Senior Network Security Architect - Zero Trust & SASE Leader

Global Payments Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldpay is seeking a Network Security Engineer Senior Specialist to join the Edge & Network Security team. The role focuses on strengthening, modernizing, and evolving secure access and network security platforms across a global enterprise, leading the Zero Trust transformation.

The candidate will own architecture and implementation of Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA), Palo Alto platforms, and related security controls. This is a hands-on leadership role with on-call responsibilities and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 12+ years of experience in network security.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Zscaler technologies and Secure Access architectures at enterprise scale.
• Strong experience with Palo Alto security platforms, including Panorama, NGFW, Threat Prevention, Prisma Access.
• Expert-level knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, routing, NAT) and Zero Trust principles.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale security initiatives and drive architectural direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead Secure Access and Zero Trust transformation and strategic direction for SASE, SWG, Proxy, and related network security services.
• Own architecture and optimization of Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA) and Palo Alto platforms across a global enterprise environment.
• Design, implement, and optimize scalable security controls and policies for internet access, private application access, SSL inspection, traffic steering, and Zero Trust models.
• Drive operational excellence and platform reliability through standardization, tuning, automation, telemetry improvements, SIEM integration, and data-driven metrics.
• Lead high-quality change management and major initiatives, including rollout planning, validation, risk mitigation, rollback readiness, and post-implementation reviews.
• Serve as the senior technical authority and escalation point for complex issues and major incidents affecting security services.
• Mentor engineers and partner with security, infrastructure, operations, application teams, and vendors to establish best practices.

Skills

Network security

Security engineering

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Incident escalation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA)

Palo Alto (Panorama, NGFW)

SSL Inspection

SASE

Zero Trust

Job description

Worldpay is seeking a Network Security Engineer Senior Specialist to join the Edge & Network Security team. The role focuses on strengthening, modernizing, and evolving secure access and network security platforms across a global enterprise, leading the Zero Trust transformation.

The candidate will own architecture and implementation of Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA), Palo Alto platforms, and related security controls. This is a hands-on leadership role with on-call responsibilities and cross-functional