Chief Enterprise Architect (Cisco - Network Security)

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation plans

Long-term career opportunities

Attractive benefit plans

Job summary

A leading independent technology partner in the US is seeking a Chief Enterprise Architect specializing in network security solutions. The role involves designing security architectures, leading technology strategies, and supporting business transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience and deep expertise with major players in the network and data security space. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits are offered, contributing to long-term career growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience as a Lead or Domain Enterprise Architect.
• Working history with top OEMs in Network & Data Security.
• Effective communication skills to bridge technical and business terminology.
• Proven track record with customer CISOs and infrastructure leaders.

Responsibilities

• Design and propose security architectures for data center networks.
• Lead the creation of Domain Tech Strategies.
• Support technology change through capability roadmaps.
• Assure effective architecture governance.

Skills

Network Infrastructure Security expertise

Communication skills

Relationship building

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Cisco

Palo Alto

Splunk

Crowdstrike

Fortinet

Job description

Chief Enterprise Architect (Cisco - Network Security)

About the role The Security Chief Enterprise Architect (CEA) is a high-impact, technical thought-leader responsible for assisting clients in architecting enterprise-grade security solutions. You will assist our clients in meeting the challenge to protect and enable large-scale data center and networking environments to achieve their business outcomes. The Security CEA, (as an infrastructure and data security subject matter expert) is a difference maker in customer engagements. You combine deep network and security expertise with business acumen to drive the success of our clients’ major infrastructure initiatives. As a member of the broader Solution Sales Organization; your focus is on the sales goals & growth of our own business.

Annual Salary Range: $160K - $200K USD

What you’ll be doing

• Partner with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
• As a Network Infrastructure Security thought-leader, you’ll design and propose security architectures and solution use-cases for data center and enterprise networks. Your most significant contributions will be delivered in areas such as micro‑segmentation, zero trust network architecture, secure multitenancy & hybrid clouds, data protection, threat detection & response, identity & access management and policy creation & enforcement.
• Lead the creation and evolution of a Domain Tech Strategies that are adopted by your domain and technology business stakeholders.
• Create and maintain a current and target view of our Enterprise Architecture to deliver our business and technology strategies.
• Support business and technology change through capability roadmaps that inform Portfolio prioritization.
• Establish and assure effective architecture governance and tooling to support Solution Architecture and other GIS teams.
• Work closely with our Solution Architecture function ensuring that Tech Strategy is viable and new ‘solutions’ can be architected within the EA Principles/Guardrails and still deliver the desired outcomes to the business areas.
• Support annual and quarterly business and portfolio planning processes to ensure that the initiatives and plans are consistent with the agreed tech strategies.
• Ensuring our EA tool information is up to date and has the required breadth and depth.
• Support the development of architecture tools and techniques to support others in the practice.
• Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values.

What you have

• 5+ years' experience as a Lead or Domain Enterprise Architect.
• Must possess a working history with the top OEMs in the Network & Data Security space such as Cisco, Palo Alto, Splunk, Crowdstrike, SentinelOne, Fortinet, Dell etc.
• Experience creating and embedding technology strategies either within a business domain or with in a large-scale transformation program.
• Legally eligible to work in the United States.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and business terminology.
• A proven track record of building strong relationships with customer CISOs, security teams, and infrastructure leaders by delivering expert guidance on risk reduction, compliance, and secure infrastructure transformation.
• Ability to build trusted and respect as a ‘thought leader’ who can influence and when appropriate persuade technology and business leaders.
• Ability to be technology neutral: unbiased towards any specific technology or vendor choice, entirely motivated by getting to ‘value & outcomes’.
• Ability to propose and effectively estimate proposed solution commercials.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Proven analytical, planning, organizational and technology skills.

What you can expect

There’s so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. We help our world‑renowned customers to source, transform, and manage their IT infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling users and their business. We’re a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 (CCC.L) and employ over 20,000 people worldwide. In the US, we support some of the country’s best‑known businesses with regional hubs in San Francisco and Irvine, CA; Norcross, GA; Plano, TX; and New York City; and Integration Centers in Silicon Valley and Atlanta. www.computacenter.com/us