Consultant, Technology & Security

Impact Networking • Culver City, CA

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About The Position

Consultants serve as strategic advisors and hands-on technologists, partnering with business and IT leaders to assess current-state environments, identify risk and operational gaps, and develop practical roadmaps that improve security, reliability, and the end-user experience. Working alongside sales and engineering teams, the Consultant leads structured discovery using Impact’s Business Transformation Assessment (BTA) approach and translates findings into a clear managed services program, either fully managed or co-managed, aligned to client outcomes, supportability, and long-term value.

The role calls for experience building and operating IT and security environments, along with the consultative skill to explain tradeoffs, build alignment, and guide clients through change. Consultants collaborate across Sales and delivery teams to design technically sound, operationally supportable solutions and help teams consistently position and deliver them.

Requirements

• 7+ years in IT and/or cybersecurity, with responsibilities progressing from hands-on technical work to strategy and leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead discovery, translate technical complexity into clear recommendations, and present to executive and technical audiences.
• Strong working knowledge across core IT domains, including networking, Windows/Linux fundamentals, endpoint management, identity, and backup/DR.
• Working knowledge of modern security concepts and operations, including EDR/MDR/XDR, email-borne threats and investigation, vulnerability management and patch lifecycles, incident response fundamentals, and security governance basics.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, delivery teams, and partners to design solutions that are technically sound and operationally supportable.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in managed services or consulting environments.
• Relevant certifications, preferred but not required: Security+, Network+, Microsoft, Cisco, AWS/Azure, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops with executive and technical stakeholders to understand business goals, current-state operations, risk tolerance, and constraints.
• Own the technical direction of the Business Transformation Assessment (BTA), coordinating data collection, validating findings, and developing a prioritized remediation and modernization roadmap.
• Translate technical findings into client-ready recommendations, including clear options, assumptions, scope boundaries, and expected outcomes for executive and engineering audiences.
• Design fully managed and co-managed services across infrastructure, endpoint, cloud, identity, backup/DR, and security, ensuring supportability and operational fit.
• Partner with delivery teams, including Service Desk, TOC, Tech Ops, TAM/vCIO, and Security Operations, to validate feasibility, define responsibilities, and set onboarding and steady-state expectations.
• Position and scope SOC-backed security services, such as MDR/XDR, email security and investigation, vulnerability remediation, and security awareness, and align response workflows and reporting expectations.
• Create and review proposals, statement-of-work inputs, and solution documentation, including diagrams, requirements, and scope language, to support accurate delivery and client alignment.
• Support opportunity strategy with Sales by qualifying fit, leading technical win plans, and delivering executive-level presentations and solution reviews.
• Enable internal teams through knowledge sharing, contributing to playbooks, talk tracks, and training so Sales and delivery teams can consistently position and deliver solutions.

Benefits

• 5-year Tiffany & Co. gift card or custom menswear; 10-year custom Rolex; and 20-year $20,000 check incentive rewards.
• Up to 20 days of PTO, 7 paid sick days, 12+ paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Development and growth opportunities with ongoing training and continued education reimbursement.
• 401(k) and retirement plans with complimentary financial advisory services.
• Comprehensive health, disability, life, dental, and vision plans.
• Applicable incentive compensation plans may be offered depending on role and/or department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed