Product Architect (SDN & Security)

• Engage with Commercial, Product Management, and Technology Product Owners to shape high-quality requirements and maintain a healthy product backlog
• Translate business, functional, and non-functional requirements into complete end-to-end technical solutions, including cost and effort estimation
• Own the high-level solution design, ensuring alignment with product requirements and architectural standards
• Act as end-to-end technical design authority, covering service models, IT architecture, low-level design, security-by-design, privacy, and legal and regulatory compliance
• Lead technical aspects of vendor management, setting priorities and driving continuous product improvement
• Contribute to defining and improving the in-life operating model and manage product lifecycle activities, including end-of-life planning
• Deliver technical product collateral such as Technical Service Descriptions, technical options papers, and product HLDs, and provide guidance to Solutions Consultants
• Review supplier technical documentation and support delivery teams to ensure alignment with the agreed product solution
• Perform impact assessments on requirements, quantifying delivery timelines and costs
• Support RFx creation and evaluation processes
• Ensure products are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to customer and business expectations
• Identify opportunities to enhance the customer experience by leveraging emerging technologies and innovations within the connectivity portfolio
• Review and refine end-to-end service models and contribute to overall connectivity product strategy
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly, tailoring messages to different audiences including senior leadership

• A collaborative team contributor with a positive mindset and the ability to address complex challenges constructively
• An effective communicator with strong presentation skills, comfortable engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• An expert in Fortinet SD-WAN, SD-LAN, SASE technologies, and traditional routing concepts
• Experienced in working with internal stakeholders, external partners, and geographically dispersed virtual teams
• Able to manage multiple and changing priorities while maintaining focus on delivery outcomes
• Proven in designing and supporting technically and operationally complex solutions within strict timelines
• Experienced in product lifecycle management activities
• Educated to degree level in Networking, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• Ideally familiar with mobile and fixed networks, Agile ways of working, cloud and cloud-native technologies (AWS, GCP, containers, Kubernetes), DevOps, APIs, and next-generation orchestration and assurance platforms

Familiar with mobile and fixed networks, Agile ways of working, cloud and cloud-native technologies (AWS, GCP, containers, Kubernetes), DevOps, APIs, and next-generation orchestration and assurance platforms

• Exposure to global, large-scale SDN and Security product deployments
• Opportunities to work with diverse stakeholders across markets, vendors, and technology domains
• A role that combines strategic influence with hands-on architectural ownership
• Continuous learning through engagement with emerging technologies and industry-leading solutions