Cyber Security Advisor- Security Operations | Denver, Las Vegas or Bay Area, USA

Optiv • Las Vegas, NV

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Cyber Security Advisor (or Portfolio Security Advisor), you will serve as a trusted partner to Optiv’s strategic clients. This role combines sales skills with broad security practitioner knowledge to design security solutions for clients in the Denver, Las Vegas, and San Francisco/Bay areas. You will align with client security initiatives and work alongside a dedicated sales team to advise on and design highly defensible and scalable security programs using advanced security services and technologies. The Cyber Security Advisor leverages real-world knowledge to create pragmatic security solutions tailored to each client’s unique environment, providing consistent security expertise on all sales opportunities. In collaboration with domain specialists and experts, you will facilitate thought leadership and drive cybersecurity solutions powered by Optiv's ecosystem of people, products, and partners.

Requirements

• Ability to travel within assigned region – Las Vegas and San Francisco or assigned accounts ~25%.
• Bachelor's Degree BS/BA or equivalent and applicable work experience.
• 4-7 years of experience in an information security role, preferably as a practitioner, consulting advisor, architect, or Cybersecurity leader.
• 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity, SOC, SIEM, SOAR, UEBA threat intelligence platforms, incident response, or related technical fields.
• Experience with various SIEM security products such as: Crowdstrike NGSIEM, Cisco Splunk, Exabeam/LogRhythm, Google Security Ops, Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto XSIAM/QRadar, and security operations concepts such as data pipelining/ingestion, SOAR, data analytics, SOC operationalization, etc.
• Highly motivated self-starter that does not require day-to-day management.
• Ability to work in a highly adaptable and nimble team environment with responsive communication.
• Thorough understanding of the current threat landscape, vulnerabilities, and defensive controls.
• Strong business and technical acumen and ability to lead technology focused discussions.
• Strong presentation, written, and oral communication skills to clients, including whiteboard sessions and other presentation mechanisms.
• Strong attention to detail for reviewing statements of work (SOWs), quotes, and client deliverables.
• Maintains broad security related knowledge and continuously expands their expertise in other domains across the portfolio.
• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CRISC, CISM, C-CISO, etc.
• Ability to work in-person and remotely with distributed teams in a decentralized environment.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with the following preferred: advising both technical and non- technical stakeholders on best practices on SIEM/MDR/SOAR products, hands-on experience implementing and configuring SIEM/SOAR software and appliance-based products in large enterprise environments, developing and maintaining security content and reporting, performing knowledge transfers to clients/stakeholders regarding security and system configuration awareness.

Responsibilities

• Drive the generation of services and technologies business to meet or exceed quarterly and annual quota objectives in partnership with the account and domain teams.
• Follows the Optiv Standardized Sales Operating Processes (SOPs) to achieve consistent success.
• Understand and maintain knowledge of the client’s security environment, business operations, security needs, and risk appetite.
• Identify their security concerns and how they correlate to Optiv’s strategic solutions across the assigned domain and holistic cyber security programs.
• Identify cross-sell and upsell opportunities across clients and Optiv's partner relationships.
• Qualify lead and partner with internal colleagues to determine scope, proposal management, and follow through to closure.
• Participate in sales opportunities across Optiv's entire portfolio.
• Clearly articulate how the necessary elements of the Optiv technology and services portfolio meet the specific needs of the client stakeholders at the leadership level.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, news, and maintain a broad understanding of the security landscape to facilitate thought leadership, support, analysis, and guidance to clients and internal Optiv groups.
• Collaborate with service delivery to ensure the team has necessary supporting domain specialty materials that presents a consistent and comprehensive approach.
• Effectively work with multiple client personas across the security team, as well as other relevant personas to develop security strategy and define roadmaps to execute on security strategy aligned business goals, budgetary spend, and metrics based on return of investment.
• Maintain advisory relationships with key stakeholders at clients by facilitating thought leadership, support, information, and guidance in conjunction with sales partners.
• Maintain strong working relationships with relevant Optiv technology partners, based on client spend, and Optiv focus.

Benefits

• A company committed to our inclusive value 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)
• uncapped bonus plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees