to quickly turn around wireframes in an iterative environment. · Proficiency in Sketch, Axure, Adobe CS, etc. · An understanding of technology. Salary for this role will be in the range £65K - £85K + Benefits. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your current salary and notice period/availability.

Senior UX Designer – Holborn London Currently, our London based design and innovation centre is looking for a lead UX designer. To join the design team and work along other designers, researchers, product owners and technologists in defining and developing digital products and platforms. The role will involve initiating and managing projects and lead the team forward in daily design tasks which include conducting workshops, user testing and prototyping. Key responsibilities • Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to derive personas, use cases, concepts, user journeys and information architecture. • Create prototypes based on high-level business, functional, and technical requirements. • Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to ensure the best creative solutions are realized, implemented and delivered. • Work along business analysts to complement user stories with design output • Work closely with Project manager and the team to ensure the sprint expectations are being respected and backlog defined. • Keep abreast of latest practices, techniques and emerging technologies within the industry and employ these to develop ideas and inspire creative concepts. • Act as a design and UX advocate internally and externally. • Work directly with the client on project scope and expectations. Experience • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. • UX designer with over 3 years work experience working for respected clients as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role. • Understanding of the UX processes. • Experience in interface design for desktop, tablet, and enterprise software design. • Experience of working in an Agile environment is desired. • Experience of working to strict deadlines. • Proven design track record. • Experience in designing user flows, wireframes and implementation instructions. • Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success. • Portfolio of UX and design work. Skills • World class UX / interface design • Strong proof of concept, rapid prototyping, storyboarding and technical skills. • Excellent communication skills, written and oral. • Excellent presentation skills. • Ability to quickly turn around detailed wireframes and mock-ups in an iterative environment. • Proficiency in Sketch, Axure, Adobe CS, etc. • An understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other key web technologies. The position will be based in Holborn London. The salary for this role will be in the range £50K - £60K + Benefits Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Oracle RMS and RPAS Design Configuration – Central London We urgently require an Oracle RPAS (Retail Predictive Application Server) Design and Configuration expert. You must have at least 2 to 4 years experience of working with Oracle RPAS and RMS – Retail Management System The position will involve the planning and Design of Oracle RPAS Item Planning Design, Oracle RPAS Configuration. Key skills required are experience with Oracle RPAS framework and modules, specifically Oracle Merchandise Item Planning (MIP), Merch Financial Planning (MFP) and RPAS configuration. The position will be based in Central London. Daily rate will be circa £300 to £450 per day. This is 12 month contract assignment. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with daily rate and availability

Senior UX Lead Designer – Holborn London Our Client is a leading international consultant with offices scattered around the World. Currently, they are looking to recruit a UX Design Lead Designer for their London office. You must have be a design lead with a strong UX background, experience in Service Design and an interest in design strategy. We are looking for a seasoned, hands-on practitioner, with a can-do attitude. As a senior member of the team and design representative in the organisation, your focus will be on people – clients, users/customers, team and colleagues and on the process support and advocate for the existing systems, and with a critical eye improve upon them. You will be reporting to the Global Head of the XD Practice and programme delivery. EXPERIENCE · Senior designer with over 8 years work experience working for blue chip clients · as a Senior UX designer, Senior Product designer, UX architect, or a Service designer. · Design processes, agile development and lean UX. · Working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team. · Creating omnichannel experiences – cross-platform and cross-device solutions. · Designing enterprise level, consumer grade digital services and products. · Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success. · Working to strict deadlines. · Proven design track record and design agency experience. · Design degree or equivalent. You will be involved in leading pitches, presentations and support proposals. Create project estimates and plans Summary of Senior UX Designer Skills required: · Provide leadership in challenging situations through clarity, tact and diplomacy. · Ability to identify and communicate the commercial impact of design decisions. · Full command of the UX process and an understanding of the Service Design process. · Visual thinking, proof of concept, rapid prototyping, storyboarding and technical skills. · Attention to detail. · Ability to quickly turn around wireframes in an iterative environment. · Proficiency in Sketch, Axure, Adobe CS, etc. · An understanding of technology. Salary for this role will be in the range £65K - £75K + Benefits. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your current salary and notice period/availability.

