Verticals Solution Architect
Check Point Software Technologies6 days ago
Philadelphia, PA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end cybersecurity solutions aligned with customer business, security, operational, and regulatory requirements.
- Serve as technical lead for complex customer opportunities and strategic initiatives across assigned industry verticals.
- Drive adoption of emerging technologies and lead Early Availability and Proof of Concept programs in customer environments.
- Partner with sales teams to identify, qualify, and advance opportunities through the sales cycle.
- Manage technical escalations for major customer projects with Solutions Center, Professional Services, Product Management, and Support.
- Lead technical workshops, executive briefings, architecture reviews, and customer presentations.
- Support security transformation initiatives involving cloud, networks, applications, data centers, and hybrid architectures.
- Advise customers on government compliance, critical infrastructure protection, and telecommunications security architectures.
- Support closure of at least 15 strategic customer projects valued at $500,000 or greater annually.
- Provide customer and market feedback to product management and engineering teams.
- Mentor sales engineers and other technical personnel.
- Represent the company at industry events, customer forums, conferences, and partner engagements.
Requirements
- 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, problem-solving, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Extensive knowledge of enterprise networking, routing, switching, security architectures, and hybrid IT environments.
- Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
- Understanding of virtualization, containers, cloud-native architectures, and modern application environments.
- Experience managing complex customer engagements involving multiple stakeholders and project teams.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical architectures and measurable customer outcomes.
- Preferred experience with Check Point technologies, platforms, and security solutions.
- Preferred Check Point certifications including CCSA, CCSE, CCSM, or CCTA, or equivalent.
- Preferred certifications include CISSP, CCNP, CCIE, AWS Solutions Architect, or Azure Solutions Architect.
- Preferred experience with public-sector customers, government security frameworks, telecommunications providers, carrier environments, 4G/LTE, 5G, GTP, mobile core security, NFV, SaaS, SASE, Zero Trust, AI security, cloud security, and security operations solutions.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
Benefits
- Office location is Irving, Texas, United States.
- Travel of up to 50% may be required depending on customer and business needs.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a leading protector of digital trust, utilizing AI-powered cyber security solutions to safeguard over 100,000 organizations globally. Through its Infinity Platform and an open garden ecosystem, Check Point’s prevention-first approach delivers industry-leading security efficacy while reducing risk. Employing a hybrid mesh network architecture with SASE at its core, the Infinity Platform unifies the management of on-premises, cloud, and workspace environments to offer flexibility, simplicity and scale for enterprises and service providers.