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The senior security consultant is an experienced, accredited cybersecurity expert supporting gtt’s sales, solutions architecture, and marketing organizations throughout the americasFrom a sales and solutions perspective, he or she operates as a security-specific overlay/extension to the solutions architects, engaging with cybersecurity engineers and/or leadership of clients and prospects, providing expert solutions consulting and guidance, and validating complex security solution architectures and designsFrom a marketing perspective, he or she evangelizes gtt’s security portfolio and capabilities to prospects and partnersGtt employee values - the ideal candidate would be used to working a way that is consistent with gtt’s employee values:
Curious - take a pro-active interest in your customer and your colleagues.
Collaborative - we work as a team to solve customer problems.
Committed - we step up and take ownership to deliver on our promises.
Consistent - we strive to deliver a quality experience.
Duties and responsibilities:
Become a trusted authority and subject matter expert (sme) on gtt’s security portfolio and managed services capabilities
Significantly enhance the knowledge, experience, and credibility of the solutions architecture team in security related sales engagements, particularly with highly knowledgeable technical audiences
Serve as gtt’s security evangelist to the marketplace (e.g., through speaking engagements at industry events, authoring white papers and blogs, etc.)
Provide expert-level consulting, solution designs, and architectural validation of gtt security products and services
Present complex security solutions and value propositions to both technical and non-technical audiences and be able to adapt as required when presenting
Assist solutions architects when collaborating with customers to discover security requirements and answer detailed security questions.
Assist solutions architects with security specific rfi/rfp technical responses
Carry out other responsibilities as needed and assigned
Travel to customer or event locations as required
Qualifications & competencies:
At least 10 years of professional experience in network and information security, including relevant industry certifications (cissp, cisa, ceh or similar)
At least 5 years of experience providing technical security consultancy and/or supporting sales
Extensive experience with leading security equipment providers such as cisco, fortinet, and/or palo alto (vendor certifications are a plus)
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, facilitation and presentation techniques
Expert-level understanding of the cybersecurity industry and trends
Fluent in all components of modern security architecture including sase, ngfw, ddos mitigation, dlp, casb, siem, soar, ztna etc.
Solid understanding of wan and lan data networks, including ethernet, tcp/ip, network design, switching, routing and routing protocols, mpls, sd-wan, and secure ip networking technologies including ipsec, ssl/tls, pki, ldap and vpns.
Broad understanding of modern hybrid it architectures, private/public cloud computing and storage, work from home environments, server and network function virtualization, sdn, iaas, paas, and saas
Experience leading discussion or training for large groups of audience members, both internal and external customer and partners
Bachelor’s degree or higher in related field
Hours/travel/shift:
40+ hours/week salaried + commissions.
Travel ~ 20% (customer sites and event locations)
Work environment and physical requirements: the physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this jobReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functionsWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to spend long hours on a computer keyboard, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to grasp, handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controlsThe employee is occasionally required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach with hands and arms, walk, lift, push or pull objects up to 20 poundsHand-eye coordination necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipmentSpecific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focusCompensation and benefits: medical, dental, vision plans health savings account (hsa) flexible spending account (fsa) life insurance short-term and long-term disability insurance commuter benefits employee assistance program pto 401(k) eeo statement: gtt provides equal employment opportunities (eeo) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or geneticsIn addition to federal law requirements, gtt complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilitiesThis policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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