At Optiv, we’re on a mission to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We’re one of the fastest growing companies in a truly essential industry.

In your role at Optiv, you’ll be inspired by a team of the brightest business and technical minds in cyber security. We are passionate champions for our clients, and know from experience that the best solutions for our clients’ needs come from working hard together. As part of our team, your voice matters, and you will do important work that has impact, on people, businesses and nations. Our industry and our company move fast, and you can be sure that you will always have room to learn and grow. We’re proud of our team and the important work we do to build confidence for a more connected world.

Who we are looking for:

A Senior Consultant on the Threat Vulnerability Management team serves as a technical leader and possesses extensive practical experience in several areas of an organization’s security and information systems configuration and how they relate to asset tracking (attack surface) and vulnerability management and remediation. The consultant should be capable of performing complex assessments and interviews with staff while maintaining a business focus on meeting client demands. This position will work both independently and as part of a team to perform a number of Vulnerability Management tasks to include: Discovery of Vulnerabilities and Asset Ownership, Prioritization of Data and vulnerabilities, Remediation of vulnerabilities, and Verification through risk-based analysis of findings. A Senior Consultant is viewed as a leader on the team, providing technical leadership and contributing to the development of the TVMR practice.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Assess an organization’s vulnerability management program through the use of automated tools and manual techniques to identify and verify how assets and vulnerabilities are tracked and remediated
• Provide tactical and strategic guidance and detailed remediation advice aimed at improving clients security posture
• Use creative approaches to triage, prioritize and define vulnerabilities
• Assess Vulnerability Management programs including documented procedures, workflow from asset discovery through to remediation tracking.
• Create comprehensive assessment reports that clearly identify existing vulnerabilities, average time to remediation, compensating controls, work in progress, as well as roadmap for remediation for vulnerabilities.
• Interface with client personnel to gather information, clarify scope and investigate client Vulnerability Management program
• Execute projects using established methodology, tools and documentation
• Act as Technical Lead on projects; ensure the engagement is executed as scoped.
• Mentor Consultants in both technical and consultative skills to ensure the team executes at a consistently high level
• Improve methodologies, toolsets and offerings through collaborative development work and by updating team documentation
• Champion accomplishments of other team members and encourage collaboration
• Maintain industry credentials/certifications
• Participate in industry conferences to include delivering presentations
• Provide support in the ongoing development of security assessment offerings through tool creation and process improvement
• Assist in pre-sales activities to include SoW and proposal development and serving as a subject matter expert to help sales align solutions with client requirements
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum three (3) years of experience performing Vulnerability Management Program Development, Vulnerability Assessments, and/or Penetration Tests.

• Minimum five (5) years of experience in a consulting services role, or related information security positions
• Ability to travel up to 80% of the time to client sites

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related area of study; or related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• GIAC, CISSP, and other industry certifications preferred
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects using well-defined methodology across various security assessment disciplines including:
• Network Vulnerability Assessments
• Web application Vulnerability Assessments
• Understanding on OWASP top 10
• Ability to combine multiple separate findings to identify complex blended vulnerabilities
• Ability to identify, describe and report vulnerabilities and standard remediation activities, to include clear demonstration of risk to clients through post-exploitation activities required.
• Experience with native and 3rd party patching tools (WSUS/SCCM/SolarWinds/JAMF/etc.)
• Deep understanding of commercial and open source vulnerability scanning tools is required (e.g. Nessus, Nexpose, SAINT, Qualys, Burp, Nmap, etc.)
• Experience with Risk Based analysis tools (i.e. Kenna/Brinqa/etc.)
• Proficiency with scripting languages (PowerShell/Python/Bash/etc.)
• Familiarity with many different network architectures, network services, system types, network devices, development platforms and software suites required (e.g. Linux, Windows, Cisco, Oracle, Active Directory, JBoss, .NET, SQL, etc.) required.
• Familiarity with different ITSM/CMDB products
• Must be able to work well with customers and self-manage through difficult situations, focus on client satisfaction.
• Ability to convey complex technical security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences including executives
• Ability to work both independently as well as on teams to meet deadlines required.

Why you’ll love it here:

If you are seeking a culture that supports growth, fosters success and moves the industry forward, find your place at Optiv! Optiv’s mission is to deliver comprehensive, integrated cybersecurity programs to optimize customer security programs to be more effective, efficient, manageable and measurable. Our aim is to become the world’s largest cybersecurity solutions integrator by leveraging our expertise in security technology, market-leading services, and innovative approaches. We have served more than 12,000 clients of various sizes across multiple industries, we offer an extensive geographic footprint, and have premium partnerships with more than 350 of the leading security product manufacturers. Optiv is a privately-held company backed by KKR, a leading global private equity firm.

With Optiv you can expect:

• Entrepreneurial and collaborative environment
• A competitive total rewards program
• Professional training opportunities
• Engaging and fun culture

Opportunity to work with industry leading, talented peers

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