Senior Solutions Architect - Security

About Cedar Ridge Computer Services:

We install and support network cabling, Wi-Fi, servers and VoIP phone systems for businesses across Minnesota. Help desk calls are answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an on-call tech covering nights and weekends.

Role overview:

Looking for a Senior Solutions Architect - Security who wants to stay somewhere for a while. We're looking for someone who has built systems themselves and can still go deep in a technical review. This role sits between sales, delivery and engineering. You'll scope solutions, write architecture documents and stay involved through implementation. Remote position. Most of the team is in Minneapolis, but nobody is required to come in. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

Day to day:

• Guide delivery teams through implementation and answer design questions
• Lead technical discovery workshops with customer stakeholders
• Estimate effort and help shape statements of work with delivery managers
• Define integration patterns using APIs, event streaming and middleware such as MuleSoft or Azure Integration Services
• Track technical debt and propose remediation roadmaps
• Produce architecture diagrams, decision records and high-level designs
• Support presales with technical answers for RFPs and security questionnaires
• Align solutions with enterprise standards, security controls and data governance

You'll need:

• 5+ years in software engineering, infrastructure or consulting, with at least three in an architecture role
• Strong diagramming and documentation skills (Lucidchart, draw, C4 model)
• Understanding of security, identity and networking as they apply to architecture
• Deep knowledge of at least one major cloud platform
• Hands-on background in a language such as Java, C#, Python or JavaScript
• Experience designing distributed systems, APIs and data flows

Pay and benefits:

The salary range for this role is $174,000 - $225,000 a year. This range reflects base salary only.

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one
• 401(k) with company match
• 11 paid holidays
• Three weeks of PTO to start
• Professional development budget
• Home office stipend
• Paid time off

EOE. We participate in E-Verify.

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Start: Immediately.

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