Chief Enterprise Architect (Cisco - Network Security)

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.

• 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

3.3 Atlanta, GA $160,000 - $200,000 a year, Pulled from the full job description Tuition reimbursement Paid parental leave Parental leave Health insurance 401(k) matching Vision insurance Dental insurance, Interested in continuing your formal education or pursuing various certifications? Computacenter provides up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement for full time employees. We value continuing education, and this assistance includes tuition, books, registration fees, and more.

Pension & financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? For our people based in the US, we offer automatic enrollment onto our 401(k)-retirement plan with a company match. For our Canadian colleagues we offer enrollment onto a Registered Retirement Savings Plan provided by Canada Life where we’ll match 25% up to 6% of your base earnings. Irrespective of where you’re based, you’ll also have access to our financial advisors who can help you with your retirement planning needs.

Parental leave

If you’re expanding your family, you can utilize our parental leave program that provides twelve weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents, and two weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents. Grow your family with peace of mind as you grow professionally with us.

Flexible benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that you can tailor to fit you needs. In addition to great medical, dental, and vision coverage options, we also provide 100% company-paid life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance. Our easy to navigate employee benefits platform, you’ll have the opportunity to enroll in supplemental life insurance.

We’re a place where you can belong

At Computacenter, people matter. We value what makes you, you, and believe everyone should feel comfortable being themselves at work. Here, you’ll be recognised for your contribution, supported to grow, and welcomed into a vibrant, collaborative culture where you can experience a genuine sense of belonging - because when you thrive, we thrive.

You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier-free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values and bring the skills and experience we need.

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years. Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.