Conexess Group is aiding a client in their search for a Principal Security Architect to help grow their Security Practice. This is a direct hire opportunity with a competitive compensation package. This is a remote postion with approximately 10-20% travel The main responsibility will be providing hands-on security architecture and engineering. Architecture will consist of creating detailed designs, perform assessments, development runbooks for engineers and lead projects for our customers. Engineering will consist of hands-on delivery and implementation for our customers. Priority of work is as follows: delivery (post-sales), sales enablement (pre-sales), and integration creation. There are bonus' tied to Delivery Billable Hours (individual goal) and a Security Sales Target (team goal). Responsibilities • Role is split across sales and delivery. Ideal percentages are split equally, 50/50. However, demand can shift to more delivery or more pre-sales. • Perform delivery work for our customers on architecture and/or engineering. This can consist of hands-on delivery for projects, assessments and/or consulting. • Work across all our practices, solution architects, and sales teams. • Will respond to RFI's, RFQ's and RFP's. • Will create BOM's, SOW's and LOE's. • Develop collateral and present to customers. • Create architecture design artifacts (HLD's and LLD's). • Create pre-sales collateral (presentations, feature matrix, etc). • Vet new technologies and OEMs in our lab and create cross platform integration(s). • Train and educate our security team and solution architects. • Will work directly with sales reps and delivery engineers. Requirements • Must be able to speak, present and communicate in front of groups and at all levels within an organization (technical individual contributor to decision makers). • Strong written and verbal skills that range from creating advisory output (PowerPoint and/or detail word documents) and architecture diagrams. • Create pre-sales artifacts or delivery artifacts from scratch. • Ability to find a pre-sales opportunity and follow it through to close. • Ability to oversee and/or contribute to a successful delivery project • Analyze and assess customer requirements and challenges, identify recommendations for solutions or process improvements, and define a plan to successfully implement proposed solution. • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. • Problem solving skills. • Co-Develop and Co-Deliver workshops and executive briefings as it pertains to security. • Approximately 50% professional services delivery/billable time. • Approximately 10-20% travel may be required, depending on demand. Nice to Have Skills: Certifications: • CISSP or CISA or CISM certification • AWS • Certified Security – Specialty • Azure • Azure Security Engineer • Tanium • TCO, TCA o Zscaler • ZDTA, ZTCA • CyberArk • Defender, Sentry, Client • SailPoint • IdentityIQ Engineer, IdentityNow Engineer • Fortinet • NSE 4 or higher (or newer cert program FCP or higher) • Palo Alto • PCNSE (or newer cert program of Professional or higher) Experience with enterprise data security, common enterprise security deployments and infrastructures within the fortune 250 space. Apply tot his job