Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect - Product Development Client is looking for a dynamic, entrepreneurial, highly motivated, Solutions Architect - Product Development to work in the product engineering team for developing security solutions in Technology and Product development organization. Candidates will be working to design, and architect end-to-end Network/security/Cloud solutions products in the Commercial and GovCloud Product suite targeted to US Federal agencies. Looking for a strong entrepreneurial attitude who can ideate, collaborate, design, solution, and architect working with internally developed products and vendor solutions. The candidate should be able to work in an agile environment across stakeholder organizations (including Product Management, Security Operations, Network design teams, back office systems, Customers, Sales and partners). The role requires cross-functional communication to executive management and decision making in order to drive Security services objectives. Primarily the individual will be a Technical Product Owner and E2E Solution Architect for delivery for the software side of Security and Network and cloud products. Develops and owns Solution architecture and Delivery Team’s backlog, ensures user stories are written and acceptance criteria are met, and candidates will demo the working features internally and externally. Gathers requirements, designing and developing user experience workflows. Collaborates with stakeholders and development teams (internal and external) to ensure successful implementation of new or enhanced functionality for the product. Candidates will need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Six or more years of relevant work experience. Active government issued security clearance at a Public Trust level, or eligibility to obtain and maintain this clearance. Even better if candidates have: A degree or Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, or work experience in enterprise security relevant field. Ten or more years of experience in Information Technology field and technology architecture and product Delivery. Strong Technical knowledge of complex systems and architecture concepts and ensures project teams are effectively employing appropriate software design techniques. Strong knowledge or industry experience to provide systems perspective and experience of NIST framework. Working knowledge of cloud based services like DDoS, Security Gateways, WAFs, etc. Strong experience developing accessible user portals for demanding customers. Experience leading and collaborating across a set of cross functional delivery initiatives Experience with front and back end product engineering and Development teams. Experience working with the business and customers on gathering requirements, documenting requirements, managing product backlog, writing user stories, and working with development and vendors to deliver on the product plan and vision. Experience working closely with Engineering teams and delivering new functionality. Strong Product Development experience with key focus on Enterprise use cases around Security and Networking. Seven or more years of experience in Technical product owner or Architect roles with direct contribution to revenue growth. Strong technical knowledge to provide systems perspective and expertise for Security, LAN, Wi-Fi, IoT products, services and E2E managed security solutions. Excellent communication skills and ability to lead discussions with product management team and customers to identify new market opportunities and use cases. Analyze business results using key financial metrics including volumes, costs, and profitability to ensure offers support customer needs while also achieving business case targets such as revenue and margin. Experience in agile IT development processes and collaboration tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, Jive etc.) as well as vendor management. Experience in crafting impactful messaging to executive presentations, internal/external audiences using PowerPoint/Word and meaningful/concise communication to peer groups via e-mail. Experience in ideation or development of cutting edge applications like Mobile Edge Computing, Blockchain etc. TriOptus LLC