Principal Consultant – Microsoft Defender/Intune

20 Hours ago • 10-15 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Consultant will play a crucial role in defining and discovering overall solutions, while guiding teams on project processes and deliverables. They will lead the technical relationship with customers and partners, providing advanced architecture, implementation, and operational support. Responsibilities include articulating business requirements, architecting solutions, developing cyber engagement plans, and analyzing security solutions. This role requires expertise in Microsoft Defender, Intune, and related security technologies, along with strong communication and leadership skills. The candidate will also contribute to industry groups and publications and handle difficult questions. The role focuses on providing exceptional services and support to strategic clients, setting the bar for others to aspire to.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree and 10-15 years of related work experience.
  • 8-10 years of technical architecture experience
  • Expertise with EDR, MDM, and Application Control technologies.
  • Primary Expertise with Microsoft Defender and Intune.
Good to have:
  • Experience with CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Tanium.
  • Experience within Security Architecture and/or Enterprise Architectural Frameworks (e.g. SABSA, TOGAF, O-ESA).
Perks:
  • Championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through Employee Resource Groups.
  • Work/life balance
  • Professional training resources
  • Creative problem-solving
  • Volunteer Opportunities.
  • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home

Job Details

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

The Principal Consultant will be pivotal to problem definition and discovery of the overall solution and guide teams on project processes, deliverables. This individual will drive the technical relationship with our customers and partners by providing advanced architecture, implementation and operational support.

Acts as overall industry leaders and leaders of technical excellence providing exceptional services and support to strategic clients setting the bar for others to aspire to.

How you'll make an impact:

  • Work with customers to help them articulate their business requirements and how those requirements translate into security features and functionality.

  • Architect solutions to ensure that the customer's risk transformation requirements are met.

  • Assist with development of cyber engagement plans for customers which will enable them to execute upon strategies.

  • Rationalize different security solutions against requirements, risk, and constraints.

  • Undertake Threat, Vulnerability and Risk analysis methodologies/techniques and the interpretation/application of their output in the definition of Security Architectures.

  • Recognized expert across multiple solution areas

  • Able to deliver and lead other consultants in complex projects

  • Able to present to large groups.  Speaks as an authority.

  • Can handle difficult questions and consistently wins support from client audiences.

  • Can modify and change methodologies as required.

  • Broad awareness of the security/ technology space as a whole

  • Contributor to industry groups and/or publications

What we're looking for:

  • Bachelor's degree and approximately 10-15 years of related work experience.

  • Approximately 8-10 years of technical architecture experience

  • Expertise with implementation, administration, and maturation of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Application Control technologies

  • Primary Expertise with Microsoft Defender and Intune (Microsoft On-Prem Services and Cloud Services)

  • Experience with CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Tanium

  • Desirable experience within one or more of the following Security Architecture and/or Enterprise Architectural Frameworks (e.g. SABSA, TOGAF, O-ESA).

  • Very knowledgeable of multiple security concepts and methods such as vulnerability assessments, data classification, privacy assessments, incident response, security policy creation, enterprise security strategies, architectures and governance.

  • Understand the Services business and impact decisions have to the organization holistically

  • 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.

  • Technical architecture experience integrating data protection software into clients' infrastructure; network architecture design, implementation and administration.

  • Working knowledge of operating systems, virtual machine environments, mainframe security packages, and relational database management systems.

  • Willingness to travel to meet client needs

  • Valid driver's license in the US and a valid passport required

  • The successful candidate must hold or be willing to pursue related professional certifications such as the CISSP, CISM, and/or CISA.

  • Strong interpersonal skills

  • Strong written and presentational skills; ability to clearly communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences

  • Possess high standard of integrity and confidentiality

  • #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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