Now enrolling · 2026 cohort

From Mid-Level Execution
to Security Architect.

The transition to architect isn't about more certifications. It's about strategic positioning, architecture skills, and visibility. A structured coaching program for cybersecurity professionals with 3–7 years of experience navigating an industry reshaped by AI, outsourcing, and global competition.

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market_analysis.sh
$ analyze --scope cybersecurity-roles --horizon 2026-2028

── AI AUTOMATION ──
[HIGH RISK] Vulnerability scanning .............. increasingly automated
[HIGH RISK] Writing SIEM rules .................. increasingly automated
[HIGH RISK] Drafting pentest reports ............ increasingly automated
[HIGH RISK] Alert triage L1-L2 .................. increasingly automated

── OUTSOURCING & LOW-COST LABOR ──
[HIGH RISK] SOC monitoring 24/7 ................. commonly outsourced
[HIGH RISK] Compliance checkbox audits .......... commonly outsourced
[WARNING] Penetration testing (commodity) ..... frequently offshored
[WARNING] Security tool administration ........ frequently offshored

── ARCHITECT-LEVEL: HIGH RESILIENCE ──
[SAFE] Designing multicloud security architecture .. requires human judgment
[SAFE] Convincing the board to invest .............. requires trust & presence
[SAFE] Leading through a live crisis ............... requires human leadership
[SAFE] Making calls when nothing is clear .......... requires contextual judgment
[SAFE] Navigating local regulations & trust ......... requires local expertise

$ conclusion
→ Architect-level skills carry the highest career resilience.
Industry trends

The Market Is Shifting Under Mid-Level Roles

Three forces are converging on execution-level cybersecurity work. Understanding them is the first step to navigating them.

AI is automating execution-level security tasks.

Alert triage, script generation, report drafting, detection rule writing. These tasks are increasingly handled by AI tools, and the capability curve is steep. Roles built primarily around these tasks face the most pressure.

Execution-level work is moving to lower-cost providers.

SOC operations, compliance audits, and commodity pentesting are increasingly delivered by offshore teams and managed service providers. The economics are straightforward: remote-friendly execution work migrates toward lower-cost delivery models.

Certifications alone don't drive career transitions.

Adding Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, or OSCP credentials demonstrates technical breadth, but rarely triggers a move to architect-level roles. The transition requires a different set of capabilities (strategic thinking, business communication, design authority) that certifications don't address.

Mid-level roles face pressure from both directions.

Mid-level professionals earn too much to compete on cost with offshore or junior talent, but often lack the strategic positioning that makes senior roles resilient. The most effective response is moving toward work that requires judgment, trust, and local context.

The path to architect isn't obvious. And it isn't technical.

The transition from executor to architect requires a shift in how you think, communicate, and position yourself. Moving from operating security tools to designing security strategy and advising leadership. That's the transition this program is built around.

The certification trap

More Technical Depth Is a Lateral Move,
Not an Upward One.

The default response to a career plateau is more credentials. But architect-level roles require capabilities that certifications don't develop: strategic communication, design authority, and executive presence.

Common but ineffective approaches
  • One more cloud cert (Azure, AWS, GCP)
  • More hands-on technical depth
  • A shinier CV with more acronyms
  • Waiting for your manager to notice you
  • Competing on skills with cheaper offshore profiles
  • Hoping seniority will come with time
What distinguishes architect-level professionals
  • Translate technical risk into board-level decisions
  • Design multicloud security architecture end-to-end
  • Leverage AI to dramatically increase your throughput
  • Lead security conversations with executives
  • Make confident calls when nothing is clear
  • Become the person they call during a crisis
Who this is for

This Is For You If...

✅ Yes, join if you:

  • → Are a mid-level cyber pro (3–7 years) feeling the ceiling
  • → Are a SOC analyst, pentester, or security consultant ready to move up
  • → Keep stacking certs but your career isn't moving
  • → Want to accelerate your transition toward an architect or senior consultant role
  • → Sense AI and outsourcing are changing the game and want to be ahead of it
  • → Are ready to invest in yourself and do the work

✗ Not for you if you:

  • ✗ Want a certification prep course
  • ✗ Are looking for passive content to watch on 2× speed
  • ✗ Think you already know everything
  • ✗ Won't do the work between sessions
  • ✗ Want theory. This is applied strategy with real deliverables
The 4 pillars

A Structured Path to Architect-Level Roles

4 pillars designed to build the skills, positioning, and visibility needed for architect-level impact. Available through 1-on-1 coaching or self-driven through the community.

Pillar 01

Career Vulnerability Assessment & Repositioning

We map your daily tasks against three threats: AI automation, outsourcing, and low-cost labor. You see exactly where you're exposed and what to stop doing. Then we build your personal transition plan toward a security architect or senior consultant role, with a concrete 90-day roadmap.

Diagnosis + roadmap
Pillar 02

Security Decision Dynamics

Stop speaking CVEs. Start speaking business risk. Multicloud architecture, threat modeling, governance: the skills that put you in the architect bracket. Learn to present to the C-suite, challenge design decisions, and negotiate budgets. These are the capabilities most resistant to automation and outsourcing.

Architecture + leadership
Pillar 03

AI as a Force Multiplier

Use AI to compress hours of routine work into focused, high-leverage sessions. Build security tools with Claude Code. Automate your reports. Reinvest that time in what AI can't do. Increase both your output and your visibility. Architect roles increasingly go to professionals who are recognized, not just qualified.

Productivity + brand
Pillar 04

Visibility, Brand & Dream Job

We rewrite your CV and LinkedIn for architect-level roles. Build your interview prep. Craft your salary negotiation strategy. And support you through to signing. Professionals who are visible, well-positioned, and interview with confidence have the strongest career resilience, regardless of how the market shifts.

CV + interviews + offer
Community & webinars

You Don't Do This Alone

A private community of mid-level and senior cybersecurity professionals working toward architect-level roles, plus monthly expert webinars on architecture, career strategy, and AI.

💬

Private Discord Community

A focused group of mid-level and senior cyber professionals who help each other grow. No beginner-level noise. Just people serious about reaching architect and consultant-level roles.

  • Peer support and accountability from people making the same jump
  • Career advice from those who've already made the transition
  • Share wins, challenges, and job opportunities
  • Direct access to Fabien for quick questions
  • Resume and LinkedIn reviews from the community
🎙️

Monthly Expert Webinars

Every month, a practitioner shares what you actually need to know to operate at architect level. No fluff, no vendor pitches. Topics rotate between career strategy, cloud security architecture, and AI.

  • Career: How to get promoted to architect, salary negotiation, personal brand
  • Cloud: What architects actually do on Azure, AWS, GCP
  • AI: How it's reshaping the security architect role and how to use it
  • Live Q&A with each expert
  • Full access to all past webinar recordings
The shift

Before and After

DAY 0: YOU NOW

  • Stacking certifications that don't move your career
  • Running scans and pasting results into reports
  • Worrying about AI replacing your role
  • Watching your work get outsourced to cheaper providers
  • Stuck at mid-level with no clear path to architect
  • Invisible to recruiters looking for strategic profiles
  • Executing playbooks, not making decisions

90 DAYS LATER: YOUR TRAJECTORY

  • Clear strategy for what to learn and what to stop doing
  • Designing security architecture, not just following it
  • Using AI to significantly accelerate your workflow
  • Delivering strategic value that resists commoditization
  • Positioned and prepared for architect or senior consultant roles
  • Visible, published, and attracting the right opportunities
  • The person they call when things get serious
Your coach

Not a Guru. Someone Who Did the Work.

Fabien Soulis

Fabien Soulis. Multicloud security architect, pentester, incident responder. 15+ years securing global enterprises across North America and Europe.

Sorbonne instructor teaching security architecture at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Built a SaaS cybersecurity business with dozens of enterprise clients. Zero major incidents across 150K+ employee environments.

Career path: web developer to SAP analyst to IT auditor to security analyst to multicloud security architect. Every industry shift (cloud, mobile, AI), I adapted. I made the mid-level-to-architect jump myself. That's exactly what I teach you to do.

15+
Years in the field
150K+
Users secured
0
Major incidents
Participant feedback

What Participants Say

Reviews from Fabien's cybersecurity courses at the Sorbonne and Pentest School. Coaching program testimonials will be published as the first cohort completes.

"I am completely satisfied, the teaching is very good and many points are covered, bravo and thank you."

Stephane Y.

"This course is great, it's really the Anglo-Saxon approach: directly pragmatic and practical. I learned several techniques to implement directly."

Alain M.

"Training very rich in content and field-oriented. Thank you very much."

Thierry B.

"Very interesting training. Well explained."

Jean-Sébastien S.

Choose your plan

Two Ways to Start

Start with a career diagnostic and a personalized roadmap, or commit to the full 90-day coaching program. Both deliver concrete, actionable outputs.

Starter
Career Diagnostic

We run your Career Vulnerability Assessment against AI, outsourcing, and low-cost labor. We map your personal path to architect. You leave with a clear 90-day roadmap and know exactly what to stop, transform, and double down on.

€500
One-time · Delivered in 1 week
  • Intake call (45 min)
  • Career Vulnerability Assessment against AI, offshoring, low-cost
  • Career Report (PDF) with score, analysis, and findings
  • Personalized Action Plan (Stop / Transform / Double Down)
  • Skill Gap Analysis vs. architect-level requirements
  • 90-day roadmap with concrete actions toward your target role
  • Restitution session (45 min)
  • Discord community + webinars (12 months)
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Accelerator
The Full Program

All 4 pillars. Strategic coaching on architecture and decision-making, hands-on AI training, and your CV, LinkedIn, and interview prep built for an architect role.

3,500€
Introductory pricing · 90 days · 8 sessions
  • Everything in Starter, plus:
  • Pillar 2: Security Decision Dynamics (coaching)
  • Multicloud architecture frameworks and threat modeling
  • Mock C-suite meeting with feedback
  • Pillar 3: AI as a Force Multiplier (hands-on)
  • Learn Claude Code and build your own security tools
  • Pillar 4: Visibility & Dream Job (built for you)
  • LinkedIn profile rewritten for architect-level roles
  • CV rewritten for your target role (ATS-optimized)
  • 2 LinkedIn articles drafted for you
  • Mock interview with debrief
  • Discord community + webinars (12 months)
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Not sure which plan? Book a free 15-min call. No pitch, just clarity.

Fabien leads the program and is supported by equally (or better) qualified coaches to adapt to your specific needs: industry context, language preference (English, French, Spanish), timezone, or specialized expertise.

FAQ

Before You Decide

I was going to get an Azure / AWS cert. Should I skip it?
Maybe. A cert alone is a tactic without a strategy. In the Starter diagnostic, we figure out if that cert serves your architect goal or if it's just busy work that feels productive. Most mid-level professionals need positioning and visibility, not more credentials.
Is the architect title realistic in 90 days?
It depends on where you're starting from. The transition to architect isn't about accumulating more years. It's about a deliberate shift in positioning, skills, and visibility. Some professionals with strong foundations make the move within a few months; others use the program to lay the groundwork for a 6–12 month transition. The Starter diagnostic gives you an honest assessment of your timeline based on your specific situation.
What's the difference between the two plans?
Starter gives you a full career diagnostic and a personalized roadmap toward an architect role. You execute on your own. Accelerator adds 90 days of coaching across all 4 pillars: you learn architecture strategy and AI skills in sessions, and we build your CV, LinkedIn, and interview prep for you. Starter tells you what to do. Accelerator makes sure it gets done.
Can I upgrade from Starter to Accelerator later?
Yes. If you start with Starter and decide you want the full program, we credit your €500 toward the Accelerator fee.
What if AI doesn't actually replace me?
Even if AI adoption slows, the trend toward outsourcing and salary compression in execution-level roles is well-established. The capabilities you develop (strategic thinking, executive communication, design authority) are valuable regardless of which specific pressures intensify. These are career-resilient skills in any scenario.
What language are the sessions in?
English by default. Fabien is supported by equally or better qualified coaches who can deliver sessions in French, Spanish, or English depending on your preference.

Ready to Start the Transition?

Begin with a career diagnostic, or commit to the full 90-day coaching program.

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