Consultant, Cybersecurity Consulting

Socket.dev; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 177,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies in Round Rock, TX is seeking a Cybersecurity Network Architect, Consultant to shape the architectural vision for enterprise networks across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will partner with Cybersecurity, IT and Business units to drive secure networking initiatives and risk‑driven decisions.

Responsibilities include creating reference architectures, enabling zero‑trust security, and guiding AI‑driven security strategies across global operations.

Qualifications

• Proven success securing complex network environments (hybrid/cloud)
• Architecting security controls for large-scale networks and AI platforms
• Strong cybersecurity architecture principles and technologies
• Executive-ready communication to influence senior leadership
• Experience with change-management and service-management in global ops

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams to translate evolving business requirements into security requirements and architectural artifacts.
• Develop reference architectures and secure design patterns for enterprise networks, including AI workloads.
• Establish frameworks for network detection & response and continuous monitoring, focusing on AI-driven systems.
• Create roadmaps for zero-trust architectures, secure edge/WAN, encryption, and governance of service accounts and APIs.
• Design controls for secure AI ecosystems, including service mesh and inter-service communication.

Skills

Network security

Cloud security

Security architecture

Leadership communication

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or cybersecurity

Job description

Cybersecurity Network Architect, Consultant

The Dell Security & Resiliency organization manages the security risk across all aspects of Dell's business. You will have an excellent opportunity to influence the security culture at Dell and further develop your career.

Join us as a Network Security Architect on our Enterprise Security Architecture team in Round Rock, TX or Hopkinton, MA to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

What you’ll achieve

As a Network Security Architect, you will be responsible for setting the architectural visionfor Dell'snetworkenvironments both on premise and in the cloud. You will work across Dell's Cybersecurity, IT and Business Units to develop buy-in and partnerships for large strategic initiatives that will drive Dell's evolution into the next generation ofnetwork security. You will develop and lead methods and techniques for identifying and advocating effective security solutionsand own thought leadership and coordination of reviews of available tools, technologies, and processes to secure all aspects of the enterprise.

Responsibilities

You will:

• Collaborate with stakeholders, engineering teams, and AI platform owners to understand evolving business requirement, including those driven by AI workloads, autonomous services, and non-human interactions, and translate them into documented security requirements that inform architectural artifacts, technical designs, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Develop reference architectures and secure design patterns for enterprise networks, including robust segmentation strategies for AI inference environments, secure connectivity between AI models, data pipelines, and distributed compute, identity centric access controls for both human and non-human entities (e.g., service identities, bots, agents), and policy-based access and isolation of sensitive model and data assets across on premises, cloud, and engineering environments.

• Establish frameworks for network detection & response (NDR) and continuous monitoring, including detection of anomalous or high velocity machine-generated traffic, behavioral analytics for AI-driven and automated systems, identification of unauthorized lateral movement involving service principals, AI agents, or automated processes, safeguards to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal AI security standards.

• Create strategies and roadmaps for modern network security capabilities, covering zero trust network access (ZTNA) for both humans and non-human identities, secure edge and WAN modernization to support distributed AI workloads, encryption and key management practices for AI model traffic and high volume data flows, governance of network-level access for service accounts, APIs, agents, and intelligent automation, alignment with emerging cybersecurity and AI safety standards related to secure network design.

• Design and advocate for controls that protect AI ecosystems, including secure service mesh architectures, protected inter-service communication, and guardrails for safe AI connectivity across the enterprise.

Qualifications

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here's what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• Proven success in securing complex network environments, including hybrid cloud infrastructures, distributed architectures, and modern zero-trust implementations.

• Practical experience architecting security controls for large-scale cloud networks, enterprise connectivity platforms and AI platforms.

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity architecture principles and associated technologies such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention, identity-centric access, network segmentation and AI models.

• Executive-ready communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams, present architectural decisions to senior leadership, and mentor engineers and architects.

• Knowledge of change-management and service-management best practices, with experience supporting global operations and ensuring stability across large enterprise network environments.

Desirable Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, information security or related major with 12+ years; orequivalentdirect experience in the field of cybersecurity

• Experience leveraging AI-based security tools (e.g., NDR, IDS/IPS, anomaly detection, automated response systems) to enhance network visibility, threat detection, and incident response.

Who we are

We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact. That's why we put our team members at the center of everything we do. If you're looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced tech in the industry, we're looking for you.

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live and play. Join us to build a future that works for everyone because Progress Takes All of Us.

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position:

USD 176800 - USD 228800

Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies

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