Remote ZPA Lead Engineer — Zscaler Specialist

World Wide Technology; Greater London; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

World Wide Technology is seeking an experienced Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) Lead Engineer to join our cybersecurity engineering team in London. You will act as the platform specialist and technical authority for ZPA, driving design, implementation, and optimisation of secure remote access and network segmentation strategies across the enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep ZPA expertise, hands-on experience with access control models and IAM, and a proactive approach to

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Zscaler ZPA architecture, design, deployment, and administration.
• Strong understanding of network segmentation, access control models, AD integration, and RBAC frameworks.
• Ability to analyse and interpret logs for diagnostics, tuning, and performance improvements.
• Experience in solution architecture and systems engineering, translating business requirements into technical designs.
• Familiarity with enterprise security architecture principles, IAM, and secure networking.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring experience within technical or engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical lead and SME for Zscaler Private Access (ZPA).
• Design, implement, and maintain secure access control, segmentation, and RBAC policies.
• Integrate AD and LDAP groups for seamless enforcement of user and application access controls.
• Analyse Zscaler logs and telemetry to troubleshoot, optimise configurations, and improve performance.
• Review and contribute to solution architecture documentation, low-level designs, and implementation frameworks.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Security Architecture to align ZPA strategy with broader security objectives.
• Provide hands-on engineering support during deployment, change management, and transition to operations.
• Mentor and lead ZPA engineers, providing technical guidance and operational oversight.
• Partner with ZIA team to ensure consistency across access and security policies.

Skills

Zscaler ZPA

RBAC

AD integration

Log analysis

Solution architecture

IAM

Security architecture

Leadership

Job description

World Wide Technology is seeking an experienced Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) Lead Engineer to join our cybersecurity engineering team in London. You will act as the platform specialist and technical authority for ZPA, driving design, implementation, and optimisation of secure remote access and network segmentation strategies across the enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep ZPA expertise, hands-on experience with access control models and IAM, and a proactive approach to