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Senior Security Consultant (West)
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Position Location: Los Angeles or San Francisco area preferred
Position Type: Full-time Employee
Reports to: Managing Principal
General Responsibilities
Cigital is looking for experienced senior consultants who are deep-rooted in software security architecture assessment, design and development. Ideal candidates should have a consulting background, enterprise software development experience and often be considered the go-to person in their peer group.
Expectations include: superior technical knowledge of software and software development lifecycle including security, controls, programming environments and risk management; project execution against milestones; team leadership, mentorship and teaching ability; and, ability to help grow engagements through meaningful identification of add-on and follow-on opportunities. A Senior Consultant has task responsibility within one or more projects, typically at one client.
Responsibilities
- Team leadership and mentorship
- Software security/risk/controls assessment, requirements definition, testing & solutions
- Code analysis (security or otherwise)
Requirements:
- Technical Skills
- Demonstrated software development and implementation using J2EE/Java, C#, C++ or .NET programming environments
- Ability to perform structured analysis of software architectures and define solutions
- Understanding of OS, DBMS and computer language compiler architectures
- Experience with assessment, design and implementation of software development methodologies (e.g., Waterfall, RUP and Agile)
- Consulting Skills
- Ability to interface with clients, utilizing consulting and negotiating skills
- Ability to undertake and complete tasks independently, meet schedules and delivery timelines, and to move swiftly from concepts and theory to action
- Ability to provide pre-sales/post-sales technical support
- Project Leadership
- Ability to define and lead a project, and execute tasks consistently
- Ability to collaborate with, mentor and guide project team members
- Ability to provide leadership as an SME (Subject Matter Expert) in one or more domains
- Communication Skills
- Ability to articulate thoughts, deliver presentations and training, written and verbal
- Demeanor
- Creativity, drive, enthusiasm and commitment to professional services
Education and Experience:
- BS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent. (MS a major plus)
- Hands-on experience with C/C++, Java, and .Net; broad OS and DBMS experience
- 5+ years enterprise software architecture, security and development lifecycle experience
- Hands-on experience with Static Analysis tools and variety of security technologies
- CISSP, CISA, CISM, GSEC or other certification(s) a major plus
- Management consulting experience (e.g., "Big 4") a major plus