Senior Security Architect - Northeast region

GuidePoint Security LLC; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 548,000 - 743,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid holidays

Phone & internet allowance

Retirement plan eligibility

Job summary

GuidePoint Security is seeking a Senior Security Architect to lead architecture maturity assessments, including reviews and maturity evaluations, with recommendations to strengthen security postures aligned to risk and compliance. This role emphasizes executive communication and strategic risk guidance.

The ideal candidate has broad security architecture expertise across network, cloud, identity, data, and infrastructure domains, plus experience presenting findings to C-Suite leadership in a

Qualifications

• Experience delivering architecture maturity reviews and assessments.
• Knowledge across security domains incl. network, cloud, identity, data.
• Ability to write clear assessment reports for executives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver architecture maturity assessments.
• Review current network architecture and assess maturity.
• Recommend security posture improvements aligned with business risk.
• Communicate findings to C-Suite leadership.

Skills

Security architecture

Firewall & ZTNA

IAM & Cloud security

Architecture reviews

Threat modeling

Executive reporting

AI in security

Job description

Senior Security Architect - Northeast region

Remote

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

Note: We are ideally looking for someone currently located in the Northeast region. Other eastern or central time zone locations may be considered.

About the role

The Senior Security Architect will be responsible for delivering architecture maturity assessments, such as Security Architecture Reviews, Zero Trust Maturity Assessments, and Ransomware Readiness Assessments. This would include reviewing the current state of the network architecture, assessing its maturity, and making recommendations to improve the security posture that aligns with business risk and compliance needs.

Required skills

To deliver security architecture maturity reviews effectively, the strongest candidates should have these capabilities:

• Broad architecture knowledge across various network, cloud, identity, application, data, and infrastructure security domains.
• Practitionerknowledge on implementing firewalls, secure web gateways, ZTNA solutions, endpoint security platforms, and data loss prevention technologies.
• Knowledge of IAM, network security, cloud security, endpoint security, and data protection.
• Experience performing security architecture reviews, risk assessments, and maturity evaluations.
• Strong understanding of security architecture principles, threat modeling, and secure design patterns.
• Proven ability to write clear assessment reports and present recommendations to C-Suite leadership.
• Embrace emerging technologies, including AI tools, to work smarter, solve problems, and drive better business outcomes

Why GuidePoint?

GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 1,300 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 6,200 customers.

Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company’s success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.

This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.

Some added perks….

• Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
• Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family). If you choose the High Deductible / HSA plan, GPS will contribute in 4 equal quarterly installments: ($850 per EE annually / $1750 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
• Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
• 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
• Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment

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