Security Consultant, Identity & SecOps

🕒 August 13

🏖️ New Jersey, North Carolina, +3 more states – Remote

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🛡️ Security Operations

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GuidePoint Security

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201 - 500 employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

GuidePoint Security is a cybersecurity firm offering consulting, engineering, and managed services to help organizations secure their digital assets. The company specializes in application security, cloud security, data protection, email security, threat intelligence, and identity and access management. With solutions tailored to various platforms including AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and OT environments, GuidePoint Security aims to enhance cybersecurity resilience for both enterprise and government clients. They focus on integrating advanced security technologies and providing expertise in risk assessment, compliance, and security awareness education, helping clients navigate complex cybersecurity challenges and improve their security posture.

📋 Description

• Lead and deliver identity-focused engagements from scoping through execution and final deliverables • Assess, design, and improve Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory environments • Perform Conditional Access Policy assessments and identity hardening reviews • Design and advise on PKI, certificate lifecycle, and foundational cryptographic controls • Support Identity governance, MFA, PAM, Conditional Access, PIM, RBAC, and passwordless / FIDO2 initiatives • Advise on and help secure modern identity platforms including CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Microsoft Entra, Okta, and related solutions • Help customers address Non-Human Identity risks involving service accounts, workload identities, API keys, and secrets • Support SecOps initiatives including SIEM, SOC, ITDR, threat hunting, log ingestion, telemetry coverage, and alert tuning • Perform Security Architecture Reviews and technical assessments • Develop actionable remediation roadmaps • Mentor junior consultants and analysts and provide technical leadership • Support presales activities including scoping calls, solutioning, statements of work, and technical demonstrations • Produce customer deliverables and technical documentation • Use emerging technologies, including AI tools, to solve problems and improve business outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of cybersecurity consulting, engineering, or architecture experience with demonstrated project delivery ownership • Deep hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory and M365 security • Experience implementing or administering IAM controls, PKI, and authentication technologies • Strong command of Conditional Access, MFA, SSO, RBAC, PIM, PAM, and Zero Trust concepts • Experience supporting SecOps functions including SIEM/Sentinel, SOC, ITDR, or threat hunting • Demonstrated leadership skills, including leading engagements, mentoring team members, and owning delivery outcomes • Strong customer-facing and presales skills • Ability to lead conversations and present to technical and executive audiences • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to manage multiple customer engagements in parallel • Eastern Time Zone availability required • Preferred: experience with VAR / solution provider business models and partner/vendor ecosystems • Preferred: experience with enterprise IAM / IGA / PAM platforms such as SailPoint, Saviynt, CyberArk, Delinea, BeyondTrust, Okta, or Ping • Preferred: experience with CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection / Next-Gen Identity Security, ITDR, or FCS • Preferred: familiarity with NHI governance and AI / agentic identity security • Preferred: experience with FIDO2 / passwordless authentication deployments • Preferred: familiarity with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, Purview, or Duo • Preferred: Azure and/or AWS cloud security experience • Consulting or professional services background strongly preferred • Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, SC-300, AZ-500, SC-100, or Identity-specific credentials preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote workforce primarily • Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA • GuidePoint pays 90% of the employee PPO premium and 70% of family PPO plans • GuidePoint pays 100% of employee HDHP premiums and 75% of family HDHP plans • HSA contribution of $850 annually per employee or $1,750 annually per family • Group Dental Insurance • GuidePoint pays 100% of employee dental premiums and 75% of family plans • 12 corporate holidays • Flexible Time Off (FTO) program • Healthy mobile phone allowance • Home internet allowance • Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment • Pet Benefit Option