Principal Solutions Architect, Cybersecurity

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Arctiq seeks a Principal Solution Architect, Cybersecurity to serve as the firm\'s senior pre-sales technical resource, partnering with Client Directors to identify, shape, and advance cybersecurity opportunities.

You will lead security-focused discovery and design architectures across security operations, cloud security, zero trust, data protection, and governance, delivering compelling presentations to technical and executive audiences while aligning solutions with business value and ROI.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cybersecurity, solution architecture, consulting or pre-sales.
• Proven experience leading customer discovery, solution design, and complex cybersecurity sales opportunities.
• Ability to connect security solutions to business value, risk reduction and ROI.

Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, develop, and close cybersecurity opportunities with Client Directors.
• Lead discovery sessions to understand security strategy, environments, risks, and outcomes.
• Translate challenges into secure, scalable architectures and service offerings.
• Present architectures, proposals, and SOWs for technical and executive audiences.
• Support pricing, ROI discussions, and commercial solution development in partnership with sales and finance teams.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Solution Architecture

Pre-Sales

Executive Communication

Proposal Development

GRC

Security Operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

Palo Alto Networks

Splunk SIEM

Okta IAM

Job description

Company Overview

Arctiq is a global, intelligence-driven technology services company delivering professional and managed services across Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Networking & Connected Experiences, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, Autonomous Operations & Intelligence, and Enterprise Service Management. We help organizations operate, secure, and modernize complex environments by unifying infrastructure, networking, data, security, automation, and observability under a single, integrated operating model. Our work focuses on helping customers reduce operational friction, improve resilience, and make better, faster decisions as their environments evolve. Arctiq builds on decades of industry expertise and a customer‑centric ethos to deliver exceptional value to clients across diverse industries.

Position Overview

The Principal Solution Architect, Cybersecurity serves as Arctiq's most senior technical pre‑sales resource for cybersecurity, partnering closely with Client Directors and customers to identify, shape, and advance cybersecurity opportunities.

This role will lead security-focused discovery and solution architecture across areas such as security operations, identity, cloud security, data protection, zero trust, network security, governance and risk, and managed security services. The successful candidate will be comfortable engaging with CISOs and other senior technology leaders, translating business and security challenges into practical, commercially viable solutions.

This is a highly customer-facing role for someone who can combine technical credibility, commercial awareness, and strong communication skills to help customers solve complex security challenges and move opportunities forward.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Client Directors throughout the sales cycle to identify, qualify, develop, and close cybersecurity opportunities.
• Lead customer discovery sessions and workshops to understand security strategy, business priorities, technical environments, risks, compliance requirements, and desired outcomes.
• Translate customer challenges into secure, scalable, and commercially viable cybersecurity architectures and service offerings.
• Design solutions across areas including security operations, SIEM/SOAR, MDR/XDR, identity and access management, PAM, cloud security, data security, network security, zero trust, vulnerability management, application security, and governance, risk, and compliance.
• Assess customers' existing security environments, identify gaps and risks, and develop modernization roadmaps and recommendations.
• Position Arctiq's professional and managed security services as part of broader customer security strategies.
• Develop and present solution architectures, proposals, statements of work, RFP/RFI responses, executive presentations, bills of materials, and level-of-effort estimates.
• Deliver compelling technical presentations, workshops, whiteboarding sessions, and demonstrations to both technical and executive audiences.
• Clearly articulate the business value of proposed security solutions, including risk reduction, operational efficiency, resilience, compliance, and financial impact.
• Support pricing, TCO/ROI discussions, and commercial solution development in partnership with sales, services, and finance teams.
• Build trusted relationships with CISOs, CIOs, security leaders, architects, engineering teams, and other customer stakeholders.
• Work with strategic technology partners and security vendors to develop joint solutions, conduct customer workshops, and support go-to-market initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with service delivery and sales throughout the deal cycle to ensure the success of Arctiq's professional and managed security services offerings, from early qualification and scoping through pricing, contracting, and handoff to delivery. This includes validating that proposed solutions can be delivered as scoped, aligning commercial and delivery assumptions before commitments are made, incorporating delivery feedback into future solutions, and ensuring a clean transition to delivery and managed services teams after the sale.
• Stay current on cybersecurity threats, technologies, regulations, industry trends, and emerging security architectures.
• Contribute to reference architectures, solution offerings, sales enablement materials, internal training, and Arctiq thought leadership.
• Represent Arctiq at customer events, partner meetings, webinars, executive briefings, and industry conferences.
• Maintain momentum across multiple active opportunities while ensuring a high-quality customer experience throughout the sales process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of cybersecurity, solution architecture, consulting, or pre-sales experience, preferably within a VAR, MSSP, integrator, or technology services environment.
• Proven experience leading customer discovery, solution design, technical presentations, and complex cybersecurity sales opportunities.
• Strong knowledge across security operations, identity, cloud security, data protection, zero trust, network security, vulnerability management, and GRC.
• Experience designing solutions using leading cybersecurity technologies and partner platforms.
• Ability to engage executive and technical audiences and connect security solutions to business value, risk reduction, and ROI.
• Experience developing proposals, SOWs, RFP/RFI responses, solution architectures, and estimates.
• Understanding of professional services, managed security services, and recurring revenue models.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or vendor-specific certifications are preferred.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple opportunities at once.

Arctiq is an equal opportunity employer. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know. We celebrate our inclusive work environment and welcome members of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply.

We thank you for your interest in joining the Arctiq team! While we welcome all applicants, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.