Sr Security Solutions Architect (Req#1342) at ePlus Technology, inc.
Houston, TX
$120,000–$170,000from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Houston, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A pre-sales engineering role focused on cybersecurity solutions, sitting at the intersection of technical architecture and the sales cycle. Day-to-day work involves designing security solutions across platforms like Palo Alto, Fortinet, CrowdStrike, and others; authoring RFP responses and bills of materials; and advising both sales teams and enterprise customers on security strategy. Best suited to someone with hands-on network and endpoint security experience who is comfortable engaging executive stakeholders on topics such as Zero Trust and compliance frameworks.
Senior level · 3+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6,400 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 1,900–13,800
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (11)
The job posting explicitly states the role is hybrid-remote and geographically anchored to Dallas or Houston, TX. Per caller instruction, this is being treated as fully remote with no metro assigned.
The role is a pre-sales Security Solutions Architect — primarily security architecture and advisory (15-1212) with a strong sales-engineering overlay. 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the hybrid pre-sales/technical nature.
Network Security platform experience is hard-gated; Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks are listed as examples ('e.g., … or similar'), so Fortinet is used as the primary skill name with Palo Alto Networks as an alternative. Both also appear individually in the preferred certifications list and the multi-vendor solution narrative.
Endpoint Security is similarly hard-gated with SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, and Microsoft Defender listed as examples; SentinelOne is used as primary with the others as alternatives.
The compliance/framework requirement (NIST 800, SOX, GLBA, CIS Controls) is listed in the required qualifications block as a single compound requirement; NIST 800 is used as primary with the others as alternatives.
The multi-vendor solution list (Cisco, Sourcefire, Lancope, Palo Alto, McAfee, Splunk, Imperva, Check Point, FireEye, Gigamon) appears in a job-duties narrative context rather than a requirements gate, so those vendors are marked preferred. Sourcefire and Lancope are legacy Cisco products and are not emitted as separate skills.
Certifications (CISSP, Fortinet NSE, Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Security) are explicitly stated as preferred, not required.
The degree requirement accepts 'equivalent applicable work experience' in lieu of a college degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Total years minimum is set to 3, reflecting the harder gate of '3+ years of experience in providing pre-sales engineering support'; the '2+ years designing/implementing' requirement is a lower bar subsumed by the 3-year gate.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Pre-sales engineering.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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