Security & Solutions Architect

Security & Solutions ArchitectOur distinguished client has an immediate opening for a Security & Solutions Architect. Client provides the first scalable commercial products to protect data when it's most vulnerable – when it is being used or processed. For federal customers, they provide the first certified solution for performing searches from classified/trusted domains against sources on untrusted or lower classification domains. Client's solutions ensure that selectors stay encrypted and nothing is ever revealed during the entire processing lifecycle.What You'll Get To DoBe a technical voice of the client, representing client to customers and customers to the engineering teamRepresent security interestsCollaborate with Customer Success, Engineering, and strategic partners at the intersection of security requirements and product design.Act as a security leader through the company, focusing on usable and functional security.Ensure that the client's products are correctly positioned to meet security needs felt by the client's customers.Conceptualize and architect the details of delivery to customers, including:Use-case architectureQueriesData schemaThreat modelingUnderstanding customer's security posture, needs, and goalsLead and develop lightweight customer validation exercisesEngage with strategic partners to architect integrated product solutions and featuresProvide an authoritative voice to represent the client's engineering thought process and domain expertiseDecompose customer requirements into necessary engineering tasks and work with engineering to plan tickets to implement meet those tasksBe a customer advocate: drive customer feedback into support and engineeringHelp transition products and features from Engineering to SalesWhat You Need To Be SuccessfulExperience as a solutions architect, engineer, and/or systems administratorB.S. or higher degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related fieldFamiliarity with diverse technical topics including:Should have experience with:SQL and/or other query languagesData storage technologies/databasesCloud DevOps and Cloud services (for example: Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation; AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)Designing system architectureThreat modeling, systems design for security, and risk assessment"Bonus" to have experience with:Cryptography and cryptographic protocolsLinux system administrationMachine learningProgramming languages, especially Java and/or PythonTLS protocol, Wireshark, OpenSSL command line, PKINote: a successful candidate will be expected to have knowledge of some, but not all, of the topics above.Desire and ability to learn new technical skills, quickly and constantlyWillingness to travel (Customer dependent)US CitizenshipActive TS/SCI clearance with full scope polygraph