General Description

GuidePoint Security is seeking a skilled AI Security Engineer to join our growing AI Security Services team. You will be assisting customers in the design, implementation, security, and operational management of generative AI security solutions. You will work closely with peers across multiple domains including AppSec, Cloud Security, and Vulnerability Management to deliver holistic and secure solutions adhering to industry best practices. This role offers the exciting opportunity to contribute to our growing AI security practice.

Roles and Responsibilities

• AI Security Architecture & Assessment: Advise on and assess the security posture of AI/ML systems, including LLMs, GenAI pipelines, and model serving infrastructure — identifying vulnerabilities, attack surfaces, and gaps against industry frameworks (e.g., OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS).
• Threat Modeling for AI Systems: Lead threat modeling exercises specific to AI workloads, covering adversarial inputs, prompt injection, model inversion, data poisoning, and supply chain risks across SaaS, self-hosted, and local AI deployments.
• Secure AI Integration Guidance: Advise internal teams on securely integrating SaaS AI services and APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Bedrock) into enterprise applications, including safe handling of credentials, outputs, and user data.
• Data Security & Privacy Controls: Evaluate and recommend controls for data ingestion pipelines, RAG architectures, and vector databases to prevent unauthorized data exposure, leakage through model outputs, or non-compliant data processing.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a trusted security advisor bridging business stakeholders, AI/ML engineers, IT operations, and information security teams on all matters related to AI risk and security.
• Stay Current on AI Threat Landscape: Continuously track emerging AI security research, adversarial techniques, regulatory developments, and vendor security advisories to keep client guidance relevant and proactive.
• Security Documentation & Standards: Produce and maintain security architecture documentation, risk assessments, control frameworks, and guidelines tailored to the organization's AI environment.
• Strategic AI Security Roadmap: Contribute to the development of a long-term AI security strategy, including prioritized remediation roadmaps, capability maturity assessments, and investment recommendations.
• Security Awareness & Education: Develop and deliver training and awareness content for technical and non-technical stakeholders on AI-specific risks, responsible AI usage, and secure development practices for AI-powered applications.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering with a significant focus on cloud security and/or AppSec
• Hands-on experience implementing, managing, securing, and supporting Agentic AI solutions within an enterprise context
• Familiarity with major cloud service provider AI-focused services such as AWS Bedrock, AWS SageMaker, Azure AI Foundry, or Google Vertex
• Proficiency in at least one relevant programming language, preferably Python
• Solid understanding of generative AI concepts, Large Language Models (LLMs), context engineering, agentic tool usage, and foundational AI/ML principles
• Deep knowledge and real operational experience in the usage of Agentic Coding assistants like Claude Code, Open Code, Cursor, or Codex
• Strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated experience applying security principles to AI implementations, including data protection, access controls, and threat modeling for AI systems
• Understanding of AI-specific security challenges including prompt injection, data poisoning, supply chain security, and model extraction attacks

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as:
• AWS Certified AI Practitioner/AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer
• Azure AI Engineer Associate
• Claude Certified Architect
• Understanding or experience with model fine-tuning techniques
• Familiarity with red teaming of agentic systems
• Experience with policy as code languages like Cedar or Rego and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, OpenTofu, or equivalent technologies
• Experience designing and implementing agentic AI architectures that balance security and autonomy
• Familiarity with MCP client/server architecture vs. agentic skills and the associated security risks of each

Senior Security Engineer – Firewall Configuration Specialist

Role and Responsibilities:

• Palo Alto & Checkpoint (Cloud) Firewall Configuration and Engineering:
• Design, implement, and manage firewall policies across Palo Alto and Checkpoint (Cloud) virtual firewalls
• Configure and optimize firewall rules to meet business and security requirements
• Implement security best practices for firewall configurations and policy management
• Prisma Access Deployment and Management:
• Configure and manage Prisma Access for secure remote access and cloud-delivered security services
• Implement and optimize Prisma Access policies and configurations
• Integrate Prisma Access with existing security infrastructure
• Centralized Firewall Management:
• Utilize Strata Cloud Manager for centralized firewall management and configuration
• Leverage Palo Alto Networks Panorama for policy deployment and management across multiple firewalls
• Manage Checkpoint Cloud configurations through centralized management platforms
• Day-to-Day Firewall Operations:
• Process and implement firewall change requests following change control procedures
• Troubleshoot firewall connectivity and policy issues
• Perform firewall configuration updates and enhancements
• Collaborate with network and security teams on firewall-related projects
• Firewall Management Tools:
• Utilize Strata Cloud Manager and FireMon Security Manager for configuration management
• Leverage existing tools for policy deployment and operational efficiency

