BDO USA
Solutions Architect, Cyber Defense & Resilience
West Loop, Chicago
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$1,398 more — $141,398 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $141,398 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- This role guides clients from the first technical conversation through a signed statement of work and into delivery, aligning each engagement to measurable security outcomes such as faster detection, faster response, and reduced analyst workload.
- The successful CSA brings substantial experience leading sales cycles and delivery projects on the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, along with a clear passion for security innovation, AI, and client success.
- Through consultative communication, they translate client business needs into scoped, deliverable engagements and mentor BDO resources across CrowdStrike sales and delivery.
Responsibilities
- Manages delivery or manages delivery leads on assigned critical CrowdStrike engagements
Requirements
- Creates and presents statements of work, estimated work schedules, and proposals, and prices within approved bands, escalating to practice leaders as required
- High school diploma or GED, required
- Two (2) or more of the following, required:
Nice to have
- Six (6) or more years of security implementation and consulting experience with increasing responsibility, required
- Four (4) or more years of experience leading sales cycles and delivery projects on the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, required
- Three (3) or more years of experience in endpoint, identity, and security operations, required
- Experience with AI security concepts and managed security services, required
- Two (2) or more years of experience estimating, scoping, and pricing security engagements, preferred
- CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection and Falcon Insight XDR
- CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
- CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and managed detection and response (Falcon Complete)
Skills
- Executive presence and ability to act as primary technical contact on assigned engagements
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
- Aptitude for working in a dynamic cyber consulting environment
- Ability to translate client business needs into scoped, deliverable engagements
- Strong estimation, scoping, and pricing skills within approved bands
- Strong project planning, facilitation, and documentation skills
- Ability to troubleshoot issues, identify solutions, and appropriately escalate issues
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment while handling multiple projects simultaneously with a focus on details
- Ability to work well in a cross-functional team environment
- Ability to grow platform and security skills through self-paced and formal training provided by BDO, while mentoring team members
- This individual can grow platform and security skills with self-paced and formal training provided by BDO, as needed.
- Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Compensation
- $140k-$220k
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