Strategic Vertical Cybersecurity Architect

Check Point Software Technologies; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan with match

Stock awards

Job summary

Check Point Software Technologies seeks a Verticals Solution Architect to serve as a trusted technical advisor for strategic customers across Public Sector, Telecommunications, and other key verticals.

You will design and position comprehensive cybersecurity solutions, drive adoption of new technologies, and enable successful business outcomes through architectural leadership and collaboration with sales, product management, and services teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering, cybersecurity, architecture, or pre-sales experience in enterprise, public sector, telecommunications, or large-scale commercial environments.
• Proven ability to architect and position complex cybersecurity solutions for large and highly regulated organizations.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.
• Extensive knowledge of enterprise networking, routing, switching, security architectures, and hybrid IT environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong understanding of virtualization, containers, cloud-native architectures, and modern application environments.
• Experience managing complex customer engagements involving multiple stakeholders and project teams.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including ability to engage executive and technical audiences.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical architectures and measurable customer outcomes.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural design, solution recommendations, and establish project success criteria for strategic customer engagements.
• Design end-to-end security solutions that align with customer business, security, operational, and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the technical lead for complex customer opportunities and strategic initiatives across assigned vertical markets.
• Drive adoption of emerging technologies and lead Early Availability programs within customer environments.
• Partner with sales teams to identify, qualify, and advance opportunities through the sales cycle.
• Manage technical escalations associated with major customer projects.
• Lead technical workshops, executive briefings, architecture reviews, and customer presentations.
• Assist customers with security transformation initiatives involving cloud, network, application, data center, and hybrid architectures.
• Act as a trusted advisor for government compliance requirements and security architectures.
• Support successful closure of at least 15 strategic customer projects valued at $500,000 or greater annually.
• Provide field feedback to product management and engineering teams regarding customer requirements and market opportunities.
• Mentor sales engineers and other technical personnel.

Skills

10+ years exp

Cybersecurity architecture

Enterprise networks

Cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP)

Virtualization/containers

Executive-level communication

Pre-sales/solutions

Job description

Check Point Software Technologies seeks a Verticals Solution Architect to serve as a trusted technical advisor for strategic customers across Public Sector, Telecommunications, and other key verticals.

You will design and position comprehensive cybersecurity solutions, drive adoption of new technologies, and enable successful business outcomes through architectural leadership and collaboration with sales, product management, and services teams.