Managed Services Architect, Americas

As the world's leading vendor of Cyber Security, facing the most sophisticated threats and attacks, we've assembled a global team of the most driven, creative, and innovative people. At Check Point, our employees are redefining the security landscape by meeting our customers' real-time needs and providing our cutting-edge technologies and services to an ever-growing customer base.

Check Point Software Technologies has been honored by Time Magazine as one of the World's Best Companies for 2024 and Newsweek's 2025 list of Americas Best Cybersecurity Companies. We've also earned a spot on the Forbes list of the World's Best Places to Work for five consecutive years (2020-2024) and recognized as one of the World's Top Female-Friendly Companies. If you're passionate about making the world a safer place and want to be part of an award-winning company culture, we invite you to join us.

We are seeking a highly experienced Cybersecurity Solution Architect to participate in the design and implementation of enterprise-grade security solutions for Check Point's Infinity Global Services (IGS), Managed Security Services (MSS) business unit. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to align cybersecurity initiatives with business objectives. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of architecting secure systems in complex, hybrid environments and mentoring cross-functional teams.

Many Check Point customers leverage Check Point and Microsoft technologies, therefore we are looking for candidates with deep expertise in Microsoft Sentinel and the Microsoft Security ecosystem. This role will participate in the design, deployment, optimization and documentation of advanced managed security services solutions serving the customer security operations center (SOC) and across enterprise IT environments.

The ideal candidate will bring a strategic mindset, hands-on technical skills, and a passion for building scalable, resilient, and intelligent security architectures.

This role combines technical leadership with client-facing responsibilities, requiring a unique blend of cybersecurity acumen, business insight, and interpersonal finesse. These responsibilities also include participation in the pre-sales and post-sales customer collaboration meetings with the responsibility of providing technical evangelization of our solutions while building trusted relationships with stakeholders across technical and executive levels.

This position will be a regular salaried role with potential for additional compensation for performance and reporting to the Head of Managed Services.

* Participate in the design, documentation and deployments of enterprise-grade managed security services solutions using Check Point, AWS Cloud, Microsoft Azure Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, and related Microsoft technologies.

* Co-design and develop integrated cybersecurity architectures for cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.

* Define and align solutions to security standards, frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001), and best practices.

* Participate in internal and customer facing engagements or RFPs / RFIs / Tenders to understand business needs, translate them into technical requirements, and deliver tailored security solutions.

* Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, guiding them through security strategy, roadmap development, and best practices.

* Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to align security strategies with organizational goals.

* Facilitate workshops, presentations, and technical deep-dives with customers and internal teams.

* Collaborate with sales, product, and engineering teams to support pre-sales and post-sales activities.

* Mentor junior team members and contribute to internal knowledge sharing.

* Evaluate and recommend security tools, technologies, and vendors.

* Stay current with emerging threats, technologies, and regulatory requirements.

* 15+ years in information technology, with:

* at least 5 years in a security solution architecture or Managed Security Services (MSSP) technical leadership role.

* at least 5 years of experience in a general IT or MSP technical role

* Broad understanding of IT, Cloud, SIEM/SOAR, EDR and threat detection / protection solutions.

* Proven experience utilizing Microsoft Sentinel in security operations.

* Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

* Experience leading customer engagements, workshops, and executive briefings.

* Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

* Regional working time zone (UTC-05:00) 7:30 am to 4:30 pm

* Willingness to travel globally for customer meetings and attend conferences

* Previous leadership role in managed services, or managed security services.

* Previous technical leadership role in security operations

* Previous technical leadership roles in general IT

* Experience and certifications in Check Point cybersecurity protection technologies

* Microsoft certifications such as

* AZ-500 - Azure Security Engineer Associate

* SC-200 - Security Operations Analyst Associate

* SC-100 - Cybersecurity Architect Expert

Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship from an employer now or in the future.

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