Principal Consultant - BeyondTrust | Remote, USA

About the position The Principal Consultant will be pivotal to problem definition and discovery of the overall solution and guide teams on project processes, deliverables. This individual will drive the technical relationship with our customers and partners by providing advanced architecture, implementation and operational support. Acts as overall industry leaders and leaders of technical excellence providing exceptional services and support to strategic clients setting the bar for others to aspire to. Responsibilities • Work with customers to help them articulate their business requirements and how those requirements translate into security features and functionality. • Architect solutions to ensure that the customer's business requirements are met. • Assist with development of identity engagement plans for customers which will enable them to execute upon strategies. • Rationalize different security solutions against requirements, risk, and constraints. • Able to deliver and lead other consultants in complex projects. • Able to present to large groups. Speaks as an authority. • Can handle difficult questions and consistently wins support from client audiences. • Can modify and change methodologies as required. • Broad awareness of the security/ technology space as a whole. • Contributor to industry groups and/or publications. Requirements • Bachelor's degree and approximately 10-15 years of related work experience. • Approximately 8-10 years of technical architecture experience. • 10+ years of IT experience, with at least 3 years in enterprise architecture roles. • 3+ years of experience with Active Directory, LDAP, and enterprise authentication protocols. • Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills. • Experience with software development, APIs, microservices, and DevOps. • Strong experience with BeyondTrust identity products, including Password Safe, Endpoint Privilege Manager, Privileged Remote Access, Remote Support, AD Bridge and Insights. • Strong knowledge of Identity, Access, and Privileged Access industry standards and trends, especially in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI). • Strong understanding of audit and compliance requirements (SOX, ISO 27001, SOC, NIST, CIS, GDPR, FedRAMP, and others). • Experience with JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PowerShell, or other scripting languages preferred. • BeyondTrust Certified Consultants are strongly preferred. Must have ability to quickly certify as a minimum. • Strong oral and written communications skills. • Strong potential for growth and acceptance of additional responsibilities. • Ability to effectively explain complex technical concepts and apply them to business problems - effectively communicating with stakeholders, peers, and leadership to drive results and action. • Ability to work independently - defining goals and timelines, aligning within the team, interfacing and influencing other teams to facilitate efforts. • Ability to take a broad view of his/her position and take initiative to communicate, interact and cooperate with others; to work in a team environment. • Bachelor's (or higher) degree in computer science, information systems, math, decision sciences, risk management or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent), or equivalent experience. Benefits • A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion 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). Apply tot his job