Security Architect, Los Angeles

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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position:       Security Architect
Location:       Los Angeles, California, United States
Type:           Permanent F/T

Closing Date:   2008-03-31

Solutions Architect
Virtual Office - Nationwide

Summary
Our company is seeking a talented Solutions Architect with
ten year's plus experience to work as a trusted advisor to
our customers. Responsibilities include ensuring the
technical success of our clients by leveraging full value of
our product.  This will be a virtual office position and
candidates should be located within 1 hour of a major
metropolitan airport.

Qualifications
Determine requirements for Clients by:
Gathering requirements from staff engaged early in the sales
cycle
Developing and leveraging security and technical best
practices

Facilitate working sessions with clients:
Meet with key staff to determine requirements via
interviews
Conduct working sessions at client sites to determine
requirements
Use security and technical expertise to suggest solutions

Design Solutions based on the following:
Client's business, regulatory and security requirements
Client's environment - taking into account the number and
types of security devices and the expected data volumes from
each device type

Ensure Successful Engagements/Implementations:
Provide engagement manager with information to scope the
size of engagements
Work with engagement manager on resources and scheduling for
engagements
Provide information to engagement manager to develop
statements of work
Work with technical support and engineering to resolve
issues during engagement
As senior technical team member, direct assigned resources
to ensure design is understood
Perform "pre-staging" when necessary prior to on
site deployment
Travel on site as necessary with staff to ensure successful
implementation

Develop/Continually improve methodology and processes:
Continually provide input to best practices based on
experiences during engagements
Continually contribute to knowledge base; including reusable
solutions for use on future engagements
Provide product feedback and solutions for inclusion in
future product releases

Mentor other consultants:
Develop staff and sub-contractors to be a Senior Consultant
Provide knowledge transfer of best practices and
methodology

Implement Solutions:
Implement pre or post sales solutions either as a team lead
or alone on engagements or where other resources are
unavailable or not specifically skilled to meet the
implementation requirements.




JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Senior Level Technical Skills:
Platform - Linux, Solaris, Windows
Coding skills - Regex, Scripting Languages, (Other major
languages such as C, Assembler, Java)
Experience with reporting design and query tools - Jreports
preferred
Experience working with databases and data warehousing - -
DBMS preferred is MySQL or Oracle
Hands on experience installing, using and maintaining
security devices and software - Firewalls, HIDS, NIDS, IPS,
Vulnerability scanners, Anti-Virus
Operating System Hardening Processes - Linux preferred

Travel: 50-60% - Most travel should be in North America, but
may be worldwide.


CONTACT
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Jonathan Doran
212-785-0236
jonjpatrick.com

J. Patrick & Associates
Jonathan Doran
Account Manager
jonjpatrick.com



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