UX Designer 12 Month contract initially Based: Hybrid - Remote/2 days p/w onsite in Manchester Rate: Up to £400 p/d - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a UX Designer to join the team. Working within the UX Design team, the role is to support the continuous improvement of the digital user experience across the multiple digital channels. Help to define the interactivity and design on a variety of products, proposing solutions that balance user needs with business goals and technical capabilities. Driven by finding out how and why customers use our products, and be passionate about communicating these needs, proposing solutions to problems that excite and enthuse our customers. Key Responsibilities: * Work across the entire lifecycle of a product, translating insights from research and analytics into concepts and solutions. * Working within a multidisciplinary team; partner with product owners, developers and business stakeholders to come up with solutions, driving vision and strategy for our products. Collaborate across the UX and content community to create and improve the design system and practices. * Our users lead the way and their needs inform our solutions. You'll put the user at the centre of everything we do at the bank and champion their interests. * Rapidly sketch and prototype ideas as well as designing the finer details of an interaction or component. * Maintain knowledge of and adherence to all relevant regulatory requirements * Consumer Duty - Maintain knowledge of and adherence to all relevant regulatory requirements Key Skills & Experience: TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES: * Experience designing consumer focused digital projects. * Familiar with current design philosophies; Lean UX, Design Sprint, design thinking etc. * A strong communicator to help facilitate workshops and brainstorm initial design concepts. * Ability to create interactive prototypes using Figma or in the browser with HTML and CSS. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: * Interface and interaction design. * Prototyping and wire framing. * Navigation and architecture. * Knowledge of IA solutions. * Knowledge in design software such as Figma * Be able to communicate effectively at all levels within the organisation. * A current portfolio that reflects a strong understanding of online design. * BA in Graphic Design or related area. * A keenness to learn and develop. * Understanding/interests of new technologies. * Precise and high attention to detail. * Be commercially minded as well as editorially aware. * Be passionate about uses of design, research, content, architecture, usability and accessibility. * Worked in an agile environment. This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

UX Service Designer 12 Month contract initially Based: Hybrid - Remote/2 days p/w onsite in Manchester Rate: Up to £400 p/d - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a UX Service Designer to join the team. Key Responsibilities: Service designers are interested in what users are trying to do, service systems and processes, and the structure of the organisations that deliver them and user journeys. Service designers work by looking at the wider picture, thinking about how to connect products and services to creative a seamless experience for customers (products, people, parts of the organisation) and identify opportunities for areas of improvement which then require support from wider teams to implement. Create effective partnerships with stakeholders, define and deliver work that creates lasting value and ensures projects achieve their goals through effective discovery, ideation and design right through to delivery and measuring impact. Able to review a journey from start to finish which extends outside of Digital, a Service Designer is able to provide an end to end view of a products or service without reliance from other teams. This creates a unique perspective that is not held by anyone else in the business but real customers experience every day. * Able to work independently and manage their service design projects and problem statements whilst feeding in their activity to the broader Service Design team. * Build strong relationships with stakeholders and competently present back to them at all levels required. Have confidence pushing back when colleague's views do not align with the project goals or user needs and escalating to the Service Design Lead when required. * Conducting Service Discovery to identify and deliver high-quality, user-centered products and services * Create prototypes to demonstrate ideas and how to improve services * Research the problem space - working with the wider UX team including the research team to form and test ideas, designs and solutions with the needs of real people in mind. Working with user groups to identify business insights. Communicate findings into actionable steps for other stakeholders and teams, ensuring the highest standards are reached and insights can be identified and used. * Design and deliver engaging workshops for our teams, customers and stakeholders. * Enable the business focus around customer journey maps and service blueprints to understand how products/services work currently and defining the biggest gaps to develop how they should work in future * Ideation & critical thinking: Generation of appropriate ideas and effective critique. Help teams understand and improve their creative capability. * Think holistically a when designing a product or service, while being detail oriented and delivery focus * Adhering to regulations including Consumer Duty, demonstrating focus on delivering good customer outcomes through consideration of what's the right thing to do for the customer. * Hold the confidence to raise concerns and challenges to colleagues and senior stakeholders to advocate our user's experience and making good business decision outcomes. Key Skills & Experience: * Usability moderating (all types, particularly one-on-one) * Experimental design * Test method selection * Statistical/qualitative/quantitative analysis * Presentations (verbal and written) KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED * Degree in UX or relevant subject and/or solid experience in a Service Designer position * Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and oral * Excellent relationship skills - able to operate effectively with internal stakeholders and with external suppliers and partners * Experience of effective time management of self * Ability to review and prioritise workload whilst managing delivery expectations and deadlines appropriately * Influence appropriate research methods to assure required outcomes * High level of customer focus and understanding of customer needs * Ability to user test moderating (all types, particularly one-on-one) * Ability to conduct participant recruiting/screener creation for research * Able to execute and analyse usability test sessions * An understanding of agile development environments and how others work within User Experience teams such as designers and developers * Demonstrable ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to innovate and create effective change * Precise and high attention to detail * Be passionate about uses of information architecture/usability/accessibility. * Experience within a research and digital environment. * Uses strategic insight and aligns user research activities to inform decision making and action. This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

