SECURITY SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Target Labs, Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Solutions Architect to enhance email gateway security by driving architecture strategy and leading a team of professionals. You will be responsible for establishing best practices while promoting security and scalability. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in Information Security, along with relevant certifications, and a strong ability to communicate technical strategies effectively.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years' experience in an Information Security role.
• Familiarity with firewall, VPN, and IDS/IPS technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive planning and architecture roadmap.
• Define high-level architecture and technology strategies.
• Work with teams to shape technology decisions.

Skills

Information Security

Architectural Strategy

Communication

Detail Oriented

Process Management

Education

CISSP

GIAC

CCSP

CCNP

JNCIS

Tools

Trustwave

Proofpoint

Symantec

McAfee

Job description

Solutions Architect needed to design and deliver e-mail gateway security, specifically enhancing Phishing/SPAM protection.

Responsibilities:

Drive planning & architecture roadmap creation & serve as a technical leader to all teams, helping to identify solutions and articulate costs, benefits, and risks to different options.
Define high level architecture and technology strategies, best practices, guidelines and standards that balance short term and long term objectives in a pragmatic manner.
Operate with a team of architects, sr. software developers and engineers
Reviews the design and implementation of architecture components and map them to the long term vision.
Participate in platform or vendor selection for all major security initiatives.
Promote best practices for and mitigates risk of scalability & security concerns.
Work with senior management to shape technology decisions around product capabilities, providing technical leadership and strategy advice.

Qualifications:

Experience (typically gained from 5-7 years) working in an Information Security role
Familiarity with perimeter security concepts and infrastructure, including firewalls, VPN concentrators, IDS/IPS, and web gateway technologies
Expertise in creating and maintaining large architectures, including modeling and application usage patterns
Hands-on technical experience with e-mail security gateways, for example: Trustwave, Proofpoint, Symantec, McAfee, or others.
Proven ability to develop architectures that incorporate high availability, operations supportability and scalability - an end to end perspective.
Experience conducting proof-of-concept, developing prototyping and building reference models.
Demonstrated track record in building and setting architecture strategy.
Experience in engineering effort/resource estimation skills with the ability of optimizing architectures in given resource constraints or when these constraints change
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Extremely process and detail oriented
Strong written and verbal communication skills, and familiarity with preparing documentation

Desired Education:

Desired Certifications:

CISSP, GIAC, or other security certifications highly preferred

Technical certifications involving e-mail secure gateways preferred (e.g. Cisco, Symantec, McAfee, etc.)

Other technical certifications (CCSP, CCNP, JNCIS) preferred