Security Consultant

Job Responsibilities:-

· Be the primary lead in cybersecurity delivery engagements for a wide variety of clients in different industry verticals

· Evaluate and recommend security strategies for networks, systems, operations, cloud, people, process and technologies

· Provide hands-on technical expertise in the High-Level Design, Low Level Design and implementation of security tools and platforms

· Assess cybersecurity challenges within an environment, identify key strategic issues and advise on the best course of action

· Through the application of industry standards and security best practices, develop and recommend plans to structure secure architectures

· Understand the security interplay in the areas of application assurance, data classification, network security, and emerging IT trends and threats.

· Analyze and assess client facing security challenges, identify recommendations for solutions, and define a roadmap to implement such solutions successfully

· Develop, create and write and deliver documentation and technical artifacts in a professional matter that will be given to Clients and others in a professional manner

· Implement & administer network micro segmentation capabilities (Elisity, Illumio or similar) with activities such as maintaining PCE and VENs, Onboarding new applications

Qualifications

Education

· Bachelors degree required; preferred in Cyber Security, Information Assurance, Computer Information Systems (CIS), Information Security and Business

· Masters degree preferred in Information Assurance, Information Security or related discipline

Certifications Preferred

· Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

· Working knowledge and consulting experience in the majority of the following areas:

o Zero Trust Architectures

o Network Segmentation

o Network Security

o OT Networks

· Ability to perform concurrent tasks in complex environments under adjusting priorities

· Ability to communicate and modify approach, language, and style to different audiences

· Professional writing style and experience with demonstrable technical and business-related artifacts is required

· Networking (Security). Industry-level expertise in any of the following networking (security) aspects

o Network security platforms, including segmentation, ACLs, DPI, DDoS protection. Examples include: Software: iptables, ipsec, VPN, IDS, firewall management platforms, ACL compilers and tooling. Hardware: switch ACLs, stateful firewalls, network segmentation, security zones

o OSI model and debugging network traffic

o Networking protocols (TCP/UDP, BGP, DNS, DHCP)

· Familiarity in firewall solutions in Zero-Trust, Network Admission Control, Micro-segmentation, Macro-segmentation, virtual networks, or Identity Defined Networks