Our Senior Consultants are skilled technical and consultative resources expected to be strong in both technical and soft skills. A Senior Consultant must be a proven self-starter with the ability to problem-solve, communicate, participate in diverse project teams from a technical perspective, and interface effectively with customers, vendor partners, and colleagues.

This role will focus on building and delivering strategy, risk management and compliance capabilities to secure and manage (AI/ML) program technologies. Candidates must have a strong aptitude for learning and communicating perspectives on cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, and AI/ML.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Research new and emerging compliance capabilities and risk management techniques to continually evolve Optiv’s security expertise around AI/ML strategy

• Partner with Optiv technical experts in application, data, and operational security to build and implement leading practices for developing secure AI/ML systems

• Author regular status updates and final deliverables during client engagements

• Perform AI/ML readiness assessments, control assessments, maturity assessments, threat modeling, risk assessments and advanced advisory activities through client services engagements

• Provide tactical and strategic guidance and detailed remediation advice to help clients achieve stronger security postures and lower risk

• Build and maintain professional relationships with client stakeholders and provide them with information about application security and secure development lifecycle topics

• Track and monitor current and trending practices for governing, managing, and deploying AI/ML applications and solutions

• Lead and contribute to the development of AI/ML services, delivery processes, and capabilities across the team

• Mentor and train team members in approaches to help scale Optiv's AI/ML strategy and risk services

• Leverage and extend existing tools to help evolve Optiv’s AI/ML control testing methodologies and processes

• Assist with evaluating AI/ML security market solutions for comparative efficacy and suitability to client needs

• Obtain and evolve personal technical expertise, certifications, and industry credentials through formal and informal training and other learning initiatives

• Contribute content to the Optiv blog and present on risk management topics via webinars, security conferences, and other events

• Review the work of other team members to confirm deliverables are of the highest quality

• Identify and recommend improvements in Optiv’s methodologies and internal processes and provide input and support for updating consulting tools, techniques, and knowledgebase

• Establish and maintain productive relationships with the wider delivery team, practice management, and client management teams

What we're looking for

• Previous job experience in an information security, risk management and compliance consulting services or enterprise security team role

• Practical experience (5+ years) in risk management and compliance

• Understanding of and/or deep expertise in at least one standard compliance framework or regulatory standard including NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, ISO 270xx, HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, or other

• Ability to travel 20% of the time to client sites

• Ability to work with diverse and dynamic teams

• Ability to think critically and creatively solve complex problems 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, data science, or cybersecurity or equivalent experience

• Hold one or more security certifications: CISSP, CISA, CRISC, ISO 27001 lead auditor/implementer, or IAPP

• One or more years of experience with AI risk management and/or compliance

• Experience leveraging specialized tools to test controls related to AI/ML systems

• Working knowledge of machine learning, security techniques, and controls for AI/ML

• Familiarity with at least one of the following standards: ENISA, EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 lists for LLMs and/or MITRE ATLAS

• General working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and CoPilot, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Gemini, Amazon Q, Bedrock or other LLM or AI models

• Ability to explain the various machine learning risks and compensating controls

• Experience training or educating technical and non-technical audiences about AI/ML security

• Knowledge of AI risks such as bias, hallucination, prompt injection and others

• Knowledge of legal and regulatory landscape around trustworthy AI

• Experience building AI guiding principles and AI Governance.

What you can expect from Optiv

• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups.
• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

EEO Statement

Optiv is an equal opportunity employer (EEO). All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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