- Company Name
- Cyderes
- Job Title
- Solutions Architect, PreSales - Canada
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Solutions Architect, Presales – Canada
**Role Summary:**
Act as a technical advisor to customers and internal stakeholders, driving the design and delivery of MDR, MSS, SIEM, SOAR, and automation solutions that align with Cyderes’ managed security services portfolio. Work closely with Sales, Product, and Delivery teams to transition from presales to implementation, ensuring solutions are scalable, feasible, and deliver business value.
**Expectations:**
- Deliver high‑quality technical presentations, demos, and RFP/RFI responses that translate complex security concepts into business outcomes.
- Provide expert guidance on endpoint, log, cloud, and incident response integration, ensuring customer‑centric architectures.
- Collaborate with engineering and delivery to validate feasibility and scalability of proposed solutions.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Conduct discovery sessions to assess client security posture, requirements, and existing architecture.
- Design, document, and present tailored MDR, MSS, SIEM, SOAR, and automation architectures.
- Create solution proposals, architecture diagrams, scopes of work, and technical documentation.
- Deliver demos, technical validations (POCs/POTs), and presentations to prospects and clients.
- Partner with Sales on RFP/RFI responses and evidence of solution effectiveness.
- Ensure solution feasibility and scalability with Delivery and Engineering teams.
- Monitor threat trends, emerging technologies, and competitors; relay findings to Product and Service Management.
- Act as a subject‑matter expert in customer meetings, industry events, and internal trainings.
**Required Skills:**
- 8+ years in cybersecurity architecture, presales engineering, or security operations.
- Deep expertise in MDR, MSS, SIEM, SOC operations, threat detection, incident response, EDR/XDR, log analytics, and cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Proficiency with Google Chronicle, Azure Sentinel, Splunk, Exabeam, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, or equivalent platforms.
- Strong design and documentation skills; ability to articulate technical solutions in business terms.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Managed services or consulting experience.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, or equivalent security certification.
- AWS, Azure, or other cloud security certifications preferred.
- Vendor‑specific technical credentials (e.g., Splunk, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike) are an asset.