The Role
As a Senior Cybersecurity Pre-Sales Architect, you'll be a trusted advisor, guiding clients to navigate the complex world of cybersecurity. You'll translate their business needs into robust security architectures, recommending and implementing solutions that safeguard their valuable data.
Travel Requirements:
This is a hybrid role (remote with several days onsite) and can reside in the Philly region.
Responsibilities Include:
What you'll do:
- Dive deep into client needs: You'll go beyond surface-level requirements, truly understanding their business goals, risk tolerance, and existing infrastructure. This involves conducting workshops, analyzing current security posture, and identifying gaps to help drive client outcomes.
- Architect and design tailored solutions: You won't just be selling products; you'll be crafting comprehensive security strategies. This includes designing network security (SSE, and advanced security solutions), endpoint protection, data loss prevention, cloud security, and incident response plans tailored to each client's specific needs.
- Be a thought leader: Stay at the forefront of the cybersecurity landscape. Continuously research emerging threats, new technologies, and best practices to provide cutting-edge solutions to our clients. Additionally, you will engage with the cybersecurity community both within the firm and at large through blog posts, LinkedIn posts, presenting at conferences, and building relationships with other professionals in the industry.
Required Skills and Professional Experience:
- We seek a Bachelors' degree or the equivalent work experience and/or military experience
- We seek a minimum of 10+ years' experience in Cybersecurity role involving the design, development and implementation of complex cyber security solution
- A passion for problem-solving: You're not just interested in technology; you're driven to find the best solutions to complex security challenges.
- Deep technical knowledge: You possess a strong foundation in cybersecurity principles, architectures, and technologies, with hands-on experience in areas like OT, ICS, and IoT security.
- Strong communication and presentation skills: You can confidently present technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences, building rapport and trust with clients.
- You enjoy working with others, sharing knowledge, and contributing to a team environment.
Additional Desired Skills and Professional Experience:
- Leading industry certifications like, CISSP (strongly desired), GICSP, CCIE-Security, CISA, CISM, CEH, CHP, SANS, PCI-QSA are highly preferred
- Previous experience working in a pre-sales role
- Previous experience working for a systems integrator
- Familiarity with the Purdue model NERC CIP and NIST SP 800-82