Senior Security Solutions Architect
Listed on 2026-09-20
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer, Network Security, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations
Senior Security Solutions Architect - (26-27)
Shift Type
Job Title
Senior Security Solutions Architect
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
Location
Bedford - Bedford, MA 01730 US (Primary)
Experienced (Non-Manager)
Category
Professional Services
Salary Grade
Date Needed By
10/15/2026
Job Type
Full-time
Travel
10 - 20%
Job Description
We are seeking a customer-facing Senior Security Solutions Architect to serve as a technical leader across our security practice. The role is heavily focused on pre-sales architecture and customer engagement, partnering with account teams from discovery through solution design, presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, proposals, and statements of work. The Architect will also serve as senior technical escalation point, providing a subject matter expert (SME) level guidance and hands-on technical support when complex design, implementation, or operational issues require deeper expertise.
- Serve as a senior technical lead and trusted advisor for customers, account teams, engineers, and technology partners.
- Lead technical discovery, architecture, and solution development for complex enterprise security opportunities.
- Design modern security solutions spanning identity, network security, SASE/SSE, cloud, endpoint, and security operations.
- Spend significant time directly with customers leading workshops, whiteboarding sessions, architecture reviews, technical presentations, demonstrations, and executive-level discussions.
- Translate customer business objectives, security requirements, technical challenges, and operational constraints into practical solution architectures.
- Develop solution designs, bills of materials, technical proposals, scopes of work, and implementation approaches.
- Partner with account teams and OEMs to develop technical strategies, differentiate solutions, validate licensing and architecture, and advance opportunities through the sales cycle.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to Security Solutions Engineers without serving as their direct manager.
- Maintain technical ownership through handoff to delivery teams and serve as an escalation point for complex post-sales architecture, implementation, integration, and troubleshooting issues.
- Remain hands-on enough to validate designs, lead proof-of-concepts, troubleshoot critical issues, and provide SME-level technical support when required.
Technical Experience
Candidates should demonstrate deep expertise in multiple security domains with the technical breadth to lead architecture across a modern enterprise security environment.
Identity & Access Security: Microsoft Active Directory and Entra , Okta, Cisco Duo, MFA, passwordless authentication, Conditional Access, SAML, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, PAM, IGA, ITDR/ISPM, Non-Human Identity, Cisco ISE/NAC, and Zero Trust identity architectures.
Network Security & SASE: Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet, Zscaler, Cisco Secure Access, Prisma Access, NGFW, IPS, VPN, segmentation, NAC, SASE, SSE, and ZTNA. Strong understanding of networking technologies affect security architecture and troubleshooting.
Cloud & SaaS Security: Microsoft Azure, AWS, Microsoft Defender, cloud IAM, CSPM, CIEM, workload protection, SSPM, cloud-native security monitoring, and hybrid-cloud security architectures.
Endpoint & Security Operations: Microsoft Defender XDR/Endpoint, Crowd Strike, Palo Alto Cortex, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, threat detection, security analytics, and automation. Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Cortex, FortiSIEM, or similar platforms.
Candidates are not expected to be experts in every technology listed. The ideal Architect will have recognized SME-level depth in two or more major security disciplines, broad architectural knowledge across adjacent technologies, and the ability to become the technical escalation point when customer environments become complex.
Automation & Security Engineering
- Working knowledge of APIs, Python, Power Shell, Ansible, Terraform / Open Tofu, Git Hub / Git Lab, JSON, YAML, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Ability to identify and demonstrate where automation, integrations, APIs, and AI-assisted workflows can improve customer security outcomes and operational efficiency.
- Establish technical credibility with engineers, architects, IT leadership, CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs.
- Lead discovery that uncovers business drivers, technical requirements, security risks, operational constraints, and desired outcomes.
- Translate complex requirements into clear…
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