Solutions Architect

Ideal candidates will have excellent knowledge and hands-on experience of public and/or private cloud technologies, software development experience, network/application security expertise and support four main areas of responsibility:

1) Cloud Security Solution Expert

• Assist customers with creating multi-cloud and hybrid cloud security blueprints with a focus on vendor-neutral and cloud-agnostic design and implementation best practices
• Become an expert in Fortinet products within cloud solutions
• Maintain knowledge of competitive products and services
• Respond to industry analyst inquiries and conduct demos

2) Trusted Advisor

• Attend customer meetings and provide expert opinion on cloud security design/architecture
• Provide custom architecture and automation code, as per the requirements set by a given customer for their cloud deployments
• Publish reference architectures for specific use cases

3) Continuous Learner

• Dedicate a percentage of their time to ongoing training/education for new technologies
• Help drive technical webinars and hands-on demo’s
• Help the NSE institute for the advanced course materials and with constructive feedback

4) Evangelist

• Publish public information, such as whitepapers and blogs around salient technology topics
• Draft architecture papers for in-depth analysis and reasoning for technology adoption
• Continuous active networking within the industry to build relationships and awareness

Required Skills:

• The ideal candidate will have 10+ years in roles such as SE, Consulting SE, or Solution Architect in the Cloud, Networking, Infrastructure, and/or Cybersecurity industries
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with Kubernetes is required, including architecture, deployment, and security best practices.
• In depth knowledge and hands on experience with two or more of the following cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, Kubernetes
• Proficiency in modern software architecture using CI/CD, DevOps tools (Terraform/Ansible/ CloudFormation / Azure ARM), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Scalability, and API-first strategy
• Working knowledge of Python, Java and/or other programming languages
• Public Cloud certifications are highly recommended (Azure, AWS or GCP)
• Proven expertise in Networking and Security; industry certifications form leading vendors are highly desirable
• Prior experience in designing and building applications using Container and serverless technologies is preferred
• Excellent presentation and demo skills
• Prior experience working at a cybersecurity and networking consulting company is highly desirable
• Superior documentation and technical writing capabilities
• Three or more years of experience with cloud solutions, virtual platforms, and design high scalable and resilicence infrastructure.
• Proficiency in English language is required
• Comfortable in public speaking

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable