Security Consultant

About the Role

As a Security Consultant (CL9), you will help organizations strengthen and modernize their security posture across infrastructure, operations, and technology environments. You will play a key role in designing secure cloud and platform solutions, managing risk, and ensuring the protection of people, assets, systems, and information while supporting compliance with regulatory and corporate security requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment of distributed cloud solutions, including highly secure and isolated environments.

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise security policies, standards, procedures, and risk management frameworks.

• Conduct security assessments, audits, and vulnerability analyses to identify and mitigate risks.

• Collaborate with technology, infrastructure, and compliance teams to strengthen information and data security controls.

• Support and operate containerized platforms, including Kubernetes-based environments.

• Manage security incidents, investigations, crisis response activities, and post-incident reviews.

• Oversee security technologies, third-party vendors, contracts, and operational security processes.

• Deliver technical training, security awareness programs, and guidance to stakeholders and project teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Strong hands-on experience deploying and supporting distributed cloud platforms in secure environments.

• Professional-level cloud architecture certification and experience delivering technical training programs.

• Experience deploying, administering, and troubleshooting Kubernetes environments.

• Strong understanding of Linux administration, networking fundamentals, switches, firewalls, and related infrastructure technologies.

• Experience with object storage and file/block storage platforms in enterprise environments.

• Proven experience in security operations, risk management, compliance, and incident response.

• Excellent analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in regulated or highly secure environments.

• Knowledge of security frameworks, governance standards, and audit requirements.

• Experience managing cross-functional teams and coordinating with multiple business stakeholders.

• Relevant industry certifications in cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, or risk management.

• Experience supporting large-scale transformation and modernization initiatives.

About the Company / Team

We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.

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