Senior Security Consultant

SR. SECURITY CONSULTANT

SKILLS: Security Engineering; SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS; Trend Micro, Qualys, Cisco ASA; syslog, Snare; Certifications preferred: CISSP, SANS GIAC, CEH

SUMMARY
The Sr. Security Consultant plays an integral part in the implementation, integration, and adoption of Managed Security Services across the enterprise. This role functions as a critical conduit between the customer and Managed Security provider. The Consultant will additionally advise the customer on information security related projects throughout their program.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Understand and interpret company portal data, and act as trusted security advisor to the Client
- Understand Client's culture, security strategies, security goals, security objectives, security capabilities, and security budget
- Assist in developing and maintaining Client asset classification and categorization in the company portal
- Assist with Client's change management processes
- Maintain knowledge and attend briefings from the company CTU
- Provide information security project management assistance to Client
- Work with Client to assist with technical security escalations
- Keep Client abreast of problem status, set clear expectations, provide timely follow-up to Client, and independently handle challenging Client situations on a daily basis
- Provide reporting to Client personnel on a regular and ad-hoc basis
- Act as Initial go-between for Client and the SOC for escalations
- Perform other duties as required or assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of experience in security and must be have a proficient understanding of syslog, Snare and large/complex logging architectures (ie log collection from multiple sites, reliability, redundancy)
- Proficient experience: working in an ITIL environment; working with Trend Micro, ServiceNow, Qualys, and Cisco ASA
- Malware Tool Support: Configure and support malware protection tool or suite of tools; Firewall and Network Compliance Tool Support; Take full responsibility for the Firewall and network compliance tool
- Strong networking knowledge and experience with large networks and networking technologies such as VLANs, PVST, and routing
- Proficient: ability to read/translate IDS/IPS, syslog, Firewall logs, rules and configuration.
- Experience as an Incident Handler in a large organization; Unix/Linux skills
- Past experience with a security tools such as vulnerability scanners, IDS/IPS, HIDS, SIEM, DLP; past experience with a major ticketing system and a SIEM portal and/or reporting system (log Front End) such as Splunk, ArcSight, etc.
- Strong technical report writing skills
- Previous consulting experience and strong soft skills
- Detailed knowledge of security technologies and trends
- Working knowledge/experience of network systems security principles and applications
- Fundamental understanding of the defense in depth strategies

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Cyber Intelligence, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related discipline desired
- CISSP, CEH, SANS GIAC series and other certifications that demonstrate a commitment to continued professional information security advancement are expected, but not required

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY PLEASE, unless you are willing to relocate at your own expense. All submittals will be treated confidentially. Selected candidate may be asked to pass a comprehensive background, credit and/or drug screening. Principals only, no third parties please.