Consultant - Crowdstrike/SentinelOne | Remote, USA id-8005

May 6, 2025

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

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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.

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)

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