SASE Technical Architect

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Birmingham, Edinburgh, Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Reading, Salford

Birmingham, Edinburgh, Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Reading, Salford

214262-en_GB

Life on the team
At Computacenter, we support enterprise-scale organisations in securing their digital operations and advancing their security strategies. As part of our Group Professional Services (GPS) division, you’ll join a network of over 1,000 technology professionals who collaborate across borders to deliver industry-leading solutions.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and deliver cutting-edge security architectures that span Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), identity and access management, cloud security, and data centre protection. As a Technology Architect (Security), you'll work directly with major enterprise customers, playing a strategic role in advisory, design, and technical delivery.

What you'll do

  • Provide expert guidance across SASE/SSE, PAM, detection, and data centre security technologies
  • Lead customer engagements, providing advisory services, architecture guidance, roadmap planning, and solution governance
  • Define and document high-level solution designs, technical requirements, and delivery frameworks
  • Act as Technical or Design Authority for enterprise-scale customer programmes
  • Engage in strategic customer meetings to translate business needs into technical strategy
  • Collaborate with vendors and partners (notably Zscaler) to stay current on product developments and influence future solutions
  • Support opportunity qualification and technical costing in pre-sales engagements
  • Create and present white papers or thought leadership content around evolving security architectures
  • Identify opportunities for new services or propositions alongside Solution Sales teams
  • Deliver robust governance and due diligence throughout the solution lifecycle

What you'll need

  • Proven experience leading security architecture engagements at the enterprise level
  • Expertise in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE), especially with Zscaler
  • Experience in at least three enterprise Zscaler SSE/SASE projects
  • Ability to provide presales advisory, requirements gathering, and high-level solution design
  • Strong understanding of Zscaler architecture and troubleshooting
  • Broad knowledge across IAM, SSO, MFA, PAM, and IDaaS
  • Strong background in core security technologies such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, and encryption
  • Comfortable working with cloud platforms and designing secure architectures across Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
  • Ability to lead technical conversations, influence customer decisions, and deliver trusted advisory services
  • Existing SC clearance or eligibility to apply

Desirable Skills & Certifications

  • Familiarity with industry security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls)
  • Cloud security experience across major hyperscalers
  • Required Certifications:
  • Zscaler Certified Architect (ZCA)
  • Zscaler Certified Engineer (ZCE)

Advantageous Certifications

  • Palo Alto Networks Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE)
  • Palo Alto Certified Network Security Consultant (PCNSC)
  • Palo Alto Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)
  • CyberArk Certified Delivery Engineer (CDE)

Be the driving force behind enterprise security innovation—join Computacenter and make a lasting impact on our customers’ digital resilience.

Ready to take the next step? We’d love to hear from you.

Why you should choose us

Freedom & trust

You’ll have the support on hand when you need it and the autonomy when you don’t. Feel right at home in an environment where you’re able to work with freedom and flexibility, and trusted to manage your own work.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Working with the best

Over 1,300 technology consultants, 900 project managers and 3,200 systems engineers come together to form our highly regarded professional services community. You’ll find they’re a close-knit team, where mutual trust and collaboration is the norm.

Sharing knowledge

We organise several events and initiatives, such our UK Professional Services Conference and ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions, that bring together the brightest minds in the business. Here you can learn new things, network, and celebrate success together.

Exciting digital technology

Challenging and rewarding projects: The range of technologies and industries that we are so diverse, that no two projects are alike. The result? A role for you that’s varied and provides the opportunity to expand your expertise and develop your career further.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Personal development

We like to invest in our people. We offer training and technology certifications, mentoring and coaching, specialist or management careers, access to our on-the-go immersive learning platform, Percipio, and much more.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

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.

Winning Together

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