Endpoint Principal Consultant -Remote, Anywhere in the US

  • Full-time

Company Description

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.

Job Description

The Endpoint Principal Consultant will be pivotal to building next-gen endpoint assessment and delivery capabilities for our clients as the market for endpoint security solutions evolves. This will include a significant effort--technical and business analysis of our team’s current delivery methodologies and recommending new, high-quality and cost-effective ways to serve our clients. This individual will also drive the technical relationship with our customers and partners by providing advanced architecture, implementation and operational support for endpoint projects.

This person should be a security industry leader who can become a thought leader within Optiv for endpoint solutions. They need a strong working knowledge and experience with endpoint solutions from partners like Microsoft, Carbon Black, FireEye, Cylance and CrowdStrike, as well as familiarity with both on-premise and cloud-based approaches to implementation. The candidate will develop pre-delivery content and delivery methodologies in conjunction with our community of Technical Directors to ensure exceptional service and support to our sales teams and clients. Additionally, the candidate will serve as a key subject matter expert in advising the endpoint community Practice Director.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Work with customers to help them articulate their business requirements and how those requirements translate into security features and functionality.
  • Architect solutions to ensure that the customer's risk transformation requirements are met.
  • Assist with development of cyber engagement plans for customers which will enable them to execute upon strategies.
  • Rationalize different security solutions against requirements, risk, and constraints.
  • Undertake Threat, Vulnerability and Risk analysis methodologies/techniques and the interpretation/application of their output in the definition of Security Architectures.
  • Be a recognized expert across multiple solution areas.
  • Able to deliver and lead other consultants in complex projects.
  • Able to present to large groups and speak as an authority.
  • Can handle challenging questions and consistently win support from client audiences.
  • Can modify and change methodologies as required
  • Contributor to industry groups and/or publications
  • Be a leader and influencer in the Integration and Innovation endpoint community.

Qualifications

Education and Skills Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree preferred with approximately 10-15 years of related work experience.
  • Approximately 8-10 years of technical architecture experience with EPP and EDR vendor products
  • 3-5 years’ experience mentoring or leading a team.
  • Desirable experience within one or more of the following Security Architecture and/or Enterprise Architectural Frameworks (e.g. SABSA, TOGAF, O-ESA).
  • Very knowledgeable of multiple security concepts and methods such as vulnerability assessments, data classification, privacy assessments, incident response, security policy creation, enterprise security strategies, architectures and governance.
  • Experience delivering cyber security services to organizations.
  • Strong background in the use of security architect tools. (e.g. Visio, Lucidchart).
  • Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, OSI model), operating system fundamentals (Windows, UNIX, and MacOS), security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, etc.) and application programming/scripting languages (C, Java, Perl, Shell, Powershell).
  • Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance issues affecting clients related to privacy and data protection, such as PCI DSS, GLBA, Basel II, EU Data Protection Directive, International Cross Border, and U.S. State Data Privacy Laws.
  • Working knowledge of operating systems, virtual machine environments, , and relational database management systems.
  • Willingness to travel to meet client needs (25-30%).
  • Valid driver's license in the US 
  • The successful candidate must hold or be willing to pursue related professional certifications such as the CISSP, CISM, and/or CISA.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and experience in supporting client-facing sales teams.
  • Strong written and presentation skills; ability to clearly communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences.
  • Possess a high standard of integrity and professionalism.

Additional Information

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! As a market-leading provider of cyber security solutions, Optiv has the most comprehensive ecosystem of security products and partners to deliver unparalleled services. Our rich and successful history with our clients is based on trust, serving more than 12,000 clients of varying sizes and industries, including commercial, government and education. We have the proven expertise to plan, build, and run successful security programs across Risk Management, Cyber Digital Transformation, Threat Management, Security Operations – Managed Services and Identity and Data Management. Optiv remains committed to championing Diversity, Equality and Inclusion within our organization and throughout the industry.

With Optiv you can expect:

  • Work/life balance. We offer “Recharge” a flexible, time-off program that encourages eligible employees to take the time they need to recharge
  • Professional training resources, including tuition reimbursement
  • Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
  • Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
  • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remote/from home (where applicable)

Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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