Required Experience, Skills, Certifications:

• 5+ years of Network Security experience (Enterprise network experience preferred)
• Strong/Expert Level Palo Alto and Checkpoint (Cloud) firewall configuration/engineering experience
• Hands-on experience with Prisma Access configuration and deployment
• User Experience with Palo Alto Networks Panorama for centralized management
• Palo Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity Associate (PCCSA) or higher certification
• Strong Routing and Switching knowledge with Firewall integration
• Experience managing Large Firewall Deployments (50+ Firewalls)
• User Experience with Splunk for log analysis and troubleshooting

Nice to have:

• Strata Cloud Manager experience (strong plus)
• FireMon Security Manager and Other Modules
• Tufin or Similar Firewall Automation Experience
• Azure Networking Experience
• Experience with Palo Alto Networks Automation Tools (e.g., Palo Alto Networks Automation API, Terraform)
• Integration experience with Palo Alto Networks and other security solutions (e.g., Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, DNS Security)
• Experience with firewall rule optimization and cleanup projects

Required Experience:

• Proficiency with the implementation, operationalization, and troubleshooting of Black Duck and Checkmarx
• Understanding of Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline tools and processes (e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab Runners, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.)
• Experience in software engineering, ideally full stack software development, including modern technologies and application architectures
• Strong scripting and automation experience using one or more programming languages
• Solid working knowledge of application security fundamentals including the OWASP Top 10, threat modeling, and implementing secure coding practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred:

• Proficiency with the implementation, operationalization, and troubleshooting of other Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools such as Semgrep, CodeQL, Veracode, etc.
• Experience writing or adapting custom SAST rules (Semgrep or CodeQL)
• Familiarity with additional Application Security tools (e.g. Interactive (IAST), Dynamic (DAST) and API security, SCA, etc.)
• Familiarity with API Security tools (e.g., NoName, Traceable, Salt, Cequence)
• Practical hands-on experience validating vulnerabilities and proficiency with Burp Suite
• Strong working knowledge of Secure Development Lifecycles and experience triaging and remediating technical vulnerabilities identified by web application scanning tools
• Understanding of automated security testing approaches and tools
• Experience in building and operating security tools within CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with proactive integration of security into the development process
• Past experience as an application security practitioner or software engineer

Educational & Professional Credentials:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years of security engineering experience in the Information Security industry

Summary 

As a CNAPP Cloud Security Engineer, you will be part of a growing team of highly skilled cybersecurity experts providing delivery services for customers in several verticals.  Your primary responsibilities revolve around partnering with our customers to advise, develop, implement, and run CNAPP Cloud Security tools. You will constantly learn about and utilize the newest cloud security technologies, such as CNAPP, IaC, CSPM, and CWPP technologies.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Perform implementation of CNAPP and CSPM tools in multi-account AWS and Azure environments.
• Implement IaC scanning tools within the CI/CD Pipelines.
• Develop Infrastructure as code in Cloud Formation or Terraform.
• Develop custom control checks within CNAPP Platforms using JSON, REGO, or Terraform.
• Analysis – identifies and evaluates potential threats and vulnerabilities to the public cloud environments network, applications, infrastructure, and systems.
• Issue Resolution – leads the resolution of identified issues in public cloud environments.
  • Vulnerabilities – Cloud, System, and Application
  • Compliance – CIS, NIST, AWS, and Azure best practices.
  • Cloud Entitlements – Excessive Permissions and various IAM best practices.
  • Secrets – unprotected secrets on VMs, Containers, and IaC repositories.
  • IaC – misconfigurations and vulnerabilities within developed IaC.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and microservices security best practices.
• Performs container registry scanning.
• Reviewing and creating metrics, KPIs, and KRIs to track overall cloud security posture.
• Create, maintain, and update runbooks for cloud configuration checks.
• Assess the overall security posture of cloud security infrastructure and workloads.
• Advise customers on Cloud security best practices.

Experience, Education, and Technical Requirements.

