Consultant - Crowdstrike/SentinelOne

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S. 

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

How you'll make an impact:

• Participate in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts.

• Participate in all Technology deployment activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration.

• Participate in User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts.

• Design and implement on specific technology build processes, code migration, and source control use.

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

• Effective team communicator.

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations such as ISSA.

• 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:

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

• Approximately 2-5 years of technical architecture experience

• Primary expertise with one or more of our core Technology Areas – CrowdStrike/SentinelOne

• Crowdstrike or SentinelOne certifications preferred (CCFA, CCFR, CCFH, CCSI, CCCS)

• Secondary expertise: Tanium, Carbon Black, Microsoft Intune/Defender

• Thorough understanding of large scale environments

• 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 presentation and verbal communication skills

• Process-oriented individual with strong attention to detail, and strong organizational skills

• Excellent, detailed writing skills

• Expert knowledge of using Microsoft Office.

• Ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas

• Well-developed negotiation skills.

• Ability to build consensus.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks in parallel.

• 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.

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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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