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# Vice President, Solution Architecture at Cyderes

- **Company:** Cyderes
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cyderes/d5585efe-1a35-485b-9e0e-470bff7bc17d

## Job description

We Help the World Be Everyday Ready™ Today's threatscape is relentless. So are we. At Cyderes, we build practical Identity & Access Management (IAM), Exposure Management, and risk programs, helping organizations stop active threats fast with Managed Detection & Response (MDR) that integrates with existing tools. Powering it all is Meridian, our entity fabric that connects identities, assets, and access into one trusted reality. Augmented by AI and driven by experienced operators, our tireless global team arms organizations with the people, platforms, and perspectives they need to conquer whatever tomorrow throws their way. 🏆 Great Place to Work® Certified™

## About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Vice President, Solution Architecture to lead our global Solution Architecture team, which serves as the technical voice of Cyderes before and after the sale. This individual will play a pivotal role in driving solution strategy, client engagement, and technical leadership across our Core Consulting and Core Managed Security Services capabilities, and will own the way we design, position, and hand off the solutions we bring to market. As the leader of the Solution Architecture function, you will report to the President of Consulting and Managed Services and sit alongside our Delivery leadership, which allows you to remove friction from the sales process and to bring real creativity to the way we win. You will partner closely with Sales, Product, and Delivery leadership, including our POD model that supports clients after the sale, to ensure our clients receive tailored, value-driven solutions that align with their business and security objectives from the first conversation through onboarding and into steady state operations. You will mentor and scale a high-performing global team, setting the strategic direction for solution design, competitive positioning, and technical excellence.

Responsibilities:

- Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing global Solution Architecture team across multiple regions, covering both pre-sales engineering and the post-sales architecture work that supports our POD model.
- Define and execute the solution strategy for our Core Consulting and Core Managed Security Services portfolios, ensuring each offering is positioned clearly and sold in a way Delivery can execute with confidence.
- Partner with executive leadership to align solution architecture strategy with overall company growth objectives.
- Join the Sales team in front of prospects and clients, in person and virtually, to win new business through compelling solution design, creative approaches to structuring deals, and strong technical presentations.
- Act as an executive-level technical advisor to key prospects and clients, building trusted relationships and influencing strategic security initiatives.
- Own the handoff from pre-sales into onboarding and POD-led delivery, so that what we sell is what we deliver and our clients see value sooner.
- Drive RFP/RFI response strategy, ensuring high-quality, differentiated, capability-first proposals.
- Oversee the development of standardized solution frameworks, reference architectures, scoping models, and value propositions that shorten sales cycles and improve delivery outcomes.
- Ensure solutions incorporate best practices, compliance requirements, and emerging security trends, including the growing role of AI and automation in security operations.
- Collaborate with Product Management and Delivery teams to refine offerings and provide market-driven feedback from the field.
- Establish metrics, KPIs, and reporting to track team performance, win rates, pipeline influence, deal velocity, handoff quality, and client success outcomes.
- Drive continuous improvement in presales and handoff processes, tools, and methodologies.
- Ensure global consistency in solutioning while allowing for regional flexibility.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 15+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, solution architecture, or sales engineering, with at least 8 years in leadership roles, including leading other managers.
- Deep understanding of Managed Security Services and Security Consulting, including how each is scoped, sold, and delivered.
- Familiarity with enterprise security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, Threat Detection and Response, Cloud Security, Zero Trust, and AI-enabled security operations.
- Strong knowledge of compliance and regulatory frameworks (NIST, ISO, SOC 2, GDPR, and similar).
- Proven track record of leading global teams in high-growth security services organizations.
- Demonstrated success partnering with Delivery and Operations leaders to improve scoping accuracy, handoffs from Sales, and time to value for clients.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working with enterprise clients across diverse industries and geographies.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Remote position with travel between 25% and 50%, as this leader will be in front of prospects and clients alongside the Sales team.

