Senior Consultant - Strategy & Risk

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Optiv is the cyber advisory and solutions leader, delivering strategic and technical expertise to nearly 6,000 companies across every major industry. We partner with organizations to advise, deploy and operate cybersecurity programs from strategy and managed security services to risk, integration and technology solutions. With clients at the center of our unmatched ecosystem of people, products, partners and programs, we accelerate business progress like no other company can.

Security Program Strategy • Enterprise Risk and Compliance • Threat and Vulnerability Management • Security Architecture and Implementation • Security Education and Awareness

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💰 Venture Round on 2017-01

📋 Description

• This position will be fully remote and can be hired in any Canadian province with the exception of Québec. • Our consultants are skilled technical and consultative resources expected to be strong in both technical and soft skills. • A Consultant must be a proven self-starter with the ability to problem-solve, communicate, participate in diverse project teams from a technical perspective, and interface effectively with customers, vendor partners, and colleagues. • Establish & maintain productive and respectful relationships with the delivery team, practice management, and client management team. • You will actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives. • Deliver timely engagements and works closely with Practice Directors to drive training and education, career development, performance development, and collaboration across the team. • In line with Optiv’s commitment to quality, you will confirm that work is of the highest quality as per Optiv’s quality standards, by reviewing the work provided by other members. • Able to solo deliver or act as "point" for complex projects. • Acts as technical escalation point to assist other consultants. • Lead in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts. • Lead in all Technology deployment activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration. • Lead User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts. • Design, implement and educate on specific technology build processes, code migration, and source control use. • Provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary. • Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations such as ISSA. • Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting. • Acts as contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and approximately 5-7 years of related work experience • Approximately 4-7 years of technical architecture experience • Desirable experience within one or more of the following Security Architecture and/or Enterprise Architectural Frameworks (e.g. SABSA, TOGAF, O-ESA) • Knowledge of general security concepts and methods such as vulnerability assessments, data classification, privacy assessments, incident response, security policy creation, enterprise security strategies, architectures and governance • Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, OSI model), operating system fundamentals (Windows, UNIX, mainframe), security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, etc.) and application programming/scripting languages (C, Java, Perl, Shell) • 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, mainframe security packages, and relational database management systems • Expert knowledge of using Microsoft Office • Ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas • Willingness to travel to meet client needs - up to 25% • The successful candidate must hold related professional certifications such as the CISSP, CISM, and/or CISA.

🏖️ Benefits

• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups. • Work/life balance • Professional training resources • 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 remotely/from home (where applicable)