This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the US.

Our consultants are skilled technical and consultative resources expected to be strong in both technical and soft skills. A Consultant must have 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. For this position we are seeking specialists who have recent experience with one or more Security Service Edge (SSE) technologies that include Netskope and/or Zscaler.

How you will make an impact:

• You will actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives. Deliver timely engagements and works closely with Practice leaders 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.
• Able to solo deliver or act as "point" for complex technology implementation projects
• Acts as a technical escalation point to assist other consultants.
• Lead in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts.
• Lead in all Technology deployment activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration.
• Understand the customer requirements and deliverables and create a comprehensive Statement of Work (SOW)
• Assist customers with developing technical requirements, evaluating SSE solutions, and developing architecture & design.
• Understand System integration with SSO/IAM, EDR, SIEM, SOAR, MDM.
• Create evaluation test plans and implement DLP solutions
• Working closely with customers and their Technical Team
• User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts.
• Design, implement and educate on specific technology build processes, policy migration, and third-party integration.
• 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 CSA.
• Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification. (Netskope Certified Cloud Security Administrator, Netskope Certified Cloud Security Integrator, Netskope Certified Cloud Security Architect, Zscaler ZIA Professional, Zscaler ZPA Professional, and Zscaler ZDX administrator).
• Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting.
• Acts as contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus

• Ideal candidates will have recent prior experience implementing or managing an SSE platform (Netskope and/or Zscaler) and operate as technical subject matter expert.
• Bachelor's degree and/or approximately 5-7 years of related work experience.
• Approximately 4-7 years of technical architecture experience
• 2+ years of experience as a Professional Services Consultant with a proven track record and demonstrable skills at presenting technical information at the business executive level or at the architect level
• Netskope specific certifications highly preferred (NCCSAr or NSCI&I or NSK100, 101, 201, 300 or 301)
• Excellent knowledge and prior experience with security technologies including but not limited to: CASB, SWG, NG Firewalls, IPsec/GRE, Reverse Proxy, SSO, DLP, and ZTNA
• Demonstrable experience with systems installation, configuration and administration for Apple macOS/iOS and Windows-based systems (prior Active Directory/LDAP experience desirable)
• Working knowledge of Mobile Device Management (MDM), specifically JAMF and Microsoft Intune
• Desirable experience within one or more of the following Security Architecture and/or Enterprise Architectural Frameworks (e.g. SABSA, TOGAF, O-ESA).
• Scripting Language (Perl/Python/Java/Bash)
• 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 understanding of networking (TCP/IP, OSI model), operating system fundamentals (Windows, UNIX,), security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, etc.), access management (SAML, SSO), 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
• Working knowledge of Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), SCIM (Azure, Okta), Cloud Security Posture Management, and API Security.
• 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
• Willingness to travel to meet client needs;
• The successful candidate must hold related professional certifications such as the CCSK, CCSP, and/or CISSP
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• 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)