remote

Salary
$140,000–$160,000
Posted
Jul 21, 2026
Location
Last confirmed open
Jul 23, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A hands-on architecture role at a cybersecurity SaaS company, focused on designing and delivering cloud-native, AI-integrated security platforms — including data pipelines, telemetry systems, and endpoint security products. The position spans solution design, proof-of-concept research on emerging AI technologies, participation in design reviews, and on-call production support. It suits an experienced architect with a background in security products and large-scale distributed systems.

Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time

Must have (12)
distributed systemsthreat modelingElastic, Kafka or SparkAWSKubernetesmicroservicesLLMsAI agentsGitHub Copilot, Cursor or ChatgptRAGsecurity data pipelinescontainers

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 7,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,100–12,800

Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.

What gives you an edge
threat modeling4%Spark8%RAG8%Elastic12%Kafka12%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (7)

No work location is specified in the posting; Blackpoint Cyber is headquartered in Ellicott City, MD, but the role appears to be remote-eligible based on the company's known hiring practices. No CBSA has been set as a result.

The title 'Software Architect' carries no explicit seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 5+ years of cybersecurity architecture experience and the scope of responsibilities (hands-on delivery, cross-org influence, PoC leadership) support a Senior classification.

SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily about designing and delivering software/platform architecture (15-1252), but the deep cybersecurity domain focus and security product experience requirements create a genuine pull toward 15-1212. The primary day-to-day work — architecture, design, hands-on delivery, and engineering leadership — tips it to Software Developers.

Elastic, Kafka, and Spark are listed together as examples of 'big data and streaming technologies' in a single requirement. They are distinct tools used together in a stack, so each is emitted separately; Elastic is listed first as the named example with Kafka and Spark as co-required peers rather than true substitutes.

GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, and ChatGPT are listed as parenthetical examples of AI development tools ('e.g., … or similar'). GitHub Copilot is used as the primary name with the others in alternatives, reflecting that any one of these satisfies the requirement.

No compensation figures are disclosed in the posting.

Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cybersecurity architecture, cloud-native SaaS architecture, security architecture.

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