Solution Architect, Cloud, Mid-Atlantic

Check Point Software Technologies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Check Point Software Technologies is seeking a CloudGuard-focused pre-sales engineer in the United States to collaborate with sales teams and customers, shaping cloud security strategies and demonstrating value across multi-cloud environments.

You will engage with cloud leaders, articulate protection for data and workloads, and support ongoing Proof-of-Concepts while contributing to thought leadership through blogs and events. Travel 10%–20% is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering and pre-sales experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to conduct technology and risk assessments.
• Willingness to travel 10%–20% across the United States.
• Understanding of public cloud platforms and multi-cloud deployments.
• Deep expertise in Cloud Firewalls and Web Application Firewalls.
• Ability to design end-to-end cloud security solutions for customers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales teams and partners to identify CloudGuard opportunities.
• Define strategies with cloud, DevOps, and DevSecOps leaders and communicate CloudGuard value.
• Demonstrate how CloudGuard protects data and workloads across cloud environments.
• Educate customers on CloudGuard solutions addressing technical and business challenges.
• Lead meetings with customers to identify cloud-related needs and propose solutions.
• Address technical questions and guide Proof-of-Concepts.
• Engage in cybersecurity events, blogs, and whitepapers.
• Respond to RFIs/RFPs.
• Define cloud information security strategies aligned with business goals.
• Assess security architectures and recommend corrective actions.

Skills

Engineering + pre-sales experience

Analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Team-oriented and autonomous work

Education

CCNP / CISSP / CCSA / CCSE / CCVSE / CCIE

Tools

AWS, Azure, GCP

Public cloud deployments

Cloud Firewalls

Web Application Firewalls

Cloud Networking

Container/serverless architectures

Job description

Company Description

Why Join Us

At Check Point, what you do matters. Every day, we protect over 100,000 organizations worldwide from increasingly sophisticated cyber and AI-driven threats, securing their AI transformation.

Our prevention-first approach safeguards hybrid networks, cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems, stopping attacks before they happen.

This is where innovation meets real-world impact. You'll help customers across industries operate with confidence in a rapidly changing digital world, working alongside smart, curious people who take ownership, challenge assumptions, and solve complex problems.

We're proud to be recognized by TIME, Newsweek, and Forbes for excellence and workplace culture.

What really sets Check Point apart is the opportunity to grow, contribute, and help companies navigate their AI transformation securely.

If you're excited to work at the forefront of AI-driven security on a global scale, this is the place to do it.

Job Description

• Work closely with the sales teams and partners to identify CloudGuard opportunities in existing and prospect accounts
• Work with cloud, devops and devsecops leaders in existing and new clients to define new strategies, and develop and communicate CloudGuard's value propositions
• Demonstrate how the CloudGuard portfolio can help keep organizations safe from threats and protect their data and cloud workloads
• Work closely with account teams, customers and partners to educate them on how the CloudGuard family of security solutions can solve the technical, operational and business challenges that many organizations face
• Drive meetings with potential and existing customers to identify their cloud related needs and problems and provide appropriate CloudGuard solutions
• Address technical questions, offer insight into best practices and manage Proof-of-Concepts
• Active participation in cybersecurity events, blogs, whitepapers
• Respond to RFIs & RFPs
• Define cloud information security strategies, including guiding principles and future state vision, ensuring that the strategic objectives are aligned with business goals
• Assessment of security architecture, analysis of issues and development of recommended course of corrective action

Qualifications

• 5+ plus years of engineering and pre-sales experience
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills required to conduct technology and risk assessments, gap analysis, identifying (re)engineering or (re)architecting initiatives
• Eagerness to contribute autonomously and in a team‑oriented environment across an assigned region of the United States (Travel 10% to 20%)
• Good understanding of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), typical deployment scenarios, automation/orchestration and multi‑cloud deployments
• Deep expertise in Cloud Firewalls, Native and 3rdparty
• Deep expertise in Web Application Firewalls
• Deep expertise in Cloud Networking
• Understanding of container and serverless architectures
• Ability to create an end‑to‑end cloud security solution for a customer's environment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Relevant certifications highly preferred, e.g. CCNP / CISSP/ CCSA / CCSE / CCVSE/CCIE
• Strong experience in technology‑based tools or methodologies to review, design and/or implement enterprise programs
• Effective time management skills by completing assignments within budgets and calendar schedules; identify opportunities to improve engagement profitability
• Proven track record in defining and implementing cyber risk management structures, governance models, organizational transformations in the areas of cyber security management