Technical Architect

At N-able, we're not just helping businesses be secure —we're redefining what it means to be cyber resilient. Our end-to-end platform blends AI-powered capabilities and flexible tech stacks, so customers can manage, secure, and recover with confidence. But the real power behind it all Our people. We're a global crew of N-ablites, who love solving complex problems, sharing knowledge, and delivering solutions that actually make a difference. If you're into meaningful work, fast growth, and a team that's got your back, you'll be surrounded by people who believe in what they do—and in you.

What You'll Do

A seasoned, experienced technical professional with a complete understanding of software architecture. Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways. As an Architect, responsible for design and implementation of micro-services architecture based product focusing on SIEM/SOAR platforms, building threat detection solutions, and optimizing workflows for faster threat resolution and better SOC efficiency.

• Design and implement microservices-based architectures
• Lead solutioning for cloud-based applications, primarily using AWS (EC2, RDS, EKS, S3, etc.).
• Develop and validate POCs to demonstrate architecture viability.
• Automating repetitive SOC tasks to reduce analyst workload and improve Mean Time to Respond (MTTR).
• Identifies and works on challenging problems; understands and applies business models within the architecture function.
• Building and maintaining SOAR playbooks for tasks like alert enrichment, incident triage, automated containment, and ticketing.
• Understand the pros and cons of various approaches to software architecture; develop prototypes to evaluate the feasibility of technical solutions.
• Transforms user and non-functional requirements into a technical design that is scalable, reliable, performant, and secure; formulates unique solutions to complex problems.
• Demonstrates independent judgment when determining solutions; identifies and addresses the root cause of issues.
• Evaluate alternative solutions using research data; drive problem resolution from definition to successful completion; Demonstrate proactivity and focus on getting things done; provide regular feedback and help engineers grow.
• Provides mentoring to engineers and assists less-experienced peers in prioritizing projects and tasks.
• Presents ideas to technical and business audiences.
• Evangelizes the technical vision with the development team, product managers, and program managers

What we're looking for:

We need a Security Product Architect with proven experience building security products from the ground up or enhancing / maintaining, including:

• 10+ years expertise in Core security product development: Designing and implementing features for SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, threat intelligence platforms, or similar security products or strong in Big Data Analytics.
• Security domain expertise: Building detection engines, correlation rules, threat hunting capabilities, incident response automation, security analytics, or behavioral analytics
• Product engineering: Not just deploying/integrating commercial security tools, but architecting the products themselves—defining data models, detection logic etc.
• Hands-on technical know-how: Experience with security telemetry ingestion, normalization, enrichment, real-time threat detection, and automated response workflows
• Deep understanding of a runtime platform like python or GoLang/Java/C++
• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux environments
• Experience on AWS (EC2, RDS, EKS, S3, etc.)
• Demonstrated proficiency in multiple areas of programming (e.g., web development, concurrency, non-blocking I/O, algorithms, etc.)
• Very good knowledge of commercial software design and development practices
• Highly skilled in the following areas: Coding, Software Design, Testing, Test Automation, and Product Design

Ideal background examples:

• Architected a SIEM correlation engine or log aggregation pipeline
• Built SOAR playbook engines or orchestration frameworks
• Designed threat intelligence processing and enrichment systems
• Developed EDR/XDR detection and response capabilities
• Created security analytics or behavioral anomaly detection features