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As the Cyber Security Architect, you will provide the technical vision and leadership that enables our SOC to detect, respond to and remediate cyber threats at scale across a diverse customer base.\nYou will act as the technical authority across our Managed Security Practice, guiding security analysts, engineers and stakeholders while continuously improving our managed security services. Working closely with Product, Operations and Engineering teams, you will help shape our security strategy, evaluate emerging threats, design new capabilities and ensure our customers remain protected in an ever-evolving threat landscape.\nYou'll combine strategic thinking with hands-on technical leadership, contributing to architecture, detection engineering, threat management, security automation and service innovation. 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