Senior Consultant - Security Operations

As a Senior Consultant - Security Operations at Blackwood, you'll play a critical hands-on role in delivering outcome-based solutions across multiple high visibility projects. Your proficiencies in Security Operations technologies (i.e. Splunk, Palo Alto, SOAR, Cribl, etc...) will be imperative in the implementation and deployment of new technologies. You will work as part of a team ensuring all tasks and deliverables are provided on time and in a quality manner. You will be expected to lead and contribute to architecture design, implementation strategies, and ongoing operations to support the customer's desired outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Delivery: Design and implement technical solutions to support Security Operations. This includes SIEM, EDR, XDR, SOAR and other technologies to enable security analysts to respond to threats.

Project Development: Support the development of new service-based offerings to scale the Transformation Services department. Provide expertise in delivery, template development, and best practice documentation.

Team Player: Collaborate with a team of pre and post sales engineers to ensure delivery success. Collect and translate requirements, accept tasks, and communicate progress efficiently to ensure a smooth delivery experience.

Stakeholder Management: Engage with clients to understand their needs and provide tailored solutions. Build strong relationships with internal teams, including sales, engineering, and support.

Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and lessons learned. Prepare and present project performance reports to senior leadership. Basic Qualifications

US Citizen

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Fundamental understanding of Enterprise IT practices such as Network, Endpoint, or Cloud environments.

Proficient in SIEM technology such as Splunk, Palo Alto, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM.

Proficient in EDR technologies such as Crowdstrike Falcon, Sentinel One, Qualys EDR.

Familiarity with data onboarding (i.e. Cribl) and Content Development (Splunk Query Language, CrowdStrike Query Language).

Proficient in SOAR and ticketing technologies such as Splunk SOAR, Tines, Jira.

Have experience delivery consulting or professional services to security operations teams.

Willingness to permit a background check prior to Employment

Willingness and Ability to learn new COTS Technologies

Excellent Presentation and Written Communication Skills

Strong Time Management Skills

Passion to Hustle and Have fun Additional Qualifications

Familiarity with compliance standards

Familiarity in project management tools

Domain specific technical exposure (i.e. Security Operations, Identity Management, XaaS Deployments).