Security Specialist

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of a scalable and robust security architecture that aligns with business goals and regulatory requirements.
• Define and promote security design patterns, reference architectures, and architectural frameworks that address emerging threats and align with industry standards.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to architect secure cloud and on-premise solutions, ensuring the integration of security controls.
• Proactively engage in presales activity with Virtusa sales representatives to drive customer conversations by coming up with creative solutions to business problems while demonstrating vertical industry expertise
• Act as a thought leader by staying up-to-date on security trends, technologies, and emerging threats, sharing insights and best practices with teams.
• Identify, evaluate, and manage relationships with strategic partners, vendors, and third-party security providers to enhance our security capabilities.
• Publish whitepapers, deliver presentations, and provide thought leadership to foster security awareness across the organization and the industry.
• Mentor and train junior security professionals, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
• Work closely with executive management to ensure that proper pre-implementation and post-implementation activities are accounted for and in compliance with the corporate policies
• Write and present complex proposals for customers and prospects
• Collaborate on resourcing and recruiting. Ensure alignment of consulting team skills to pipeline demand

Technical Experience

• 15+ years of experience, including at least 5 years of security consulting and solution designing.
• Knowledge of popular security tools in the space of EUC security, SIEM, Cloud security, MDR/XDR, DLP, Nework security and email security
• Drive security automation and accelerator initiatives to enhance efficiency and consistency in security offerings
• Strong understanding of the sales drivers, value proposition, for pre-sales and solutioning in cyber security
• Engage with customer stakeholders to validate solution requirements, explore solution options, and identify solution integration requirements
• Experience in scoping, planning, developing service proposal and Statement of Work. Build proactive pitches, offerings and commercial proposition presentation to internal and external customers
• Ability to generate effective present solutions via MS office tools
• Excellent communication skills, you will be working with sales and technology professionals across Fortune 500 clients
• Experience building and developing a high performing solutioning team (including remote resources)
• Deep understanding of both on premises and cloud security
• Demonstrated ability to work and interact with high-level client executives