About iON United
At iON, we believe that people are our greatest asset and protecting what matters most starts with trust, purpose, and great partnerships. As a cybersecurity solutions and services company, we help clients build resilience through innovation, collaboration, and care. We’re committed to fostering a workplace where our values are lived daily, our team members thrive, and collective genius powers everything we do.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Solutions Architect who is ready to make an impact. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving technical success throughout the sales cycle. Acting as a trusted advisor, this role partners with our Account Managers and clients to design tailored cybersecurity solutions that address business risks and challenges. By combining technical mastery, business acumen, and strong communication skills, the Solutions Architect helps enterprise clients make confident decisions in an evolving cybersecurity landscape.
What You’ll Do
As a key member of our Solutions Architecture team, you will:
Cybersecurity Solution Expertise
- Serve as a subject matter expert across domains such as cloud security, identity and access management, endpoint protection, and compliance frameworks.
- Lead discovery and assessment sessions with clients to identify gaps, define requirements, and shape solution strategies.
- Design integrated cybersecurity architectures leveraging iON’s services and partner technologies.
Sales Enablement & Customer Engagement
- Partner with account managers to qualify and advance opportunities.
- Deliver technical presentations, product demonstrations, and proofs-of-concept to technical and executive audiences.
- Simplify complex security concepts into clear, actionable insights for customers.
- Presenting on technical subject matter at industry and commercial
Solution Design & Proposal Support
- Promote and solution iON’s cybersecurity service offerings across customer engagements.
- Draft Statements of Work (SOWs), RFP responses, diagrams, and technical documentation.
- Ensure proposed solutions are technically sound, scalable, and aligned with customer needs.
- Position iON as a strategic partner by tailoring solutions to the customer’s journey, not just selling products.
- Partner with product vendor Solution Architects for product-specific solutioning, leveraging their expertise to strengthen customer outcomes.
- At times, structuring and executing on customer facing Proof of Concept technical labs, demonstrations, and comparisons.
- Being familiar with the technical and security capabilities of iON’s major vendors.
- Certifying on major partner vendors technical solutions.
Collaboration & Continuous Feedback
- Work seamlessly with Sales, Product, and Delivery teams to ensure customer success.
- Capture customer and market feedback to inform service development and strategy.
- Stay current on emerging cybersecurity trends, threats, and technologies.
What You Bring
We’re looking for someone who is driven, curious, and cares about doing great work. Ideally, you have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).
- Cybersecurity certifications (e.g. PCNSA, CCIE, CCSP, CISM, CISSP, GIAC)
- Expertise across cybersecurity domains including network, cloud, SIEM, endpoint, GRC, AppSec and IAM, with core capability in one of these domains. Some operational background is preferred.
- Experience with relevant tools, frameworks, and compliance standards.
- Ability to assess business needs and design fit-for-purpose security architectures.
- Familiarity and experience with evaluating business risk and developing appropriate solutions.
- Trusted advisor mindset — personable, diligent, and adaptable.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and executive audiences.
- Ambiguity-tolerant, detail-oriented, and a natural storyteller who can make complex solutions memorable.
- Experience with public speaking, and developing clear and impactful presentation material.
- Collaborative team player with a mature outlook.
Why Work at iON
At iON, we are proud to offer:
- A culture that values trust, clarity, care, and connection
- Flexible work arrangements and strong support for work-life integration
- Paid time and resources for professional development, training, and certification
- Opportunities to contribute to meaningful client work in a fast-growing industry
- A supportive, team driven environment where you can grow your career
Our Commitment to Equity & Inclusion
We are proud to be an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
How to Apply
Please apply through this posting link. We look forward to connecting with you.
Top Skills
What We Do
iON - We protect the brands you know.® (also known as iON United, or just iON) is one of Canada’s most trusted cybersecurity solution providers. Founded in 2003, our experienced team delivers best-in-class advisory, technology, and managed services for securing IT, OT, and cloud environments. With consecutive year-over-year growth, we foster meaningful relationships through meaningful work by helping organizations make informed risk management decisions. Recognized for growth by Canadian Business magazine six times and The Globe and Mail in 2021, we continue to build and support a customer community on the leading edge of technology. Cultivating a culture of performance and accountability has earned us a renowned reputation and continues to attract Canada’s best talent to work alongside the nation’s top clients. Our focus on cybersecurity allows the organizations we partner with to maintain their focus on growing their business.
iON's comprehensive cybersecurity service portfolio:
• Cybersecurity Advisory & Assessment Services
• Strategic Cybersecurity Programs
• Technology Services
