Senior Solutions Architect, Identity Security

Description

Keeper Security is hiring a Senior Solution Architect, Identity Security to join our Sales Engineering organization. This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the Chicago, IL or El Dorado Hills, CA metro areas.

Keeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally. Keeper is published in 23 languages and sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and help shape the technical strategy behind Keeper’s most important enterprise opportunities.

About Keeper

Keeper Security is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity software companies that protects thousands of organizations and millions of people in over 150 countries. Keeper is a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security built for any IT environment. Its core offering, KeeperPAM®, is an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform that protects all users, devices and infrastructure from cyber attacks. Recognized for its innovation in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Keeper secures passwords and passkeys, infrastructure secrets, remote connections and endpoints with role-based enforcement policies, least privilege and just-in-time access. Learn why Keeper is trusted by leading organizations to defend against modern adversaries at KeeperSecurity.com.

About the Role

This is a senior, customer-facing solution architecture role focused on strategic enterprise opportunities in identity security and privileged access management. The ideal candidate has deep experience leading complex technical engagements, shaping solution direction and serving as a trusted advisor across executive and technical audiences. This role partners closely with Sales Engineering, Sales Leadership, Product and other cross-functional teams to establish technical vision, drive architectural alignment and support success across a portfolio of strategic accounts. The Solution Architect engages early in enterprise sales cycles, leads complex discovery and solution design, guides proof-of-concept strategy and execution, and helps elevate the quality of technical engagements across the field organization.

Responsibilities

• Engage early in strategic enterprise opportunities to establish technical direction, align on customer outcomes and position Keeper’s identity security platform effectively
• Lead discovery sessions that uncover privileged access challenges, architectural constraints, business drivers and technical requirements across complex customer environments
• Design and articulate reference architectures that map Keeper’s platform capabilities to hybrid cloud, on-premises and SaaS environments
• Support and guide proof-of-concept and proof-of-value engagements for high-priority enterprise opportunities
• Deliver executive presentations, technical briefings and architecture discussions tailored to CISOs, CIOs, security architects, infrastructure teams and other stakeholders
• Partner with field Sales Engineers to strengthen technical strategy, improve execution and elevate engagement quality across a portfolio of enterprise accounts
• Collaborate with Product Management to share market intelligence, competitive insight and customer requirements that inform product direction
• Partner with Sales leadership to prioritize strategic opportunities and align solution architecture resources to the highest-impact engagements
• Represent Keeper at executive briefings, marquee customer engagements, webinars, conferences and other market-facing events
• Maintain strong awareness of the privileged access management and broader identity security landscape, including legacy platforms, emerging competitors and adjacent identity technologies
• Travel required based on customer and business needs 

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise technology, including at least 5 years in a senior customer-facing pre-sales, solutions architecture or technical advisory role
• Deep domain expertise in identity security, identity and access management or privileged access management
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise PAM concepts, including least privilege, zero standing privilege, secrets management, session management and privileged account governance
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical engagements with enterprise customers, including discovery, architecture design, executive presentations and competitive positioning
• Proven ability to operate across a broad portfolio of strategic accounts while applying strong judgment about where direct engagement is most valuable
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex security architecture into both business and technical value
• Familiarity with the broader enterprise identity ecosystem, including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, cloud IAM, SIEM integrations, IGA platforms and DevOps or CI/CD environments
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Sales Engineering, Product, Sales Leadership and other internal stakeholders in a fast-paced enterprise environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience at a leading identity security, PAM or IAM vendor in a pre-sales or solutions architecture role
• Experience supporting enterprise customers in regulated industries such as federal, financial services, energy or healthcare
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory frameworks such as FedRAMP, NIST, SOC 2, PCI-DSS or NERC CIP
• Experience presenting to executive and security leadership at Fortune 500 or Global 2000 organizations
• Background in competitive displacement strategies within the identity security or privileged access market
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
• Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
• Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401K (Roth/Traditional)
• A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)
• Above market annual bonuses

Keeper Security, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Classification: Exempt

 

Keeper Candidate Privacy Notice

This notice explains how Keeper Security processes your personal data during recruitment. Depending on the role and location, the Controller of personal data (the organization responsible for determining why and how personal data is processed) will be Keeper Security Inc. (US), Keeper Security EMEA Ltd. (Ireland), or Keeper Security APAC K.K (Japan).

1. Data We Collect

Information You provide:

• Contact details, CV/resume, cover letter
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*Note - diversity and equal opportunity data is not shared with hiring managers.

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• Applicant tracking, recruitment systems and assessment providers
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Keeper ensures that all our third parties are contractually bound to protect your personal data with adequate safeguards in place.

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Your data may be accessed by Keeper entities globally as needed for the purposes of hiring and decision making. We protect any such data transfer between Keeper entities using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection laws.

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We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, consistent with our industry leading security standards.

7. Retention

We keep your data for 24 months from your last application activity, then delete or anonymize it.

Exceptions:

• You opt into our talent database for further retention by providing consent (extended retention)
• You're hired (transfers to employee records)

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You have the following rights and can contact us at the email below to exercise them:

• Access, correct, or delete your data, subject to applicable law and retention requirements
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If you become an employee, your rights regarding your employee record are governed by our internal Employee Privacy Notice and certain data will be retained as required under relevant laws such as employment or tax law. 

When you request access to your personal data, some information may be redacted if it includes the personal data of other individuals or information that we must protect in order to preserve their privacy rights.

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Keeper does not make hiring decisions using solely automated processing.

10. Contact - Candidates can send privacy questions to: privacy@keepersecurity.com