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About the role
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.
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