UX Content Designer 12 Month contract initially Based: Hybrid - Remote/2 days p/w onsite in Manchester Rate: Upto £400 p/d - (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a UX Content Designer to join the team. A content designer is part of the project from the start, setting the purpose for the content on the page. Adept at creating customer-focused copy, a content designer can explain things simply and position content in the right place, in the right format, for the right audience. Key Responsibilities: Understands users and can identify who they are and what their needs are based on evidence. Translate user stories and propose design approaches or services to meet these needs Advocates for user needs in stakeholder meetings or with key product team members Engage in meaningful interactions and relationships with users. Manage competing priorities. Work on multiple projects at the same time, ensuring the customer is at the heart of the outcome Use quantitative and qualitative data about users to turn user focus into outcomes. Design content to meet user needs and make complex language and processes easy to understand. Creates, collaborates, understands, and implements style and standards. Have an overall perspective on business issues, events, activities and an understanding of their wider implications and long-term impact. Has the ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment and utilises an iterative method and flexible approach to enable rapid delivery. Is accountable for quality outcomes. Identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes. Helps the team to decide the best approach, to manage and visualise outcomes, prioritise work and work to agreed minimum viable product (MVP) and scope. Maintain knowledge of and adherence to all relevant regulatory requirements, including risk Key Skills & Experience: Content design experience Working in Agile environment Experienced with using a variety of UCD methodologies KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Champions user needs and helps teams to communicate. Has a passion for the profession and communicates the vision to the team clearly. Challenges ways of working and the status quo. People who excel in this area take initiative, are innovative, and seek out opportunities to create effective change. Being open to change and improvement, and working in 'smarter', more focused ways. Is a proven communicator with an understanding and appreciation of the regulatory environment Creates effective communication through design, research, and iteration Actively contributes to and conceives content standards and guidelines from user experience and accessibility guidance This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Senior Network Design Engineer Our purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As a Network Design Engineer, you will contribute to this by working collaboratively in service and project teams, and designing and implementing medium/large network solutions and changes to enable cost-effective services for our customer. We are looking for a Senior Network Designer Engineer to work on delivery opportunities. Your role will involve understanding the business and technical requirements and you will be responsible for the producing the relevant design collateral (including passing any governance reviews), providing hands on configuration and implementation support, troubleshooting technical issues, ensuring effective handover to service and supporting the project team in its milestone deliverables. Key Skills and Experience *Strong technical networking knowledge with industry-recognized certifications (e.g., Cisco CCNA/CCNP, Juniper JNCIS-ENT). *Experience with routing protocols, virtual routing instances, VPNs, and security zones. *Experience with network security products including Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS). *Proficiency in F5, Cisco Secure Firewall, and Gigamon technology. *Demonstrable design experience with global network vendors (e.g., Cisco, Juniper). *Network device configuration, troubleshooting, and defect resolution skills. *Understanding of project life cycle from requirements gathering to operational acceptance. *Proven experience in network troubleshooting across multiple vendors and technology areas. *Excellent communication skills and ability to work with multiple stakeholders. *Experience of performance testing of cyber monitoring tools (sizing, capacity management and planning, performance troubleshooting). Responsibilities: *Design and Deploy Functional Networks: Design and deploy networks (LAN, WAN) to meet the organization and customer needs. *Troubleshoot Network Issues: Diagnose and troubleshoot network issues, including those escalated by lower tiers of support. *Implement Network Security Measures: Design and implement network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware from threats and unauthorized access. *Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work closely with executive team members, decision-makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues. *Create and Maintain Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation for all implemented networks, including network diagrams, configuration details, and operational procedures. *Mentor Team Members: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior network engineers and other team members, helping them to develop their skills and knowledge. *Automate Network Tasks: Develop and implement automation scripts to streamline network management tasks and improve efficiency. *Plan for Service Outages: Plan for and respond to service outages and other network-related problems, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations. *Support Network Upgrades: Perform network maintenance and system upgrades, including service packs, patches, hot fixes, and security configurations. *Evaluate New Technologies: Stay up-to-date with the latest networking technologies and evaluate their potential benefits for the organization and our customers. Desired skills, experience, qualifications: *2+ years of experience with networking layer 2 and layer 3. *Good understanding of network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, VLANs). *Proficiency in network design and implementation tools (e.g., Visio, Cisco Packet Tracer). *Experience with network management and monitoring tools (e.g., SolarWinds, Nagios). *Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. *Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. *Ability to work independently and meet deadlines. *Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or JNCIA. Additional Considerations *Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as VMware / KVM / RHEV /Xen / ProxMox / CXP-NG is beneficial. *A strong understanding of data centre networking and technologies is advantageous. Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.