Consultant, Attack & Penetration

1 Month ago • 1-5 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

This position is for a Consultant specializing in Attack & Penetration, working remotely within the United States. The consultant will perform security assessments, including red team and purple team assessments, vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, wireless security assessments, physical security assessments, and social engineering. The role involves collaboration with diverse project teams, effective communication with clients and colleagues, and contributing to the continuous improvement of the Security Assessment practice. The consultant will also contribute to operational efficiency and drive training, career development, and collaboration within the team. They will also validate vulnerabilities and provide post-production support, acting as an effective team communicator, and maintaining vendor certifications.
Must have:
  • Familiarity with command and control (C2) frameworks
  • Ability to execute complex attacks by combining findings
  • Familiarity with different network architectures and services
  • Ability to work well with customers and self-manage
  • Ability to convey complex technical security concepts
  • Ability to lead and mentor others and share knowledge
  • Ability to review and revise reports written by peers
  • Effective time management and ability to manage multiple projects
Perks:
  • A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
  • Work/life balance
  • Professional training resources
  • Creative problem-solving and tackling complex projects
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • The ability to work remotely/from home

Job Details

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the US.

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.

How you'll make an impact:

  • This position will work both independently, part of a team, and as team lead to perform Security Assessments including red team assessments, purple team assessments, vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, wireless security assessments, physical security assessments, and social engineering

  • An Attack & Penetration Consultant also contributes to developing and continuously improving the Security Assessment practice through various industry contributions and team initiatives (e.g., tool development, conference presentations, and blog posts)

  • You will actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives

  • Deliver timely engagements and works closely with Practice Managers 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

  • Ability to manually validate vulnerabilities identified during assessments

  • Provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary.

  • Effective team communicator.

  • Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification.

  • Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting.

What we're looking for:

  • Familiarity with command and control (C2) frameworks, such as Nighthawk, Cobalt Strike, Mythic, Covenant, etc

  • Ability to combine multiple separate findings to execute complex attacks

  • 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, etc.) required

  • 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 required

  • Ability to lead and mentor others; willingness to collaborate and share knowledge with team members required

  • Proven ability to review and revise reports written by peers required

  • Demonstrated effective time management skills, ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously and the ability to take on large and complex projects with little or no supervision required

  • Bachelor's degree preferred and approximately 2-5 years of related work experience.

  • 1-2  years of experience performing Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration Tests, Wireless Security Assessments and/or Social Engineering to enterprise-level organizations

  • 1-2 years of experience in a consulting services role, or related information security positions

  • Ability to travel 25% of the time to client sites

  • #LI-GN1

What you can expect from Optiv

  • 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)

EEO Statement

Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age 40 and over, marital status, genetic information, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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We work alongside clients to manage cyber risk and equip them with perspectives and programs to accelerate business progress. Our real-world experience, deep vertical expertise and diverse teams enable us to face any challenge with confidence. We put you at the center of our unmatched ecosystem of people, products, partners and programs to design and implement agile solutions. Our adaptive approach continually assesses risk in the context of cyber and broader objectives to secure today's business and fortify it for the future.

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