> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/1509214-solution-architect-security](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/1509214-solution-architect-security). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Solution Architect - Security - **Company:** Telarus, LLC - **Location:** Sandy, UT, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software System Penetration Testing, Podcasting, Cyber Security, PCI Data Security Standards, Red Team (Cyber Security), Zero Trust Network Access, Salesforce.Com, Security Information and Event Management, Multithreading - **Published:** July 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ebe86696b4f4da42 ## About the Role These are hard requirements. We will test them in the interview. * 8+ years in information security, with at least 3 in a role where you owned outcomes - CISO, vCISO, Information Security Director, security architect, or senior consultant at an MSSP or advisory firm. * You have lived through real incidents. Ransomware, business email compromise, data exfiltration, insider threat, third-party breach. You can talk about what actually happened, what the response cost, and what you would do differently. * CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GIAC (GSEC/GCIH/GPEN), or equivalent. Security+ alone is not enough for this role. * Fluency across the modern stack - not vendor-deep in one product, but credible in every layer and able to say why one architecture beats another. * Framework and compliance fluency you can use in a sales conversation, not just recite: NIST, ISO, CIS, PCI, HIPAA, CMMC, SOX. * Working knowledge of cloud - hyperscaler architecture, shared responsibility, and where enterprise cloud transformation creates security gaps. * You can whiteboard a defensible architecture live, from memory, in front of a skeptical CISO. WHAT YOU NEED - SELLING ABILITY Technical brilliance without commercial instinct will fail in this role. * A track record you can prove. Quota attainment, influenced revenue, deals you personally moved. Bring numbers to the interview. * Enterprise pre-sales, sales overlay, or direct sales experience. You have been on the hook for a number before, and you liked it., * Prior experience in the technology advisor / agent channel, a TSD(Technology Solutions Distributor). * Existing relationships with security suppliers or channel leadership. * Public speaking history - conference stage, podcast, published writing. * Offensive security background (pen testing, red team) or deep IR/forensics experience. * Experience selling into a specific vertical with heavy compliance pressure - healthcare, finance, defense industrial base, or state and local government. ## Description * Own influenced security revenue against a quota. This is a performance role with variable comp tied to what you close, not to how many calls you attended. * Build and work your own pipeline as you generate opportunities via Advisors. Sit with and help them grow their base, and create opportunities that did not exist before you got there - do not wait for the queue to feed you. The good news: You are not cold-calling. * Drive deals to close: multi-thread into the customer, handle objections, build the business case, and stay on it through signature and provisioning. * Forecast honestly and manage your pipeline hygiene in Salesforce. We would rather hear bad news early than good news late. 2. Architecture - you design the answer * Lead discovery on the partner's behalf: current state, risk posture, compliance drivers, incident history, budget reality, and who actually signs. * Design solutions across the full stack - identity and access, network and edge (SASE/SSE/ZTNA), endpoint and XDR, SIEM/SOC and MDR, email and collaboration security, data protection and DLP, cloud posture (CSPM/CNAPP), OT/IoT, offensive testing, and GRC. * Translate frameworks into buying decisions - NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS, CMMC/DFARS, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, and the state privacy patchwork - and tie controls to the customer's actual exposure and cyber insurance requirements. * Run supplier selection with intellectual honesty. Recommend the right fit from our portfolio, not the one that is easiest to quote. * Know where your edges are. Spot the cloud, network, CX, or AI attach and pull in the right teammate instead of guessing. 3. Enablement - you make the channel dangerous * Train and evangelize advisors and internal employees: whiteboard sessions, webinars, roadshows, mainstage and breakout content at Telarus events. * Build reusable assets - battle cards, discovery guides, reference architectures, objection-handling playbooks - so your expertise scales past the calls you personally take. * Be a public voice. Podcasts, panels, LinkedIn, industry groups. We want a name that partners ask for. 4. Relationships - you are the connective tissue * Own working relationships with supplier channel managers and supplier SEs. Know who to call to get a deal unstuck, a POC scheduled, or pricing sharpened. * Maintain deep proficiency in emerging security products, threat trends, and attacker TTPs. This category reinvents itself every 18 months. * Partner with Telarus field sales, other engineers, and leadership. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE * First 30 days: You know our security portfolio cold, you have met your top supplier contacts, and you are shadowing and then leading live partner calls. * First 60 days: You are running discovery solo, you have helped an Advisor create opportunities, and you have delivered your first advisor training. * First 90 days: You have a real pipeline you built, closed business on the board, and advisors in your region asking for you by name. * First 12 months: You are at or over quota, you have published reusable enablement that the whole SE org uses, and you have added an industry-leading certification., * Executive presence. You have presented to boards, CFOs, and CISOs and held the room without hiding behind slides. * You sell through, not just to. This is an indirect model. You will win by making a partner look brilliant in front of their own customer, and you have to be genuinely fine with them getting the credit. * Business-case thinking. You can frame a security investment in terms of risk reduction, insurance premiums, audit findings, and dollars - not features. * Operational discipline. Clean CRM, accurate forecast, multiple concurrent deals, nothing dropped., * You want to be a pure technical resource with no revenue accountability. * You need a full inbound queue to stay busy. * You are a single-vendor specialist looking to keep selling that one product. * You need the customer relationship to be yours, and it will bother you that it belongs to the partner. * You have not touched a live security architecture in three years and are leading with your certifications. 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