Trace3 - Senior Solutions Architect | SecOps (Remote)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity or equivalent information security, engineering, or like discipline from an accredited college or university, or measurable knowledge / experience from proven industry, military, defense, or government operations. • 8+ years’ experience in security operations, exposure management, or both, including hands-on ownership of detection engineering, SIEM/SOAR content and automation, SOC operations, or enterprise vulnerability and exposure operations, beyond product implementation alone. • Experience in a customer-facing presales, solutions architecture, or technology consulting role within a VAR, systems integrator, consultancy, or technology vendor. • Deep expertise in at least two of the following: SIEM/SOAR platforms (e.g., Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, Microsoft Sentinel, Google SecOps, Splunk); endpoint/EDR/XDR (e.g., CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne); threat, exposure, and vulnerability management, including CTEM and attack surface management (e.g., Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, Wiz, Axonius, XM Cyber, Cymulate); identity and cloud telemetry integration. • Demonstrated ability to design target-state security operations architectures, including platform consolidation and migration strategy, detection-as-code, exposure-as-code, and SOC and exposure operating models. • Demonstrated experience designing or operating a risk-based vulnerability management or CTEM program at enterprise scale, including asset inventory and ownership, findings normalization across multiple scanners and platforms, threat-informed prioritization, remediation SLAs, and executive-level exposure reporting. • Working knowledge of exposure prioritization inputs and standards, including CVSS, EPSS, CISA KEV, and SSVC, and of threat intelligence enrichment, with a defensible point of view on where each is useful and where each misleads. • Familiarity with attack path analysis, breach and attack simulation, and adversarial validation, and how each should inform remediation priority and measure program effectiveness. • Practical experience building, evaluating, or operating AI-assisted security operations and exposure management capabilities, with an informed point of view on what works, what does not yet, and how such capabilities should be governed. • Working knowledge of Cybersecurity Principles, Frameworks and Standards including NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE D3FEND, ISO 27001, and CTEM-aligned exposure frameworks; familiarity with OWASP AI, the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, MITRE ATLAS, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework is a plus. • Working knowledge and experience with at least one (preferably multiple) major cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their native security telemetry. • Certifications such as GIAC (GCIA, GCDA, GCFA, GDAT), CISSP, or vendor architecture certifications on the platforms above are highly preferred. • Experience in incident response, threat hunting, or purple-team detection validation is highly preferred. • Prior experience packaging offerings, writing reference architectures, or running technical enablement or certification programs is highly preferred. • Ability to conduct workshops, assessments, and executive briefings and to develop clear, concise reporting and recommendations. • Knowledge and experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, presentations, plans, roadmaps, etc. • Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to make complex security operations problems understandable to executives and to defend a recommendation under challenge. • Strong interpersonal and communication skills are required. • Strong customer presentation skills are required. • Motivated self-starter who loves to solve challenging problems and feels comfortable working directly with customers. • Highly organized, detail-oriented, excellent time management skills and able to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, high-volume, and evolving work environment. • Comfortable managing multiple and changing priorities, and meeting deadlines in an entrepreneurial environment. • Ability to travel when needed (approximately 25–35%); holds a valid driver’s license • Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ. Certain positions may also be eligible for variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions, that is not included in the base salary.