Lead Network Security Architect

Job Description

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200 countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Lead Network Security Architect Overview The Lead Platform Architect is responsible for defining, designing, and evolving the enterprise network architecture to ensure best in class performance, reliability, and security. This role partners with other Network Architecture teams to set the strategic direction for network security platforms, develops architectural standards and roadmaps, and oversees the design and delivery of complex solutions that support a global, hybrid, and highly distributed environment. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in modern cloud networking, zero trust security models, and large scale enterprise architecture — along with the ability to influence, mentor, and partner across engineering, security, and operations teams. Key Responsibilities • Develop and maintain comprehensive network architecture blueprints, standards, reference patterns, and multi-year roadmaps. • Architect and design high performance, highly available, and secure network solutions aligned with enterprise strategy. • Identify opportunities for modernization, optimization, and resiliency improvements across the network and security landscape. • Lead and execute strategic network initiatives related to performance engineering, network security, zero trust adoption, automation, and infrastructure transformation. • Define and communicate technology component standards spanning networking, security, cloud, and operating systems. • Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve complex and systemic network architecture issues; escalate rare or business impacting challenges as needed. • Collaborate closely with Cloud Engineering, Information Security, Platform Engineering, Operations, and Application teams to ensure cohesive and scalable designs. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across teams, influencing architectural direction and best practices. • Ensure architectural governance, design reviews, and adherence to standards for new and existing network implementations. All About You Education • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • A passion for working on a collaborative, innovative, and high performing Architecture team. Knowledge / Experience Significant experience in the following areas: Zscaler & Zero Trust • Architecting and deploying Zscaler technologies, including ZIA, ZPA, and ZDX. • Designing secure, scalable Zscaler architectures aligned to

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