Security Architect Northeast region at GuidePoint Security

Note: Candidates must reside locally in Boston or New York Metro and and be open to local travel when necessary.

Role and responsibilities:

• Travel will be required in Boston or New York Metro areas to attend customer/vendor partner events, QBRs, etc.
• Security Architects work from remote/virtual when not visiting client locations
• Serve as our clients’ primary technical point of contact along side our Account Executives
• A good listener to work with clients to understand issues/gaps in their security programs and works alongside them to provide solutions
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operationalizing security controls across a wide range of IT and enterprise business systems
• Proactively research and engage emerging vendors and technologies to understand how they may be used to solve our clients challenges
• Preferred experience in the areas of SecOps, Security Analytics, SIEM/SOAR, etc.
• Proficiency in other security technologies including but not limited to: Next-Gen Firewalls, Data Security, SASE, NAC, PAM, EDR, NDR, APPSEC, CNAPP, etc.
• Understand and articulate complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects in a fast paced environment
• Author comprehensive business and technical collateral to support the business that is proficiently tailored to both technical and managerial audiences

Experience, Education, and Technical Experience required:

• Minimum 5 years in an enterprise level security consultative role building and assessing Information Security architectures and programs
• Prior experience in a corporate operational or technical leadership role
• Prior experience in a client facing pre-sales and consulting role
• Experience with security products from CrowdStrike, Splunk, SentinelOne, Zscaler, Palo Alto, Check Point, Tenable, Microsoft, CyberArk, Checkmarx, Contrast, Veracode, etc
• Experience with securing complex AWS, Azure, or GCP environments
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience