Senior Security Architect - Northeast region

GuidePoint Security LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote workforce

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Holidays & Flexible Time Off

Phone and internet allowance

Retirement plan eligibility

Pet benefit option

Job summary

GuidePoint Security LLC is seeking a Senior Security Architect to lead architecture maturity assessments, including Security Architecture Reviews, Zero Trust Maturity Assessments, and Ransomware Readiness Assessments. You will evaluate current network architecture, assess maturity, and recommend improvements aligning with business risk and compliance needs.

The role emphasizes strong design principles, risk assessment capabilities, and the ability to present clear guidance to C-Suite leadership.

Qualifications

• Broad architecture knowledge across network, cloud, identity, app, data, and infrastructure security domains.
• Experience implementing firewalls, secure web gateways, ZTNA, 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 to C-Suite leadership.
• Willingness to embrace emerging technologies including AI tools for better outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver architecture maturity assessments and reviews.
• Review current network architectures and recommend improvements aligned with risk and compliance needs.
• Prepare and present assessment reports and recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Security architecture

ZTNA

Firewalls

Endpoint security

DLP

IAM

Network security

Cloud security

Data protection

Security reviews

Threat modeling

C-Suite reporting

AI tools awareness

Job description

Note : We are ideally looking for someone currently located in the eastern or central time zone to 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:

1. Broad architecture knowledge across various network, cloud, identity, application, data, and infrastructure security domains.
2. Practitionerknowledge on implementing firewalls, secure web gateways, ZTNA solutions, endpoint security platforms, and data loss prevention technologies.
3. Knowledge of IAM, network security, cloud security, endpoint security, and data protection.
4. Experience performing security architecture reviews, risk assessments, and maturity evaluations.
5. Strong understanding of security architecture principles, threat modeling, and secure design patterns.
6. Proven ability to write clear assessment reports and present recommendations to C-Suite leadership.
7. 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
• Pet Benefit Option