Senior Security Consultant

NY, NJ or CT

Compensation: $85K -$120K base bonus
Relocation: local candidates preferred but assistance is available in the form of a sign-on bonus

Summary:

The Senior Consultant has primary responsibility for direct supervision of Consultants in developing and executing Information Security project work plans. The Senior Consultant has direct, client-facing engagement responsibilities. Serving as both role model and trainer, the Senior Consultant demonstrates the attributes of excellent client service and assists team members in developing technical and professional competency. The Senior Consultant learns to identify areas of IT risk and opportunities to improve information security, and business processes.

Job description

Execute internal and external Network Attack and Penetration, and vulnerability assessments. This entails impersonating an authorize client person to obtain physical access to the client facilities (social engineering), identifying internal information assets, assessing and exploiting threats and vulnerabilities. Additionally, assist client management in performing root cause analysis and prioritizing identified vulnerabilities, and in developing action plans to address these areas.

Perform Web Applications security reviews utilizing automated scanners such as WebInspect and Nikto, and manual exploits such as cross-site scripting, SQL injections, and buffer overflows to obtain business critical data, i.e. credit card information.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline (Computer Information Systems, Information System Technologies, Management Information Systems)

3 years in a related field, preferably in professional services and/or industry

Certifications:

(desired, but not required): CISSP, GSEC, CISM, GIAC, CISA

Contact information:

Please submit your information through the SUBMIT RESUME function and send an email with your resume in Word format and a note describing your background to John@altaassociates.com (unless you are already working with another Alta recruiter).