Technical Delivery Architect

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Job Summary

Your Career

As the Technical Delivery Architect for Cortex Professional Services you will be the definitive technical authority for our regional deployment this role you will define the gold standard for how Cortex platforms are deployedcovering Cortex XDR XSOAR and Cortex Cloud posture while keeping a heavy primary focus on Cortex XSIAM. You will translate high-level architectural visions into repeatable actionable deployment methodologies for the consulting team to execute.

You will act as the crucial technical bridge between our core delivery consultants and broader technical teams including SOC Transformation Architects (STAs) the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) the Center of Excellence (COE) and Product Engineering. By owning the technical methodology and serving as the ultimate escalation point for complex deployment challenges you will unblock the team ensure consistent technical excellence and drive the evolution of our delivery practices.

Your Impact

• Own Deployment Methodologies: Design document and govern technical blueprints and deployment standards across the Cortex and Cortex Cloud portfolios with a major emphasis on Cortex XSIAM ensuring consistency repeatability and premium quality.

• Act as the Technical Bridge: Serve as the primary technical conduit between pre-sales/STAs and post-sales delivery translating strategic SOC transformation roadmaps into actionable deployment execution.

• Lead Technical Escalations: Act as the ultimate technical escalation point for the consulting team. Unblock consultants facing advanced challenges such as custom parsers complex API integrations and XSIAM correlation engineering.

• Interface with Core Tech Teams: Drive alignment with TAC COE and Product Management. Relay field feedback to influence product roadmaps and leverage COE best practices to continuously improve local delivery standards.

• Enable the Team: Lead technical enablement mentoring and QA for consultant deliverables. Upskill the broader team to handle modern AI-driven SOC operations and cloud security upgrades and convert any consultant downtime into focused technical initiatives training and process uplifts.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Extensive hands-on experience deploying architecting and optimizing advanced SIEM SOAR and SOC technologies in large enterprise environments.

• Deep technical expertise in log parsing normalization enrichment and detection engineering (expert knowledge of Cortex XSIAM Cortex Cloud XSOAR XDR or legacy platforms like Splunk Sentinel QRadar).

• Proven ability to design scalable technical methodologies and translate complex architectural concepts into step-by-step operational workflows.

• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g. Python SQL) with experience designing API integrations and response playbooks.

• Exceptional problem-solving skills with a track record of acting as a senior escalation point for difficult technical challenges.

• Excellent cross-functional communication skills capable of bridging gaps between consultants architects support and product engineering.

• Relevant bachelors degree or industry-recognized qualifications (CISSP GIAC SIEM vendor qualifications etc.).

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