Security SME

Sutherland is a global leader in driving business and digital transformation, and exceptional experiences along the entire journey of our client’s engagement with their customers.  With over 35 years of experience, we combine deep domain expertise and extensive knowledge in proven optimization with both proprietary and partnered tools and platforms to drive growth, efficiency, and productivity across organizations. 

Sutherland brings together our people, processes, products and platforms across cognitive artificial intelligence (AI), intelligent automation, advance analytics and digital services to create unique solutions for the industries that we service. The core values of remaining agile, outside-the-box thinking, uncompromising integrity and flawless execution are key pillars of the company. 

We serve marque brands across Healthcare, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Communications, Media and Entertainment, Technology, Travel and Logistics and Retail.  Sutherland has 212 unique and independent inventions associated with several patent grants in critical technologies in the US and UK.  Leveraging this IP and combining it with our platforms, domain expertise, engineering and digital expertise and collaborative partnerships, we are a team of 40,000 delivering tailored services and solutions driving tangible results at scale for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

Security Architecture & Solution Leadership

• Act as a senior SME for cloud and enterprise security across delivery and presales
• Design and review secure architectures across cloud, identity, network, data, and SOC domains
• Define and apply security reference architectures, design patterns, and best practices
• Support security maturity assessments and security transformation roadmaps for customers
• Ensure alignment with Zero Trust, compliance, and regulatory requirements

Security Services & Delivery Enablement

• Contribute to service offerings across:
– Cloud Security & Posture Management (CSPM, CNAPP)
– Identity & Access Management (IAM / IDAM)
– Security Operations, SIEM/SOAR, and SOC modernization
– Data security, governance, and compliance
• Work with CloudOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, DR, and AI teams to embed security-by-design
• Support onboarding, optimization, and operationalization of security tools and platforms

Presales & Customer Engagement

• Support presales teams in solutioning, technical discussions, and proposal responses (RFP/RFI)
• Develop solution artifacts such as diagrams, BoMs, estimates, and technical narratives
• Participate in customer workshops, architecture reviews, and security roadmap discussions
• Act as a trusted security advisor for customer technical stakeholders

GTM, Alliances & Practice Contribution

• Support GTM initiatives through technical inputs, solution collateral, and case studies
• Work with alliance teams on joint solutions with security vendors and hyperscalers
• Contribute to marketplace solutions, accelerators, and reusable IP
• Stay current on evolving security threats, platforms, and industry trends

Capability & Talent Development

• Mentor junior security architects and engineers
• Contribute to security standards, templates, and internal knowledge repositories
• Support development of skill taxonomy, certifications, and learning paths
• Promote secure engineering practices across delivery teams

Required Skills & Experience

Technical & Domain Expertise

• Strong foundation in cloud and enterprise security architecture
• Hands-on experience with:
– IAM (Azure AD, Okta, Ping, ForgeRock, etc.)
– SIEM/SOAR and SOC platforms (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, etc.)
– Endpoint, network, and cloud security platforms (CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc.)
• Good understanding of Zero Trust, compliance frameworks, and data security
• Experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP security services

Experience & Leadership

• 8–12+ years of experience in security architecture, consulting, or platform security roles
• Experience supporting presales, solutioning, or large enterprise security programs
• Ability to translate business requirements into secure technical solutions
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.