Senior Cybersecurity Solutions Architect - Hybrid

Senior Cybersecurity Solutions Architect

Genesis
10 is currently seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Solutions Architect for a direct hire opportunity with a Cybersecurity Solutions Provider located in Pittsburgh, PA or Atlanta, GA. This is a hybrid position. Compensation: $180,000 - $200,000 per year, W2, based on qualification.

Position Overview:

Join a growing Cybersecurity team as the senior technical face of both solution development and delivery. This role splits time between pre-sales, consulting, and hands-on design and deployment. You will work across a broad client base to shape outcomes that reduce risk and advance cloud, identity, and endpoint security maturity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead technical discovery and requirements mapping aligned to business, risk, and compliance drivers
• Develop high level solution architectures, LOE estimates, and technical input to proposals, SOWs, and RFPs
• Deliver client cybersecurity assessments, workshops, and roadmaps
• Design and implement integrated Microsoft security solutions:
  Entra  (MFA, Conditional Access, SSO; PIM) and Microsoft Sentinel (connectors, analytics, automation, dashboards)
• Deploy and integrate enterprise EDR:
  Crowd Strike Falcon strongly preferred;
  Microsoft Defender for Endpoint or similar acceptable (sensor rollout, policy, telemetry forwarding)
• Advise on MDR service integrations, including Arctic Wolf, Alert Logic, Expel, and comparable offerings
• Align Zscaler / SSE policies with identity and endpoint posture
• Contribute to vulnerability management frameworks and engagements
• Produce runbooks, build guides, and customer ready architecture & configuration documentation
• Present technical findings in business language to CISOs, CIOs, and non-technical stakeholders
• Map technical controls to NIST CSF, CIS Controls, ISO 27001

Primary Requirements:

• 8+ years in cybersecurity architecture, consulting, implementation engineering, or solutions engineering
• Proven success in mixed pre-sales / delivery roles (discovery, demos, technical proposals, RFPs)
• Hands-on deployment experience with Microsoft Entra  Microsoft Sentinel in production environments
• Practical expertise with at least one enterprise EDR platform;
  Crowd Strike Falcon strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to integrate and tune multi-platform security controls and data flows
• Strong professional & executive communication (written, verbal, presentation)

Desired

Skills:

• Familiarity with the broader Microsoft security stack (Defender XDR suite, Defender for Cloud, Purview, Entra /PIM)
• Experience with vulnerability management platforms (Nucleus, Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, etc.)
• Knowledge of Zscaler / SSE / SASE and alternative solutions
• Light scripting / automation (KQL, Power Shell, JSON templates) for deployment and reporting
• Four-year university degree or college diploma in the field of Information Security and/or 8 years equivalent work experience
• Industry recognized cybersecurity certifications (CISSP, CISM, SANS/GIAC)

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis
10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis
10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis
10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis
10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis
10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis
  10 for 5-20+ years
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis
  10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis
  10 for years
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis
10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all of our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis
10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. #DIG
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