Engagement Lead
Location: New Jersey – 5 days onsite
Position Type: Fulltime
Role Summary
Own end to end delivery of the program against the SOW (deliverables, milestones, fixed price commitments)
Run governance cadence with client stakeholders (SOC, Security Engineering, DevSecOps, Architecture leadership)
Facilitate stakeholder workshops during discovery to anchor current state findings
Coordinate the cross functional team (Security Architect, SOC SME, DevSecOps, Data, UX) and remove blockers
Manage scope, risk, and change control; raise formal Change Orders for anything outside SOW
Quality review every deliverable before client share: current state architecture, telemetry inventory, gap analysis, observability architecture, risk scoring framework, dashboard prototypes, implementation roadmap
Drive milestone walkthroughs tied to invoicing
Identify and shape the follow on implementation phase as the program progresses
Required Skills and Experience
12+ years delivering technology consulting engagements, with at least 5 years leading security, observability, SIEM/SOAR, or risk platform programs
Track record running fixed price discovery and design engagements with Tier 1 financial services clients
Strong working knowledge of SOC and CTOC operating models, security telemetry, vulnerability management, and detection and response workflows
Comfortable challenging client assumptions on alert noise, vulnerability prioritization, and remediation maturity
Excellent executive communication; able to present architecture and roadmap to CISO or CTOC leadership
Disciplined on scope, risk, and change control in a banking environment
Nice to Have
Prior delivery inside a top 5 US bank or systemically important financial institution
Familiarity with KEV, EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, and modern SOAR platforms
Experience positioning a follow on implementation off the back of a discovery
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