Cybersecurity Senior Manager

The professionals in GT Advisors' Cybersecurity practice help organizations build cybersecurity strategy into their overall business strategy. This includes supporting our clients to identify and understand their cyber risk exposure, design and implement cybersecurity programs and solutions to mitigate cyber threats and protect their assets, and respond to cyber-attacks and incidents. GT Advisors’ Cybersecurity practice is in high-demand and rapidly growing, offering a rewarding and challenging working environment and great career growth potential.

As a member of the Cybersecurity team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with our clients and deliver technical cybersecurity consulting and advisory services across a broad spectrum of areas, including threat and vulnerability management, technical security testing, cybersecurity assessments, incident response readiness, and cybersecurity strategy activities.

The Senior Manager role offers an excellent opportunity to leverage and display both your technical knowledge and experience as well as your business and project management skills. Responsibilities include managing and performing cybersecurity assessments and technical security testing, design and implementation of operational security solutions, end-to-end client engagement lifecycle management, and supervising other colleagues. The Senior Manager is also responsible for supporting the growth of the practice through business development activities.

Your day-to-day may include:

• Manage, lead, and perform cybersecurity assessments consisting of cybersecurity capability assessments, cyber threat and risk assessments, network and security architecture reviews, compliance and regulatory assessments, and system configuration reviews.

• Manage, lead, and perform technical security testing, including cyber-attack simulations and threat and vulnerability assessments.

• Manage and support cybersecurity incident response readiness activities, including tabletop exercises and evaluations of incident response capabilities.

• Lead practice and business development activities as well as client pursuit opportunities.

• Support evaluating and establishing organizational cybersecurity strategies and cybersecurity programs.

• Support cybersecurity risk and control remediation and security control implementation activities.

• Develop strategic recommendations and consultative guidance for clients to help mature their cybersecurity programs, technology, processes and capabilities.

• Manage assigned client engagements from start to finish, which includes engagement planning, fieldwork execution and reporting.

• Manage and oversee client engagement delivery teams and perform quality review.

• Remain current and apply knowledge of cybersecurity trends and risks.

• Communicate and collaborate externally with clients and internally with all levels of the organization to successfully accomplish objectives portraying knowledge and confidence.

• Proactively interact with key client management to gather information, resolve problems, and make recommendations for improvements.

• Develop and manage client relationships with the intention to exceed client expectations.

• Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality.

• Participate in professional development activities and training sessions on regular basis.

• Other duties as assigned.

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science or a related field is required

• CISSP, CISM, ISACA, CRISC, cloud security (e.g., AZ-500, AWS Certified Security, Google Cloud Professional Architect / Security Engineer) or other related certifications required

• 10+ years of related cybersecurity experience in a similar consulting practice or function.

• Experience leading and managing one or more of the overarching areas below:

• Assessing cybersecurity programs and capabilities against industry leading frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, CRI Profile) and compliance and regulatory requirements.

• Reviewing security architecture deployments and assessing and/or implementing secure configurations for network and infrastructure (including both on-premises and cloud environments).

• Performing cybersecurity threat and risk assessments.

• Supporting cybersecurity program remediation activities.

• Supporting cybersecurity compliance and regulatory remediation workstreams.

• Supporting implementation and evaluation of zero trust architecture principles.

• Supporting artificial intelligence (AI) security testing and assessments.

• Assessing and/or implementing security solutions and controls across both on-premises and cloud network environments.

• Working knowledge of cybersecurity industry leading practices and frameworks, such as NIST CSF, CRI Profile, ISO 27001/2, NYS DFS 500, OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK.

• Familiarity with common cyber event detection and threat and vulnerability management security solutions.

• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment.

• Experience with practice development and client pursuit activities.

• Exceptional client service and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships.

• Excellent analytical, organizational and project management skills.

• Can travel as needed

The base salary range for this position is between $217,580 and $271,975. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

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• Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for you and those in your household.

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