Security Solutions Architect - Pre-Sales (Networking & AI)

GDT - General Datatech; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GDT - General Datatech in Austin seeks a Security Solutions Architect to lead customer-facing security architecture and pre-sales across the Central region, focusing on secure networking, data center, and AI environments. You will translate business and security requirements into practical architectures, roadmaps, bills of material, and implementation plans.

Collaborate with account teams, engineers, and practice leads to develop holistic solutions, design secure networks, contribute to RFP

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing enterprise network security and infrastructure solutions.
• Customer-facing experience in technical discovery, solution design, presentations, and solution selling.
• Working knowledge of Cisco security and secure networking technologies, with the ability to align Cisco capabilities to data center and AI requirements.
• Experience with firewalls, IPS, SIEM, vulnerability management, IAM, cloud and hybrid security, SASE, and security policy development.
• Strong written and verbal communication, technical writing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Cisco CCNP Security preferred; CCIE Security or comparable security certifications are a plus.
• Experience with NIST, ISO, PCI-DSS, or similar security and compliance frameworks is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions, technical workshops, assessments, and security roadmap discussions with customers.
• Design secure network, data center, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure architectures aligned to customer outcomes.
• Apply expertise in firewalls and perimeter security, intrusion prevention, security monitoring and SIEM, vulnerability management, identity and access management, risk management, and secure network architecture.
• Develop Cisco-focused security recommendations, solution designs, bills of material, demonstrations, and technical responses to RFPs.
• Support Cisco security sales motions, including secure networking, next-generation firewall refresh, SASE, and security for AI and data center environments.
• Partner with Cisco sellers and Systems Engineers to build qualified pipeline, improve technical win rates, and support customer adoption of Cisco security investments.
• Translate technical recommendations into clear business value, risk reduction, and operational outcomes.
• Contribute to project scoping, statements of work, customer presentations, and handoff to delivery teams.

Skills

Customer-facing comms

Enterprise network security

Solution architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Cisco CCNP Security (preferred)

Tools

SIEM

Job description

GDT - General Datatech in Austin seeks a Security Solutions Architect to lead customer-facing security architecture and pre-sales across the Central region, focusing on secure networking, data center, and AI environments. You will translate business and security requirements into practical architectures, roadmaps, bills of material, and implementation plans.

Collaborate with account teams, engineers, and practice leads to develop holistic solutions, design secure networks, contribute to RFP