Senior Defensive Security Consultant

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (Based in the U.S.)
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Job Type: Consulting

SpecterOps is seeking senior defensive security consultants to join the Consulting Services team as analysts, detection engineers, and program developers. These consultants will focus on strengthening customer’s internal detection capabilities through strategic advisory positions, independent assessments, and supporting SpecterOps training offerings.

A successful candidate will possess strong technical skills, excellent soft skills, and be a self-directed, organized individual.

Salary Range: Base salary annually, commensurate with experience.

• Associate Consultant: $90,000 - $120,000
• Consultant: $120,000 - $140,000
• Senior Consultant: $140,000 - $160,000

Requirements

• Excellent technical skills in cybersecurity and security operations.
• Impeccable soft skills, including communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Must be authorized to work and reside in the United States; no sponsorship of immigration visas is currently offered.

Responsibilities

• Create evasion-resilient detections based on independent research and supporting resources.
• Evaluate existing detection content in client environments and make necessary improvements.
• Evaluate the maturity of security operations roles and functions (threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, SOC operations, incident response, and security engineering).
• Utilize security tooling, including: EDR, SIEM, and live response tools.
• Utilize and provide guidance regarding telemetry sources (EDR, Sysmon, Windows Event Logging, SIEM, WAF, IDS/IPS, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), and others).
• Build scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance investigation processes.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one of the following areas: detection engineering, network, memory, and/or disk forensics, log analysis, malware triage, or reverse engineering.
• Communicate successes and obstacles with team members and team leads.
• Interface with client contact(s) and staff professionally.
• Develop comprehensive reports and presentations for technical and executive audiences.
• Effectively communicate investigative findings and strategy to client stakeholders (technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel).
• Assist with scoping engagements, participating in investigations from kickoff through remediation, and mentoring less experienced staff.
• Contribute to new or improved content for SpecterOps training courses and assist in delivering course offerings.

Company Information

SpecterOps provides strategic advisory positions to mature customer’s internal detection capabilities. They often perform independent assessments to determine the overall state of a customer's detection program or to proactively identify adversaries operating silently in a customer’s environment.