# Professional Services Architect (Security)

**Company**: Cisco
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond.

As a Professional Services Architect (Security), you will be the technical and strategic authority for our Security portfolio and a Trusted Advisor to our customers.

**Your Impact**

You will architect solutions across our SIEM and SOAR ecosystems, including Splunk Enterprise Security, UEBA, and SOAR.

**Responsibilities**

- Architect Complex Solutions: Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of security deployments, from initial strategy and integration to ongoing optimization.

- Drive Innovation: Partner with Product, Engineering, and Sales teams to influence product roadmaps and develop new strategies that redefine how customers monitor their infrastructure.

- Act as a Trusted Advisor: Engage at all levels, from C-suite stakeholders to technical engineers, to ensure operational success and strategic alignment.

- Empower the Customer: Enable client teams to manage, scale, and solve complex security challenges independently.

- Foster Growth: Champion a culture of continuous improvement, mentoring team members and contributing to a collaborative, high-performance environment.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- 5+ years of experience in a Security Operations Centre (SOC), security consulting, or security sales engineering.

- Proven success implementing and architecting SIEM software.

- Strong background in Cloud IaaS (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and 3+ years of experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes and Docker).

- Proficiency in at least two of the following: Python, Java, .NET, PHP, Ruby, Node.JS, Objective-C; comfortable working across both Unix and Windows command lines.

- Experience with automation/orchestration tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Terraform).

**Preferred Qualifications**

- A high sense of urgency and the ability to manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

- Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical problems into business-value conversations.

- A self-starter mindset with a passion for continuous learning and professional development.

- Experience creating technical documentation (architecture diagrams, white papers, etc.).

- Bonus: Knowledge of Splunk administration or statistical and analytical modeling.

**Benefits**

- Regional travel of up to 30%

## Skills

### Required
- SIEM
- SOAR
- Cloud IaaS
- container orchestration
- Python
- Java
- .NET
- PHP
- Ruby
- Node.JS
- Objective-C
- Unix
- Windows
- automation
- orchestration

### Nice to have
- Splunk administration
- statistical and analytical modeling
- communication skills
- technical documentation

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