Sr. Security Architect

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Our Field Solution Architects are tech visionaries and lifelong learners who can take their passion for technology and turn it into powerful, functioning solutions for our customers. 

As CDW Senior Field Solution Architect–Security, you’ll have the power, opportunity, and expertise to dive deeper into the stack than most. Focusing on pre-sales security solution design, it’ll be your job to evaluate and understand the sales environment, including customer expectations, competitive environment as well as the customer's technical environment, and define actions to be performed in the sales cycle timeframe. 

What you’ll do: 

• Partner with internal and external sales teams to plan and organize sales strategies for the CDW security practice 

• Engage in continuous learning by proactively expanding technical depth in products, solutions, and services and acquiring certifications in advanced technologies for CDW's security partner certification requirements when appropriate 

• Provide feedback to technology leaders where opportunities exist to improve offerings, design, and delivery execution 

• Influence, guide, support and collaborate with customers within CDW Canada Strategic Partners Technologies/Solutions to develop their IT security strategy 

• Conduct business-focused security solution presentations at CDW, customer, and Partner events and meetings in your territory 

• Collaborate with Partners, Inside Solution Architects, and Account Executives to develop a detailed Territory Plan to guide mapped opportunities; fine-tune strategies and approaches to achieve greater sales results 

• Develop a detailed Territory Plan in collaboration with Partners, Account Executives, and Inside Solution Architects and use it to manage their security business  

What you need to succeed: 
Must-have: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 

• 8-10 years in an IT consulting or senior IT operations role 

• Extensive security architecture knowledge and experience in planning, implementation, testing in addition to creation and rollout of security standards, policies, and procedures 

• Showed proficiency of written and verbal communication skills (including technical writing and presentations) with the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively, both internally and externally 

• Self-starter, flexible, adaptable, highly organized, and proactive 

• Ability to remain calm in a fast-paced work environment and to demonstrate thoughtful leadership in assessing problems/opportunities and recommending an approach to solving problems and pursuing opportunities 

• Skills and experience with the following technologies are desired: Information Security Policies, IT Security Standards and Governance (PCI, ISO 27001, COBIT), Vulnerability Management / Assessment, Risk Management/Assessment, Security Awareness, Industry certifications (CISSP, CISM, etc.) 

Nice-to-have: 

• Ability to obtain and maintain relevant industry standard certifications 

Pay range: $ 97, 000- $ 124, 000, depending on experience and skill set

Benefits overview: https://careers.cdw.ca/pages/benefits

At CDW, we strive to offer market-competitive total rewards packages to attract and retain talent. As such, we are committed to pay transparency and ensuring fair compensation for all our coworkers. Each of our roles is assigned a salary range that is informed by multiple sources of market data. We determine individual pay within a given range based on a candidate's prior experience, knowledge, skills and abilities. This approach allows us to offer competitive and equitable salaries that reflect the value and responsibilities of each role at CDW.

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CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive.

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