• At least 3 years of experience working in Cloud Security with Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Cloud Security tools like: Wiz.io, Orca, Lacework, Trivy, Aqua, Ermetic or Prisma Cloud
• Experience with integrating tools into development pipelines such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Etc.
• Understanding of a broad range of Cloud Security issues as well as their mitigation strategies
• Understanding of Cloud Security-related vulnerabilities
• Experience developing code in Terraform, Python, PowerShell, Rego, and other languages.
• Written communication skills for written interactions with clients
• Strong communication skills include articulating thoughts and refining complex problems into digestible information clearly.
• Ability to manage time independently while handling multiple projects concurrently.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information Security preferred
• Cloud Security certifications are preferred.

Summary of position:

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior SOAR Developer/Engineer to join our cybersecurity team. In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Security Orchestration Automation & Response (SOAR) systems across a variety of modern toolsets. This position is remote, but preference will be given to candidates located on the U.S. East Coast to align with team collaboration and customer support hours.

Role and responsibilities:

• Architect, implement, and develop automations within the SOAR sytem/case management with a focus on modern platforms including:
• Splunk SOAR/Phantom
• Palo Alto XSOAR
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Tines
• Torq
• Google SecOps / Chronicle
• CrowdStrike Fusion
• Palo Alto XSIAM
• SentinelOne HyperAutomation
• Design and develop automations and case management templates to ease analyst investigation/remediation
• Expertise developing SOC and security-focused content and automation
• Scripting and development skills (BASH, Perl, Python or Java) with strong knowledge of regular expressions
• Ability to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects
• Some travel may be required to clients in the Northeast region
• Security Implementation Engineers work from remote/virtual when not visiting client locations

Required experience / certifications:

• 3-5 years of security engineering experience
• Hands-on experience with at least one of the following SOAR platforms:
• Splunk SOAR/Phantom
• Palo Alto XSOAR
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Tines
• Torq
• Google SecOps / Chronicle
• CrowdStrike Fusion
• Palo Alto XSIAM
• SentinelOne HyperAutiomation
• Familiarity with detection engineering, threat modeling, and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Proficiency with scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) and regular expressions.
• Deep understanding of logging from cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem environments.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior SIEM Developer/Engineer to join our cybersecurity team. In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems and observability pipelines across a variety of modern toolsets. This position is remote, but preference will be given to candidates located on the U.S. East Coast to align with team collaboration and customer support hours.

Key responsibilities:

• Architect, implement, and maintain SIEM solutions with a focus on modern platforms including:
• Splunk
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Elastic
• Google SecOps / Chronicle
• CrowdStrike NG-SIEM / LogScale
• Palo Alto XSIAM
• SentinelOne SIEM
• Design and manage log ingestion pipelines using tools such as Cribl Stream, Edge, or Search (or similar).
• Optimize data routing, enrichment, and filtering to improve SIEM efficiency and cost control.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure teams to integrate log sources and telemetry data.
• Develop custom parsers, dashboards, correlation rules, and alerting logic for security analytics and threat detection.
• Maintain and enhance system reliability, scalability, and performance of logging infrastructure.
• Provide expertise and guidance on log normalization, storage strategy, and data retention policies.
• Lead incident response investigations and assist with root cause analysis leveraging SIEM insights.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to strategic security monitoring initiatives.

Required experience:

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, with a primary focus on SIEM platforms.
• Hands-on experience with at least one of the following SIEM platforms:
• Splunk
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Elastic
• Google SecOps / Chronicle
• CrowdStrike NG-SIEM / LogScale
• Palo Alto XSIAM
• SentinelOne SIEM
• 2+ years of experience with Cribl or similar observability pipeline tools (e.g., Logstash, Fluentd, Kafka).
• Strong knowledge of log formats, data normalization, and event correlation.
• Familiarity with detection engineering, threat modeling, and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Proficiency with scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) and regular expressions.
• Deep understanding of logging from cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem environments.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience

Sr. Security Sales Engineers at GuidePoint Security are experienced professionals who are autonomous, experienced, self-driven security fanatics. Our Sr. Security Sales Engineers are materially involved in the complete security technologies opportunity lifecycle, from pre-sales through delivery and have the freedom and control over how engagements are scoped and delivered.

Our unique position as both a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) AND a professional services organization also requires our Security Sales Engineers to continually expand their knowledge and experience with the latest cutting-edge information security technologies. This helps satisfy our Security Sales Engineers desire to constantly expand their knowledge and better meet the needs of our clients. 

