Senior Security Architect

Akasi Group provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, Akasi Group enables some of the nation's top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

Note : Candidates must reside locally in the northeast (ideally New England/New York Metro) for local travel when necessary.

• Expectations for this role is 80% pre-sales and 20% delivery.
• Travel may be required to clients in New England and New York Metro areas.
• Security Architects work from remote/virtual when not visiting client locations.
• Serve as our Clients' primary technical point of contact throughout a project life cycle.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operationalizing security controls across a wide range of IT and enterprise business systems.
• Proficiency in multiple security technologies, including but not limited to:
  Next-Gen Firewalls, DLP, SASE, NAC, PAM, EDR, NDR, SIEM, APPSEC, CWPP, CSPM, etc.
• Proficiency with networking security concepts such as routing, segmentation, zones, NAT, 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.

• 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 Zscaler, Palo Alto, Check Point, Tenable, Microsoft, Crowd Strike, Splunk, Cyber Ark, Checkmarx, Contrast, Veracode, etc.
• Experience with security and deploying complex environments into AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience