SR Security Consultant

at Lumen in Springfield, Illinois, United States

Job Description

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress. We’re invested in providing the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Apply now to continue digitally connecting the world and shaping the future.

The Role

The Senior Security Consultant is responsible for providing expert-level information security consulting services in a technological and advisory capacity to Lumen customers. The consultant must possess an operational security mindset, superior customer interaction skills, and a broad perspective on information security topics.

The Main Responsibilities

- Advanced-level experience in the information security field, performs program-level with minimal oversight, and provides mentorship to junior level colleagues.

- Proficient in business communication, delivery of technical and executive level presentations, and the ability to clearly articulate highly complex information security topics both written and verbally.

- Ability to independently identify and resolve program-level problems, develop and implement strategic improvement plans, and to provide leadership to colleagues.

- Ability to independently develop and deliver comprehensive analysis of all levels of information security controls, provide continuous improvements to content and supporting procedures, and identify new business opportunities within the security consulting service capabilities.

- Work with all the necessary security points of contact within Lumen, support design of security consulting service offerings.

- Provide subject matter expertise, understand requirement nuances, and transform customer requirements into target state deliverables.

- Create standardized deliverable templates, statement of work templates, pricing templates, tear sheets, sales presentations, and sales collaterals.

- Must be capable of creating high quality security consulting service product deliverables.

- Assess broad trends in the IT security space and propose, develop recommendations that address evolving customer needs.

What We Look For in a Candidate

Operate in both single- and multi-person customer-facing engagements to achieve Lumen delivery expectations.

- Provides Security Advisory Services for Lumen Assessment opportunities.

- Create reusable security services and assets (collection tools, estimation models).

- Work with practice leads, sales and sales support, and business teams to convey customer feedback as input to security productized services.

- Demonstrated ability to integrate parties that may be required during solution development to ensure seamless integration, and scoping for productized services.

- Provides domain leadership across various Security technologies and service offerings.

- Demonstrates knowledge of end-to-end information security strategies, standards, processes, and tools necessary for Security solution design.

- Demonstrates technical security and advisory leadership for customers, sales, and other consultants.

- 5-10 years of experience as an information security professional, 5-7 of which should be in information security consulting.

- Solid understanding of security tasks related to networking, and security platforms in corporate IT infrastructure environments.

- Working knowledge is expected in the following areas:

+ SASE services

+ Zero Trust Networking (ZTN)

+ Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

+ Cloud Security Access Broker (CASB)

+ Software Defined – Wide Access Networking (SD-WAN)

+ Security Strategy and Architecture consulting

+ Data Protection

- Ability to work within an Agile environment.

- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

- Able to successfully interact with audiences that may include senior executives, IT management, and technical staff.

- Process-oriented with a focus on attention to detail.

- Work well with others and able to work in a self-directed manner.

- Demonstrate initiative.

- Ability to work well under pressure.

- Willingness to learn and become proficient in new technologies, products, and services.

- Maintain a technical skill set that matches the evolving security of Lumen customers and corresponding security services.

- Commitment to excellence and willingness to do what is necessary to get the job done

- Ability to travel in support of meetings, presentations, conferences, and similar events

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science with preferable focus on Cybersecurity and/or equivalent experience.

- At least two industry-recognized certifications related to security consulting services:

+ ISC2 (e.g.,CISSP, SSCP, CCSP, etc.)

+ ISACA (e.g., CISA, CSX-, CISM, etc.)

+ SANS/GIAC (e.g., GSE, GCSA, etc.)

+ Other industry-relevant certifications

- Experience operating in a Tier 1 consulting firm

Compensation

The starting salary for this role differs based on the employee’s primary work location. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual’s qualifications.

Location Based Pay Ranges

$80510 – $107340 in these states: AR, ID, KY, LA, ME, MS, NE, SC, and SD.

$84740 – $112980 in these states: AZ, AL, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, MO, MT, NM, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, UT, VT, WV, WI, and WY.

$88980 – $118630 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NV, NH, NC, OR, and RI.

$93210 – $124280 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DE, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

As with the pay range variety that’s based on the region of a country, specific offers are determined by various factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and other business needs.

Requisition #: 334082

Background Screening

If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements. For more information on these checks, please refer to the Post Offer section of our FAQ page (https://jobs.lumen.com/i/global/en/faqs) . Job-related concerns identified during the background screening may disqualify you from the new position or your current role. Background results will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Equal Employment Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.

Disclaimer

The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.

Salary Range

Salary Min :

80510

Salary Max :

124280

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