Senior Security Architect; Raleigh, NC - Mid-Atlantic region

Senior Security Architect (Raleigh, NC) - Mid-Atlantic region

GuidePoint Security 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, GuidePoint 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.

Only candidates living in Raleigh, NC will be considered as this is a client‑facing presales role with 15–25% travel anticipated supporting customers in this market.

The Sr. Security Architect will collaborate with Account Executives to drive new business within the Mid‑Atlantic region by providing architectural security guidance and solution recommendations. These architects will be instrumental in working with engineering teams to design new offerings that will be made available to the regional customer base. This position is 100% focused on cyber‑security solutions and provides the ability to evaluate and recommend new security solutions within the space.

• Drive new and continued business by working with Account Executives within territory.
• Provide direction for engineering cyber‑security solutions offerings.
• Provide business and security program recommendations for prospects/customers’ targeted outcomes.
• Learn new cyber technologies and articulate the value proposition for adoption and integrations across the cybersecurity landscape.
• Participate in sales and marketing events to increase awareness of GuidePoint and its offerings.
• Participate in industry events, conferences, and forums.
• Develop and drive services technology adoption within the existing customer base.
• Develop Statements of Work and proposals for GuidePoint engineering services offerings.
• Report to the VP of Security Architecture within the Mid‑Atlantic region.

• Minimum 5 years in an enterprise‑level security consultative, vendor, or operational role building and assessing information security architectures and programs.
• Proficiency in multiple security technologies, including network security and architecture, NGFW, cloud security, data security, vulnerability & risk management, proxy, EDR, IAM, SIEM & analytics, AI security.
• Proficiency in operating systems including Windows, OSX, and Linux.
• Excellent listening skills to understand clients’ issues/gaps and work alongside them to provide solutions.
• Proactively research and engage emerging vendors and technologies to understand how they may solve our clients’ challenges.
• Experience working with teams to create new service offerings and supporting collateral.
• Excellent soft skills with the ability to articulate complex technical content to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Proactively mature the business, including improving existing offerings and creating new ones.
• Author comprehensive business and technical collateral tailored to both technical and managerial audiences.
• Remote/virtual work when not visiting client locations.
• Requirement of 15–25% travel for client meetings, QBRs, CKO, etc.
• Expectations: 85% presales engineering/sales and 15% consultation and delivery.

• Deep proficiency in network security, NGFW, cloud security, data security, SASE/SSE, identity solutions, SIEM/analytics, AI security, etc.
• Deep expertise architecting and designing enterprise‑scale security solutions.
• MSSP/MDR sales/solution experience is desired.
• Strong networking and security troubleshooting skills.
• Advanced knowledge of operating systems (Windows, Nix, OSX, etc.).
• Working knowledge of advanced security concepts (Zero Trust, defense in depth, etc.).

• Proven experience with cyber security technologies including Zero Trust architectures, data security solutions, NAC solutions, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Security solutions, Check Point, Crowd Strike, Splunk, and AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Previous cyber‑security presales engineering experience is a must.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant…