Technical Consultant - Cloud Security

AHEAD, United States

What you will do

Client Delivery
Facilitate sessions of strategy, roadmap, design, and planning workshops for medium to large service engagements
Ensure that customer expectations are appropriately set and managed
Lead project engagement teams through the delivery of consulting service offerings
Drive and manage the objectives, requirements gathering, project tasks/milestone, project status, dependencies, and timelines, to ensure engagements are delivered successfully and on time while meeting the business objectives
Breaks down risks or issues into manageable segments, identifies the factors that affect a problem and determine how best to approach
Creation and finalization of project deliverables, may perform peer review for collateral developed by others on a delivery team
Presentation of deliverables to client executive management
Knowledge of AHEAD’s project lifecycle management activities to effectively support delivery engagements throughout the duration of a project

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Technical Consultant - Cloud Security

AHEAD, United States

Posted pay

$140K–$180K

a year

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This base pay is below the median for security engineering jobs that are remote in the US with no level in the job title.

Median: $205K a year
Other jobs in the group: 151

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Location: United States
Work type: Remote
Level: Not given
Experience: 5+ years
Posted: Yesterday
Last check: 8 h ago
Job type: Security engineering, Infra, platform & SRE

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With posted pay: 61%
Median posted base: $160K–$180K

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What you will do

Client Delivery
Facilitate sessions of strategy, roadmap, design, and planning workshops for medium to large service engagements
Ensure that customer expectations are appropriately set and managed
Lead project engagement teams through the delivery of consulting service offerings
Drive and manage the objectives, requirements gathering, project tasks/milestone, project status, dependencies, and timelines, to ensure engagements are delivered successfully and on time while meeting the business objectives
Breaks down risks or issues into manageable segments, identifies the factors that affect a problem and determine how best to approach
Creation and finalization of project deliverables, may perform peer review for collateral developed by others on a delivery team
Presentation of deliverables to client executive management
Knowledge of AHEAD’s project lifecycle management activities to effectively support delivery engagements throughout the duration of a project

What you need

Cloud Security Architecture & Risk Strategy:
Proven experience in reviewing and implementing secure cloud reference architectures and landing zones.
Ability to translate risk strategy by mapping traditional lift-and-shift approaches into cloud-native security controls.
Strong understanding of multi-cloud governance models including Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), policy-as-code (PaC), tagging standards, and multi-account strategies.
CNAPP Tooling:
5+ years of hands-on experience with CNAPP tools, particularly Wiz and Prisma Cloud.
Expertise in integrating Wiz and Prisma Cloud with enterprise tooling such as ServiceNow, CI/CD pipelines, and ticketing/alerting workflows.
Able to clearly and concisely communicate Wiz/Prisma outputs (criticality, risk, remediation) to technical and business stakeholders.
Strong track record in deploying and instantiating Prisma Cloud.
Cloud Platforms & Native Security Controls:
5+ years of experience working with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
Familiarity with cloud-native security services such as AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Google Security Command Center.
Hands-on knowledge of cloud identity (IAM, Federation, RBAC) across multi-cloud environments.
Familiarity with IDaaS solutions such as Okta and Entra ID.
Security Frameworks & Governance:
Strong knowledge of security standards and frameworks: CIS Benchmarks, NIST, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, GDPR.
Ability to design and map cloud-specific controls for audit and compliance needs.
Experience with SIEM integration (Splunk, Sentinel, Chronicle) and cloud-native detection capabilities.
Automation, IaC & Container Security:
Ability to read, understand, and apply Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation).
Familiarity with policy-as-code tooling (OPA, Sentinel) and IaC scanning in CI/CD pipelines.
Proficiency in scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash) to automate security tasks.
Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and securing workloads at scale.

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

Why AHEAD

Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.

We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

USA Employment Benefits include

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
401(k)
Paid company holidays
Paid time off
Paid parental and caregiver leave
Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.

Use of AI

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, assessing responses, or to capture recordings and create transcriptions or summaries during interviews. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.

If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please refer to the Candidate Privacy Notice or contact us at privacy@ahead.com.

You may opt-out of the review or analysis of your application and resume by AI tools by using the General Application. Please include the role you wish to apply for in the Additional Information field. You may also choose to opt-out of recording and transcription at any time, including after joining an interview. Candidates will not be penalized for choosing to opt-out.

About AHEAD

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.

We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.

Technical Consultants are experienced experts in information security and/or information security governance or compliance. Successful candidates support the Security and Compliance Practice in Delivery, Business Development, and Practice Development.

Technical Consultants collaborate with a diverse team of consultants with varying skills to meet and exceed client expectations through scoped engagements. They effectively support client engagements onsite or remotely by guiding engagements toward scoped objectives and troubleshooting to effectively resolve project risks or issues. Sr. Consultants contribute to engagements by executing the necessary project tasks, producing expected collateral, and presentingartifacts at any time throughout an engagement.

Technical Consultants can also support business development activities alongside a sales specialist to help qualify client needs and expectations, or more specifically to demonstrate a capability or skillset. They may be directly engaged in client-facing interactions to identify client needs and to produce and/or present sales proposals.

Lastly, AHEAD Technical Consultants also leverage their visibility and experience to contribute to the continuous improvement and maturation of in-practice service offerings and capabilities by proposing ideas for change and executing on ideas that are committed. This includes positively impacting our service portfolio and individuals on the team through thought leadership and mentorship.

Technical Consultant - Cloud Security

What you will do

Technical Consultant - Cloud Security

What you will do

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Why AHEAD

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