Position Requirements:
• MUST be located in Columbus or Cincinnati Ohio and open to local/regional travel for customer/vendor partner events
• 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
• A good listener to work with clients to understand issues/gaps in their security programs and works alongside them to provide solutions
• Proactively research and engage emerging vendors and technologies to understand how they may be used to solve our clients challenges
• Excellent soft skills with the ability to articulate complex technical content to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proactively works to mature the business, including improving existing offerings and creating new offerings
• Author comprehensive business and technical collateral to support the business that is proficiently tailored to both technical and managerial audiences
• Security Engineers work from remote/virtual when not visiting client locations or attending events/meetings
• Position will require travel up to 25%
• Expectations for this role is 100% presales 

Technical Requirements:
• Deep proficiency in multiple security technologies including: AI Security, Network Security, NGFW, Cloud Security, DLP, CASB, Proxy, IAM, SIEM/Analytics, etc.
• Deep expertise architecting and designing enterprise scale security solutions
• Strong networking and security troubleshooting
• Deep proficiency in various client and server operating systems (Windows, Nix, OSX, etc.)
• Working technical knowledge of advanced security concepts (Zero trust, defense in depth, etc.)

Preferred:
• Experience with security technologies including Palo Alto, Zscaler, CrowdStrike, Splunk, CloudFlare, Wiz, and AWS/Azure/GCP
• Educational & Professional Credentials
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of security engineering experience in the Information Security industry OR as a technical lead for an internal Information Security program
• Previous pre-sales experience is strongly preferred

GuidePoint Security is growing and expanding and looking for a Senior Security Engineer to support our customers by providing architectural guidance and assist with product recommendations.  The Senior Security Engineer will be instrumental in deploying and operationalizing solutions for the various customers throughout the region. This position will require the engineer to spend most of their time focused on designing, architecting and recommending the best technologies to solve our customer’s cybersecurity problems.

Note: We are looking for an SE currently located in Portland (OR), Boise (ID), or Seattle (WA) to support clients in our Northwest region. 

Role and responsibilities:

• 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
• 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
• Capable of managing sales activities with multiple Account Managers across Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska and Idaho.

Experience Required:

• Security engineering experience in the Information Security industry OR as a technical lead for an internal Information Security program
• Experience with architecting and recommending Security Technologies such as but not limited to Network, Data Security, SIEM, Endpoint, etc.
• Experience with architecting, Development Security Operation programs, Software Life Cycle Management (SDLC) and strong knowledge of products and capabilities within the Application Security market
• 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.
• Deep proficiency in client and server operating systems including Windows, Mac, and Linux
• General networking and security troubleshooting (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)
• Scripting and development skills (BASH, Perl, Python, PowerShell or Java) with strong knowledge of regular expressions
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP products and security best practices
• Working technical knowledge of advanced security concepts (Defense in Depth, Zero Trust etc.)
• Experience in a consultative or professional services role
• Industry Certifications from ISC2, SANS GIAC, vendor certifications, etc. preferred

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Run client SAST/DAST/SCA tools, review outputs and provide recommendations
• Work with development teams to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities
• Provide security guidance during the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Identify, track, and prioritize security vulnerabilities
• Validate fixes and conduct retesting
• Implement and maintain application security tools and scanning solutions
• Create reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience Requirements:

• 2-3 years experience working in Application Security
• Understanding of Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Continuous integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipeline tools and processes (e.g. GitHub, etc.)
• Strong working knowledge of Secure Development Lifecycles and experience remediating technical vulnerabilities identified by web application scanning tools, Information Systems architecture, security control design, and development experience
• Deep knowledge of manual testing tools such as Burp Suite Pro
• Knowledge of and experience with SAST/DAST/SCA Application Security tools. Invicti (DAST) or Checkmarx (SAST/SCA) experience highly preferred
• Experience with the integration of tools into development pipelines
• Understanding of a broad range of Application Security issues as well as their mitigation strategies
• Understanding of Application Security related vulnerabilities
• Experience with reviewing source code written in JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, PHP, or C# a plus
• Written communication skills for written interactions with clients
• Strong communication skills that include the ability to clearly articulate thoughts and distill complex problems into digestible pieces of information
• Personal drive and passion to not only continue growing yourself but also the Application Security Engineering practice
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security preferred
• Standard industry certifications are preferred

Security Engineers at GuidePoint Security are experienced professionals who are autonomous, experienced, self-driven security fanatics. Our Security Engineers are materially involved in the complete security technologies opportunity lifecycle, from pre-sales through delivery and have the freedom and control over how engagements are scoped and delivered. Our unique position as both a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) AND a professional services organization also requires our Security Engineers to continually expand their knowledge and experience with the latest cutting-edge information security technologies. This helps satisfy our Security Engineers desire to constantly expand their knowledge and better meet the needs of our clients.

Note: This is a remote position but applicants in the eastern time zone are highly preferred. Must live in the U.S. to be considered.

Responsibilities

• Provides effective network security implementation and consulting services for multiple unique customers and environments
• Implement and manage SASE technologies from ZScaler and potentially other vendors like Netskope or Palo Alto
• Implement and manage firewall platforms from Palo Alto, Fortigate, Check Point or Cisco
• Develop high-level network security documentation including as-builts, recommendations, implementation guides, network diagrams

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of Network Security Engineering experience in enterprise environments
• Experience in a consultative or professional services role preferred
• Experience working with deploying and integrating ZScaler (Netskope, Palo Alto, iBoss, HP-Axis a plus)
• MUST be ZDTA or ZDTE certified
• Hands on firewall experience with Palo Alto, Fortigate, CheckPoint, Cisco ASA-Firepower
• Experience deploying firewall technologies in one of the three major public clouds; AWS, Azure or GCP
• SD-WAN experience deploying technologies such as HP-Silverpeak, Palo Alto Prisma-Cloudgenix, Cisco-Viptela including full SASE integration is a plus
• Broad experience with foundational network and security concepts
• Experience authoring security runbooks, policy, and best practice documentation
• Ability to confidently lead projects and be the trusted network security voice in customer conversations

NOTE: Only candidates living in Northern Virginia will be considered as this is a client facing presales role with 15-25% travel anticipated supporting customers in this market.

Overview:

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. The Senior Security Architect will be instrumental in working with the engineering team to design new offerings that will be made available to the regional customer base. This position will be 100% focused on cyber-security solutions and provide the ability to evaluate and recommend new security solutions within the space.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Focus on driving new and continued business by working with Account Executives within territory.
• Be part of a team that helps provide direction for engineering cyber-security solutions offerings.
• Provide business and security program recommendations for prospects/customers' targeted outcomes.
• Learn new cyber technologies and be able to articulate the value proposition for adoption and integrations across the cybersecurity landscape.
• Participate in Sales and Marketing events to make customers, prospects, and partners aware of GuidePoint and their 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.

Position Requirements:

• 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
• A good listener to work with clients to understand issues/gaps in their security programs and works alongside them to provide solutions
• Proactively research and engage emerging vendors and technologies to understand how they may be used to 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 works to mature the business, including improving existing offerings and creating new offerings
• Author comprehensive business and technical collateral to support the business that is proficiently tailored to both technical and managerial audiences
• Security Architects work from remote/virtual when not visiting client locations
• Position will require 15-25% travel for client meetings, QBRs, CKO, etc.
• Expectations for this role is 85% Presales Engineering/Sales and 15% Consultation and delivery

Technical Requirements:

• Deep proficiency in multiple security technologies, including 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
• Deep proficiency in various client and server operating systems (Windows, Nix, OSX, etc.)
• Working technical knowledge of advanced security concepts (Zero trust, defense in depth, etc.)
• Proficiency in various client and server operating systems (Windows, Nix, OSX, etc.)
• Working technical knowledge of advanced security concepts (Zero Trust, Defense in Depth, etc.)

Preferred Experience:

• Proven experience with cyber security technologies including Zero Trust architectures, Data Security solutions, NAC solutions, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Security solutions, Check Point, CrowdStrike, Splunk, and AWS/Azure/GCP, Cloud Security solutions,
• Previous cyber-security presales engineering experience is a must

Educational & Professional Credentials:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience

NOTE: Only candidates living in the Philadelphia Metro will be considered as this is a client facing presales role with 15-25% travel anticipated supporting customers in this market.

Overview:

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. The Senior Security Architect will be instrumental in working with the engineering team to design new offerings that will be made available to the regional customer base. This position will be 100% focused on cyber-security solutions and provide the ability to evaluate and recommend new security solutions within the space.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Focus on driving new and continued business by working with Account Executives within territory.
• Be part of a team that helps provide direction for engineering cyber-security solutions offerings.
• Provide business and security program recommendations for prospects/customers' targeted outcomes.
• Learn new cyber technologies and be able to articulate the value proposition for adoption and integrations across the cybersecurity landscape.
• Participate in Sales and Marketing events to make customers, prospects, and partners aware of GuidePoint and their 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.

