Sr. Consultant - Attack & Penetration

• 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
• Participate in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts.
• 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.

• 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 5-7 years of related work experience.
• Three (3) years of experience performing Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration Tests, Wireless Security Assessments and/or Social Engineering to enterprise-level organizations
• Three (3) years of experience in a consulting services role, or related information security positions
• Ability to travel 25% of the time to client sites
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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)