Solutions Architect

Summary

Join Halcyon, a leading cybersecurity company, as a Solutions Architect and leverage your business and security expertise to showcase the value of our cutting-edge cyber resilience solution. You will advise and educate customers, collaborate with sales and internal teams, and contribute to achieving quarterly and annual quota objectives. Responsibilities include conducting ransomware readiness assessments, aligning customer expectations, and facilitating technical demonstrations. The ideal candidate possesses significant technical capabilities, experience with modern security platforms, and excellent communication skills. This role offers a remote-native, completely distributed global team environment.

Requirements

• Senior Solutions Architect tier: 8+ years in an information security engineering role, preferably as a Channel Engineer, Solutions Architect, advisor or architect
• Solutions Architect tier: 5+ years in an information security engineering role, preferably as a Channel Engineer, Solutions Architect, advisor, or architect
• Significant technical capability and experience in modern security platforms
• Knowledge in some of the following areas: Cloud Security, Endpoint Defense, Modern Malware Lifecycle, Threat Intelligence, Security Operations, Incident response, Endpoint Management, Identity Protection and Computer Forensics
• Experience in a security focused solution architect, sales engineer or similar role
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to present to a variety of external audiences, including being able to interact with senior executives
• Prior experience with data consumption capabilities including API’s, scripting, and data exchange formats
• Business development experience in a consulting and/or services environment
• B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent experience/technical training
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally up to 40%

Responsibilities

• Work with multiple stakeholders across the executive branch (CxO), as well as other relevant stakeholders to demonstrate the value of Halcyon’s solution
• Advise and educate customers and channel partners on the Halcyon platform and its capabilities
• Assist account and channel management to drive revenue and move opportunities throughout the sales cycle
• Interface and partner with customer success and threat intelligence liaisons to align customer expectations with Halcyon to ensure service delivery excellence and customer satisfaction
• Interface and partner with product management and engineering to align customer requests for features and functionality
• Attain quarterly and annual quota objectives, working in partnership with sales using Halcyon sales operating processes by adding value throughout the entire sales motion with such activities as
• Facilitating new discussions by leveraging peer and industry network contacts
• Telling the Halcyon story and detailing the value proposition
• Performing requirements-analysis and qualification of opportunities
• Coordinating and managing demonstrations and POV efforts, including endpoint testing, virtual environment lab configuration, and responding to customer questions
• Seamlessly transitioning engagements for delivery to the customer success team
• Staying current on industry trends
• Maintaining advisory relationships with key stakeholders at customers by providing thought leadership, support, information, and guidance in conjunction with sales teams
• Supporting marketing to build Halcyon brand awareness through speaking at corporate sponsored events, writing industry articles and leveraging social media to properly represent Halcyon
• Actively pursuing personal development by maintaining and obtaining technical capabilities, soft skills and security specific knowledge through formal education, certification and other avenues
• Perform additional duties as directed or needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Scripting experience in PowerShell, VBScript, Bash and/or Python
• CISSP, CEH, GIAC GCFA, GCIH, or similar certifications

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents
• Short and long-term disability coverage, basic life and AD&D insurance plans
• Medical and dependent care FSA options
• 401k plan with a generous employer contribution
• Flexible PTO policy
• Parental leave
• Generous equity offering