Position Requirements:

• 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
• A good listener to work with clients to understand issues/gaps in their security programs and works alongside them to provide solutions
• Proactively research and engage emerging vendors and technologies to understand how they may be used to 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 works to mature the business, including improving existing offerings and creating new offerings
• Author comprehensive business and technical collateral to support the business that is proficiently tailored to both technical and managerial audiences
• Security Architects work from remote/virtual when not visiting client locations
• Position will require 15-25% travel for client meetings, QBRs, CKO, etc.
• Expectations for this role is 85% Presales Engineering/Sales and 15% Consultation and delivery

Technical Requirements:

• Deep proficiency in multiple security technologies, including 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
• Deep proficiency in various client and server operating systems (Windows, Nix, OSX, etc.)
• Working technical knowledge of advanced security concepts (Zero trust, defense in depth, etc.)
• Proficiency in various client and server operating systems (Windows, Nix, OSX, etc.)
• Working technical knowledge of advanced security concepts (Zero Trust, Defense in Depth, etc.)

Preferred Experience:

• Proven experience with cyber security technologies including Zero Trust architectures, Data Security solutions, NAC solutions, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Security solutions, Check Point, CrowdStrike, Splunk, and AWS/Azure/GCP, Cloud Security solutions,
• Previous cyber-security presales engineering experience is a must

Educational & Professional Credentials:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience

The Team Lead – Data Security serves as a senior technical and strategic resource within our newly created Data Security Consulting Practice. This individual will lead client engagements focused on designing and implementing enterprise data security strategies, architectures, and tooling integrations.

The role blends strategic advisory responsibilities with deep technical expertise—guiding clients through the development of secure data architectures, platform enablement, and integration of leading data protection and security solutions.

This is a highly visible, customer-facing position requiring strong communication skills, hands-on technical leadership, and the ability to translate business and compliance requirements into practical, scalable data security solutions.

NOTE: Applicants must be located in our Northeast region to be considered (NJ, CT, RI, MA, NY, VT, NH, or ME). Up to 25% travel expected in our Northeast region for client meetings, customer events, QBR's, etc.

Key Responsibilities

• Client Engagement & Leadership:
  Act as the primary technical lead on client data security engagements, overseeing design, delivery, and implementation of strategic data protection solutions.
• Data Security Strategy Development:
  Collaborate with customer stakeholders to assess current data protection posture and develop tailored data security strategies aligned to business, compliance, and transformation goals.
• Architecture & Design:
  Design and document enterprise data security architectures including data discovery, classification, encryption, tokenization, and access control across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
• Tooling & Platform Enablement:
  Lead assessments and integrations of data security platforms such as DLP, DSPM, CASB, and insider risk management tools across client environments.
• Implementation Oversight:
  Provide technical oversight for solution deployments, policy configurations, and integration of security tooling into existing client infrastructures.
• Team Leadership:
  Lead and mentor a team of consultants and engineers; assign tasks, review deliverables, and ensure technical excellence and consistency across engagements.
• Client Advisory & Evangelism:
  Act as a trusted advisor to customer executives and technical teams—educating on best practices, regulatory impacts, and emerging data protection technologies.
• Continuous Improvement & R&D:
  Research and recommend emerging tools, frameworks, and automation approaches to enhance client data security maturity and consulting methodologies.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• Experience:
• 8+ years in information security, with 3+ years focused on data security or protection.
• 3+ years in a client-facing consulting or technical lead capacity.
• Proven experience developing and implementing data security strategies across complex enterprise environments.
• Technical Expertise:
• Hands-on experience with leading data protection platforms (Proofpoint, Netskope, Cyera, Cyberhaven, BigID, Symantec DLP, Varonis, etc.) a plus
• Strong understanding of encryption, key management (KMS/HSM), tokenization, data masking, and structured/unstructured data protection.
• Experience with security automation, APIs, and integration (Python, PowerShell, Terraform, or Ansible) a plus.
• Deep understanding of data governance and compliance frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, ISO 27001, NIST).
• Soft Skills:
• Exceptional client communication and presentation abilities.
• Proven leadership and mentorship capabilities within consulting or project delivery teams.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements and translate business outcomes into technical execution plans.