Stratascale Sr. Security Consultant - Cloud

The Sr. Security Consultant - Cloud will serve as a subject matter expert in supporting and delivering security solutions in a hybrid multi-cloud environment. The Sr. Security Consultant – Cloud will help clients gain insight and context to their complex computer environments and assess, improve, and build infrastructure, processes and policies in order to meet the client’s needs. The Sr. Security Consultant – Cloud will also serve as a mentor to other consultants within the practice discipline.

This role will report to the Director of Hybrid Cloud Security for Stratascale.

This position is remote with a Home Office setup as determined by Stratascale management.  

Stratascale, an SHI company, brings together the benefits of 31 years' experience delivering the very best technologies with a fresh consultative approach to designing, delivering and supporting the technology our customers need to transform their business. We call it Digital Agility.

 To learn more about Stratascale visit our website: https://stratascale.com/ 

Includes, but not limited to:

• Provide expertise within the focused practice discipline for client initiatives in the form of technology solution and service offering delivery
• Proactively identify customer needs and requirements through data, customer engagement and other methods to recommend appropriate solutions and services opportunities
• Support competitive selling motions within the project scope development
• Engage with internal sales and technical teams to support solution sales cycle, qualify opportunities, close open pipeline, scope and ensure successful solution delivery
• Execute consulting projects, driving objectives, creating deliverables and ensuring client needs and practice obligations are met and successfully provided customer satisfaction
• Provide subject matter expertise on cloud security infrastructure specific capabilities to help customers design and implement solutions such as but not limited to: Cloud access security brokers, workload protection, posture management, Data Security, SEIM/SOC integration, Threat detection and response, Identity, Virtualization and container security, secure application development and deployment strategies, CI/CD
• Stay educated on new product technology, tangential team capabilities, and other specific offerings or programs emerging within our company and within the security industry
• Deliver trainings or create training content to internal teams on practice discipline capability, associated offerings, industry positioning and selling strategies
• Identify areas for continued advancement of strategies aligned with Industry direction, client need and practice scope and present solutions to leadership
• Consistently deliver quality client services. Drive high-quality work products within expected timeframes and on budget
• Consistently obtain status updates with customers to ensure alignment with project scope scheduling, and documentation
• Initiate project scope and lead the scope development and project delivery of all assignments
• Serve as a subject matter expert in designing, architecting and delivering solutions
• Serve as a mentor to other consultants within the practice discipline

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 7+ years client-facing experience working on designing and implementing complex security solutions in hybrid, multi-cloud environments
• Experience delivering complex solutions and executing projects on time, successfully
• Experience providing consultative guidance on solutions with ability to scope and develop level of effort
• Experience deploying platforms for an enterprise, and knowledge on key factors to consider when planning the deployment
• Solid level of security industry knowledge, with proven cloud security knowledge
• Strong fundamental understanding of technical security solutions and how they address customer risk exposure and solve key use cases
• Proven understanding of security services engagements
• Proven experience designing solutions and building roadmaps in support of OEM and cloud native security control offerings
• Experience supporting various compliance regulations such as but not limited to PCI, general data privacy, and GDPR in a multi-cloud environment
• Strong understanding of NIST/CIS based standards and frameworks as applied to cloud architecture
• Practical understanding of DevOps concepts design and tooling automation and orchestration and DAST/SAST/IAST tooling and process supporting containers, CI/CD and associated emerging technologies

• Demonstrate a real passion for team technology solutions design and delivery
• Outstanding written and verbal communication
• Proactive and self-motivated mindset
• Ability to work effectively, add value as a team member within the practice discipline and with other teams
• Ability to train and disseminate information within an area or operation and work effectively within all levels of an organization, both internally and externally
• Ability to influence and lead all aspects of sales cycle and engage appropriate internal and external subject matter experts as needed
• Ability to engage and discuss technical and non-technical concepts with a wide array of customer audience types including C-Suite, VP/Director, Architect, Engineer and Analyst resources.
• Ability to participate and lead demand generation and marketing efforts focused on pipeline generation when needed.
• Willingness, drive and winning mindset to compete in customer opportunities
• Poses an ability to simplify and explain complex problems to stakeholders of all levels across multiple functions
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to identify value in unstructured situations
• Emotional intelligence, flexible work style, and excellent diplomatic skills across all levels of the organization
• Attention to detail, organization, and follow up skills are critical
• Ability to write communicate and present subject matter to audiences of multiple levels
• Ability and Initiative to research and resolve problems with a positive attitude
• Excellent presentation skills and comfortable “owning the room” in meetings and discussions
• Strong infrastructure skills with virtualized cloud networking such as but not limited to: routing, DNS, VPN, LDAP-Directory services, and equivalent in AWS, Azure and GCP
• Ability to rationalize and design multi-cloud security architectures with focus on threat protection, security control enforcement, identity, application security data security and incident response in a standardized approach
• Ability to mentor and guide other consultants within the team

• Certifications below are desired and not required:
  Industry certifications:
  • CISSP
  • CIAM
  • CISM / CISA / CRISC
  • GIAC (GSEC)
• Vendor Solutions and product specific certifications:
  • AWS/Azure
  • Various OEM

• Travel to partner sites, customer sites, conferences and Stratascale offices up to 25% annually
• Candidate will need to have access to an international airport

• The estimated annual pay range for this position is $165,000 - $240,000 which includes a base salary and bonus. The compensation for this position is dependent on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location and, therefore, will vary from individual to individual. Benefits may include, but are not limited to, medical, vision, dental, 401K, and flexible spending.
• Equal Employment Opportunity – M/F/Disability/Protected Veteran Status