Director of Security Strategy (America’s)

Required Education and Experience:

Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:

*  12+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelors’ degree in a technical discipline , OR 

*  10+ years of relevant experience and a Masters’ degree

Required Skills:

*  Minimum of 12 years of overall experience 

*  Minimum of 5 years’ experience in technical consultation/pre-sales/sales engineering and/or other customer facing role consulting on, delivering and/or supporting technical products or services

*  Minimum of 5 years’ experience with Cloud Related Platforms and Service delivery Models

Desired Skills: 

*  Must be able to convey a powerful security narrative

*  Must possess excellent technical aptitude and a desire to learn constantly

*  Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to effectively present technical and business related subjects to all audiences, from the user to the executive level

*  Extensive exposure to security technologies, processes, and concepts such as PKI, SSL, firewalls, Authentication & Authorization, Client Certificates, Remote Access, Threat Intelligence, DDoS mitigation techniques etc. a plus.

*  Deep experience with fundamental Internet protocols: BGP, GRE, MPLS, CDN, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, HTTP, DNS, Web Application Security, Pentesting, Wireshark

*  Experience in a customer facing role requiring a high level of individual responsibility, sound business judgment and large enterprise account management, where an aptitude for improving customer satisfaction was successfully demonstrated

*  Industry security certifications such as CISSP, GIAC and CEH.

*  Experience consulting in related technologies

*  Programming experience – C, C++, J2EE, .NET, Flash/Flex, Web services and website development

*  Experience with applied Web Application security technologies, Internet technologies, including ecommerce, online marketing, online advertising, digital media, video streaming, content management systems, content publishing systems, Web analytics and Internet security

*  Experience with enterprise and data center networks, system design and operation, infrastructure design and build out, caching proxies, routing, switching and load balancing

*  Experience creating and delivering effective training

*  Demonstrated success developing client relationships

*  Must be enthusiastic, action oriented, capable of independently solving complex technical problems and able to communicate clearly and effectively to both technical and business audiences. 

*  Must be willing to travel (approximately 40 - 60%)

*  Ability to manage fast-paced customer engagement environments 

*  Project management experience