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Cyber Defense Consultant
Level - Consultant to Senior Consultant
Job Description
Avanade is looking for an experienced Cyber Defense Consultant. This is predominantly a delivery-focused role with the opportunity to support on pre-sales activities. We provide the unique opportunity to help our clients solve complex and cutting-edge Cyber Defense business challenges across their Cloud Providers, Microsoft 365 platform, end-user devices and identity infrastructures.
About the Role:
In this client-facing role, you will be engaged on some of the most exciting, complex, and leading-edge projects. You will play an active role in transforming our client's Cyber Defense strategy, capabilities and operations through the design and implementation of predominantly Microsoft Threat Protection technologies.
As a member of Avanade's security practice, you will be in a unique position to work for both Avanade and Accenture clients, ranging in size from medium to large global enterprise clients. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the entire Avanade organization by being a collaborative and knowledge-sharing individual, with the real opportunity to help shape the global Avanade security offerings as well as developing your thought-leadership by producing blogs and articles for your region and for Avanade.com. We actively encourage and provide opportunity to undertake innovation, training, and development to ensure you are always at the cutting-edge Microsoft Security technology and our vendor solutions.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop yourself into leader in the Cyber Defense space. You will learn how to deliver large and global Cyber Defense solutions, as well as gain the knowledge and experience of Microsoft's broader Security, Compliance, and Identity ecosystem, which is already recognized as a world-leading integrated security platform.
About You:
You are a Cyber Defense Consultant interested in joining our rapidly growing Security practice, your skills may include some of the following soft skills as well as the technical skills we require:
You are experienced in owning the design and implementation of technology solutions.
You are experienced ensuring you deliver what is stated in a contract.
You have some experience in supporting and developing more junior team members.
You are dedicated and deliver high quality deliverables and outcomes.
To hit the ground running, your skills may include:
Proven experience in the design and implementation of Anti-Virus and Endpoint Detection and Response solutions to protect, detect and response to cyber incidents on endpoints across all major operating systems.
Proven experience protecting email, instant messaging and collaboration platforms from malicious attacks, such as Phishing as well as from more sophisticated attacks such as Spear Phishing, Business Email Compromise and identity theft.
Proven experience with user and entity behavioral analytics and how these services can be used to identify and defend against identity compromise.
A good understanding of security, incident and event management solutions and their roles in Cyber Defense, experience with Azure Sentinel is of particular value.
A good understanding of use case development and rules that can be applied to consolidate events across disparate systems and used to identify an attack chain across systems.
A good understanding of threat hunting techniques and approaches across endpoints, identities, networking, cloud and collaboration platforms.
A good understanding of incident response processes and techniques for cyber recovery.
A good understanding of security operations centers, their functions and roles.
A good understanding of the Microsoft platforms across Windows, Microsoft 365 and Azure.
Interested in developing experience and understanding in managed security services, incident response and security advisory.
Understanding of techniques and approaches used by threat actors to compromise companies.
Some understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and how it can be applied to help customers improve their cyber defense.
Some understanding of the business, privacy, security, and compliance challenges surrounding client data and able to articulate and understand the types of assets that would be seen as valuable and susceptible to attack.
With an eye to the future, you are aware of emerging technologies in the Cyber Defense space.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly-expanding and exciting security practice, with the opportunity to expand your proven delivery experience into the area of pre-sales and solutioning and you will be exposed to large, global enterprise clients, with some of the most complex and enticing security problems to solve.
Benefits We Offer:
Employee Share Purchase Plan, Private Medical Cover, Electric Car Purchase Scheme, 33 weeks full pay maternity leave, 2 weeks paternity leave, Income Protection Policy, Extended benefits, STI Bonus, 80 hours per annum studying towards Microsoft Certifications, generous pension and much more!.
Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year (17 of the last 20 years!)
Exceptional development and training with a minimum 80 hours/year of training and paid certifications
Avanade University - real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
Dedicated career adviser to encourage your progression
Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you
Reward and recognition program
Full benefits package including medical coverage, income protection policy, extended benefits, bonus program, generous retirement plan, and much more!