Principal Solutions Architect

Securonix is leading the transformation of cybersecurity by helping organizations stay ahead of modern threats.Security teams are no longer constrained by data or tools. They are constrained by speed, clarity, and confidence. Securonix was built to close that gap. Our mission is to enable security teams to decide and act faster across the entire threat lifecycle.

The Securonix Unified Defense SIEM is the industry’s first platform powered by agentic AI and designed with a human-in-the-loop philosophy. It unifies detection, investigation, and response in a single system. Advanced UEBA delivers deep behavioral insight across users, entities, and data. Native threat intelligence continuously enriches detections and investigations with real-world context. AI reinforces every layer of the platform while keeping accountability with the security team.

Built cloud-native for scale and performance, the platform enables real-time analytics, deep investigation, and automated response without compromise. Analysts gain faster access to relevant signals. Investigations move from days to minutes. Response becomes consistent and measurable. The result is a CyberOps experience that scales as threats evolve.

Securonix is recognized as a six-time Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM and a Customers’ Choice on Gartner Peer Insights. The company has been featured by leading publications including WIRED, Dark Reading, and Fortune for its innovation and leadership in security operations. Organizations rely on the platform for always-available data, rapid search and investigation, continuously updated threat content, and a fully integrated Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response experience.

Backed by Vista Equity Partners, one of the world’s leading enterprise software investors, Securonix benefits from deep operational expertise and a long-term commitment to innovation and growth. This partnership strengthens our ability to scale the platform, accelerate product execution, and support customers as their security needs evolve.

With more than 1,000 customers worldwide, including a meaningful portion of the Fortune 100, Securonix operates at global scale. Our ecosystem of partners and managed security service providers extends that reach, helping organizations deploy and operate with confidence wherever they do business.

What drives us is how we work.

• We win as one team. We operate with trust, respect, and shared accountability.
• We are customer driven. Innovation is guided by real security challenges and measurable outcomes.
• We act with agility. Change is constant, and we stay aligned on purpose while adapting fast.

That focus is how Securonix helps organizations move from reactive security to proactive, autonomous operations.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Securonix is seeking a highly skilled and customer-focused Principal Solutions Architect to serve as a senior technical leader for strategic customers and prospects. This role will shape security outcomes by designing scalable, high-value solutions using the Securonix Unified Defense SIEM platform, including security analytics, threat detection, UEBA, SOAR, data integrations, and cloud security capabilities.

The Principal Solutions Architect combines deep cybersecurity expertise, strong technical architecture skills, and executive-level communication. They will lead complex solution design, influence technical and business stakeholders, guide enterprise deployments, and partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, and Professional Services to drive customer value, adoption, expansion, and long-term success.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead technical discovery, solution architecture, and technical strategy for Securonix’s most strategic enterprise customers and prospects.
• Design scalable security operations solutions spanning SIEM, UEBA, SOAR, security data pipelines, detection engineering, incident response workflows, and cloud environments.
• Translate customer business objectives, risk priorities, compliance requirements, and security operations challenges into clear, outcome-focused technical architectures.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to CISOs, CIOs, security leaders, SOC managers, architects, and senior technical stakeholders.
• Lead executive and technical workshops, architecture reviews, solution demonstrations, proof-of-value engagements, and roadmap discussions.
• Develop and communicate solution architectures, integration plans, data-source strategies, deployment approaches, and adoption roadmaps.
• Advise customers on security data onboarding, use-case prioritization, detection maturity, automation opportunities, and SOC optimization.
• Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success teams to support new-logo opportunities, renewals, expansions, and strategic account plans.
• Provide technical leadership during complex sales cycles, including RFP/RFI responses, security questionnaires, competitive positioning, and technical validation.
• Collaborate with Professional Services and Support teams to ensure successful transition from presales architecture through deployment and ongoing customer value realization.
• Identify recurring customer needs, product gaps, and market trends; provide structured feedback to Product Management and Engineering.
• Develop reusable technical assets, reference architectures, solution playbooks, demos, and best practices for the broader field organization.
• Mentor Solutions Architects and Sales Engineers, elevating technical standards, customer engagement practices, and architectural rigor across the organization.
• Represent Securonix at customer events, industry conferences, executive briefings, and partner engagements as a technical thought leader.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security operations, solutions architecture, technical consulting, sales engineering, or a related customer-facing technical role.
• 5+ years of experience architecting or deploying enterprise SIEM, security analytics, XDR, SOAR, UEBA, SOC, or threat detection solutions.
• Strong understanding of security operations workflows, including threat detection, investigation, incident response, threat hunting, log management, and security automation.
• Deep familiarity with cloud and hybrid environments, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, SaaS applications, and modern identity technologies.
• Experience integrating security platforms with data sources such as EDR, NDR, IAM, firewalls, cloud platforms, vulnerability management tools, ticketing systems, and threat intelligence sources.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and influence both technical practitioners and executive stakeholders.
• Experience supporting complex enterprise sales cycles, technical evaluations, pilots, or proof-of-value programs.
• Strong ability to communicate technical concepts in business-focused language and connect technology investments to measurable security outcomes.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, high-growth SaaS environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with Securonix or comparable SIEM, UEBA, SOAR, XDR, or security analytics platforms.
• Knowledge of detection engineering frameworks, MITRE ATT&CK, threat modeling, and security use-case development.
• Experience with data platforms, APIs, scripting, and automation tools such as Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, SQL, or JSON.
• Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, GIAC, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, or equivalent.
• Experience working with large, global enterprises in regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, government, retail, or technology.

Securonix is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an innovative, inclusive, diverse and discrimination-free work environment. Employment with Securonix is based on merit, competence, and qualifications. It is our policy to administer all personnel actions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Consistent with the obligations of these laws, Securonix will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Furthermore, as a federal government contractor, Securonix maintains an affirmative action program which furthers its commitment and complies with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under certain federal civil rights laws and regulations, including Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (as amended).

As part of our compliance with these obligations, Securonix invites you to voluntarily self-identify as set forth below. Provision of such information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your employment or subject you to any adverse treatment. Any and all information provided will be considered confidential, will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file, and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement purposes.

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