WHY CYDERES? Benefits that go beyond the basics, we support our people so they can do their best work. ✔ Medical Insurance - Employee + dependents covered ✔ Life Insurance - Protection for what matters most ✔ Retirement Match Program - We invest in your future ✔ Hybrid Work Model - 2–3 days in office ✔ Maternity & Paternity Leave - Time for the moments that matter ✔ Paid Time Off - PTO + sick & casual leave ✔ Bereavement & Volunteer Time - Give back to your community ✔ Professional Development - Reimbursement program ✔ LinkedIn L&D Platform - Thousands of courses at your fingertips ✔ Mobile Phone Reimbursement - Stay connected, on us

Cyderes is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

Note: This job posting is intended for direct applicants only. We request that outside recruiters do not contact us regarding this position.

## About Cyderes

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cyderes is a global cybersecurity partner providing identity-centric managed detection and response, exposure management, and cloud defense powered by an AI-driven entity fabric called Meridian.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by private equity; not publicly traded)
- **Headquarters**: Kansas City, Missouri, United States (with additional offices in Toronto, Canada; Orlando, United States; Reading, United Kingdom; Bengaluru, India)
- **Founded**: 2003 (originally as Herjavec Group and Fishtech, merged to form Cyderes)
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed for the merged entity; the company was born from Herjavec Group (founded by Robert Herjavec) and Fishtech (founded by Chris Schueler). Current CEO is Chris Schueler.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity – specifically Managed Detection & Response (MDR), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Exposure Management, and Cloud Defense.
- **Target customers**: B2B – mid-market to enterprise organizations, including the world’s largest retailer and three of the top 10 North American banks.
- **Mission / purpose**: “Arm organizations with the people, platforms, and perspective to be ‘everyday ready’” – helping clients predict, identify, and stop threats.

## Products & Services
- **Meridian (Entity Fabric)**: Proprietary AI-powered platform that connects identities, assets, access relationships, and exposures to provide full environmental context for security operations.
- **Identity & Access Management (IAM)**: Services including Identity Governance and Access (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR).
- **Managed Detection & Response (MDR)**: 24/7 monitoring, threat detection, investigation, containment, and incident response.
- **Exposure Management**: Attack surface discovery, vulnerability prioritization, exposure validation, and remediation guidance.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at $200M (per LinkedIn), with 800+ dedicated security professionals and 5 global 24/7 Security Operations Centers.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not specified in search results, but the company was formed from two award-winning firms (Herjavec Group and Fishtech) and has top technology partners.
- **Growth Signals**: 720+ employees (LinkedIn) with +7123.1% year-over-year headcount growth (likely reflecting merger); presence across 9 countries; serves major clients (largest retailer, top banks); global expansion with SOCs in North America, UK, and India.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Meridian Entity Fabric**: Differentiator – provides shared context across identity, threat, and exposure, enabling AI-driven decisions that reflect real risk, not just fragmented signals.
- **Scale and Expertise**: 800+ security professionals, 250+ security engineers, 100+ unique cyber certifications, 5 global SOCs.
- **Heritage**: Built from two established, award-winning cybersecurity companies (Herjavec Group and Fishtech) with decades of combined experience.

## Strategic Focus
- **Five strategic priorities**: People excellence, client success, innovative edge, market expansion, and global strategy.
- **Investment in AI**: Agentic AI grounded in Meridian to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.
- **Expansion**: Growing global footprint (offices in Toronto, Kansas City, Orlando, Reading, Bengaluru) and targeting enterprise clients across verticals.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes a culture of trust, innovation, learning, and impact. Values include stopping threats with a global team that is “serious about solving complex problems.”
- **Work policy**: Hybrid & remote work options, flexible work schedules, volunteer time off.
- **Compensation & benefits**: Competitive pay, paid parental leave, family medical leave, company equity, employee stock purchase plan, diversity-based Employee Resource Groups, healthcare benefits.
- **Engineering culture**: Opportunity to work with cutting-edge cybersecurity tech (Meridian, Agentic AI) alongside seasoned operators and 100+ certified experts.
- **Growth**: Rapidly scaling company with global presence and strong client roster offers career advancement potential.

## Sources
1. [cyderes.com/careers](https://www.cyderes.com/company/careers)
2. [cyderes.com/about](https://www.cyderes.com/company/about)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/cyderes-cyderescom)
4. [cyderes.com](https://www.cyderes.com/)
5. [linkedin.com](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/cyderes)

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