Senior Security Specialist

Company: Computappoint
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Location: London
Job Description:

What you’ll be doing

  • Designing and owning the end-to-end network security strategy and roadmap
  • Leading the adoption of Zero Trust architecture and micro‑segmentation across traditional and containerised workloads
  • Partnering closely with Information Security to define and enforce policies across all connectivity layers
  • Acting as technical authority for Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler platforms
  • Producing high‑ and low‑level designs for cloud, campus, WAN and data centre environments
  • Driving governance — design reviews, standards, audit support and regulatory evidence
  • Mentoring engineers and setting best practice across the network team
  • Providing 3rd‑line escalation support and subject‑matter expertise to senior stakeholders

What we’re looking for

  • At least 10 years in regulated, mission‑critical environments — financial services background strongly preferred
  • A career path from hands‑on network engineering into security governance and architecture
  • Deep practical experience across Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler
  • Proven ability to design and implement Zero Trust and network segmentation strategies
  • Strong grounding in core protocols — BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRF, VPN, VXLAN, DNS and more
  • Experience securing hybrid environments including Kubernetes and OpenShift workloads
  • Familiarity with automation and infrastructure‑as‑code for deploying security controls
  • Relevant certifications such as PCNSE, NSE, CCNP Security or CISSP are advantageous

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Posted: June 1st, 2026