Senior SecOps Architect: AI‑Driven Security (Remote)

Trace3; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision plans for you

401(k) with employer match

Competitive compensation

Training and development programs

Major offices stocked with snacks and

Collaborative and cool culture

Work-life balance and generous PTO

Job summary

Trace3 is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect specializing in SecOps to lead client engagements across modern security operations, including SIEM/SOAR, AI-assisted detection design, and CTEM. The role is remote with heavy presales responsibilities, interfacing with CISOs and boards to translate technical work into business risk and investment decisions.

This leadership position requires 8+ years in security operations, strong executive communication, and a proven ability to design target-state

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity or equivalent information security, engineering, or like discipline from an accredited college or university, or measurable knowledge / experience from proven industry, military, defense, or government operations.
• 8+ years’ experience in security operations, exposure management, or both, including hands-on ownership of detection engineering, SIEM/SOAR content and automation, SOC operations, or enterprise vulnerability and exposure operations, beyond product implementation alone.
• Experience in a customer-facing presales, solutions architecture, or technology consulting role within a VAR, systems integrator, consultancy, or technology vendor.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements as the senior architect for target-state SOC architecture, SIEM/SOAR modernization and consolidation, agentic SOC and AI-assisted detection design, and CTEM and vulnerability operations redesign, from discovery through executive readout.
• Assess client current state and deliver strategic, tactical, and operational recommendations that translate detection, response, and exposure capabilities into business risk, investment, and operating-model terms for CISO- and board-level audiences.
• Design target-state threat and exposure management architectures that unify vulnerability management, attack surface management (EASM/CAASM), cloud and container posture, identity exposure, and attack path analysis into a single prioritized view of risk.

Skills

Executive communication

Presales experience

Customer-facing

Leadership

Strong presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender

Splunk

Tenable

Qualys

Rapid7

Job description

Trace3 is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect specializing in SecOps to lead client engagements across modern security operations, including SIEM/SOAR, AI-assisted detection design, and CTEM. The role is remote with heavy presales responsibilities, interfacing with CISOs and boards to translate technical work into business risk and investment decisions.

This leadership position requires 8+ years in security operations, strong executive communication, and a proven ability to design target-state