GDS Consulting Cyber Security - Associate Director

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Cyber Security – Associate Director

Job Summary

As a Senior Manager with EY’s Global Delivery Services (GDS) Cyber Security Team, you will

contribute technically to client engagement and services development activities. You will be focused on

helping clients grow and turning their Cyber Security strategy into reality. You’ll work in high-performing

teams that drive growth and deliver exceptional client service, making certain you play your part in

building a better working world.

You will be responsible for overall client service quality delivery in accordance with EY’s quality

guidelines & methodologies. You will need to manage accounts and relationships on a day-to-day basis

and explore new business opportunities for EY. Establishing, strengthening and nurturing relationships

with clients (functional heads & key influencers) and internally across service lines. You will assist in

developing new methodologies and internal initiatives and help in creating a positive learning culture by

coaching, counselling and developing junior team members.

Client responsibilities:

• Technical leadership and knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and methods including, but not
  
  

limited to, SOC transformation, CTI, cloud, privacy, incident response, governance, risk and

compliance, enterprise security strategies, and architecture.

• Excellent teamwork skills, passion and drive to succeed and combat Cyber threats
• Maintain a strong client focus by effectively serving client needs and developing productive working
  
  

relationships with client personnel. Stay abreast of current business and economic developments

and new pronouncements/standards relevant to the clients business.

• Generate new business opportunities by participating in market facing activities, executive briefings
  
  

and developing thought leadership materials

• Willing to learn new technologies and take up new challenges. Assist in developing high-quality
  
  

technical content such as automation scripts/tools, reference architectures, and white papers.

• Should have worked in a security operations center and gained understanding of SIEM and other
  
  

log management platforms. Having experience in best in breed SIEM (Splunk, Sentinel and Qradar

etc) content development / architecting will be an added advantage.

• Should have good hands-on experience and skills on advanced and integrated key Threat
  
  

Detection Technology like SIEM, SOAR, EPP, EDR solutions, Firewalls, IDPS, Web Proxy,

Enterprise Forensics tools.

• Experience with cloud infrastructures for the enterprise, such as Amazon Web Services, G Suite,
  
  

Office 365, and Azure.

• Good knowledge in threat modelling.
• Knowledge in endpoint protection tools, techniques and platforms such as Carbon Black, Tanium,
  
  

Microsoft Defender ATP, Symantec, McAfee or others

• Work with the team and the client to create plans for accomplishing engagement objectives and a
  
  

strategy that complies with professional standards and addresses the risks inherent in the

engagement.

• Brief the engagement team on the clients environment and industry trends. Maintain relationships
  
  

with client to manage expectations of service including work products, timing, fees and deliverables.

Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex information systems and apply it to client

situations

• Create and demonstrate innovative insights for clients, adapts methods and practices to fit
  
  

operational team needs & contributes to thought leadership documents

• Apply extensive knowledge of the clients business/industry to identify technological developments
  
  

and evaluate impacts on the clients business. Demonstrate excellent project management skills,

inspire teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members, and use current

technology/tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services

• Drive discussions / knowledge sharing with key client personnel and contribute to EY’s thought
  
  

leadership

• Demonstrate excellent project management skills, inspire teamwork and responsibility with
  
  

engagement team members, and use current technology/tools to enhance the effectiveness of

deliverables and services.

• Strong collaboration with EY senior executives, other key stakeholders and importantly other EY
  
  

SOC leaders to co-establish, promote and drive a Cyber SOC ecosystem

Key responsibilities:

• Provide industry insights (deep understanding of the industry, emerging trends, issues/challenges,
  
  

key players & leading practices) that energize growth

• Demonstrate deep understanding of the client’s industry and marketplace
• Lead consulting engagements that solve complex Cyber security issues
• Help mentor, coach and counsel their team members and help us build an inclusive culture and
  
  

high-performing teams

• Maximize operational efficiency through standardization and process automation on client
  
  

engagements and internal initiatives

• Monitor delivery progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about
  
  

progress and expected outcomes

• Successfully manage engagement time and budgets
• Convey complex technical security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences including
  
  

executives.

• Provide strategic and relevant insight, connectedness and responsiveness to all clients to anticipate
  
  

their needs

• Support and drive the overall growth strategy for the Cybersecurity practice as part of the leadership
  
  

team.

• Identify and drive development of market differentiators including new products, solutions,
  
  

automation etc.

• Define, develop and implement strategic go-to-market plans in collaboration with local EY member
  
  

firms in Americas, EMEIA and APAC.

• Drive new business opportunities by developing ideas, proposals and solutions
• Strongly represent EY and its service lines and actively assess what the firm can deliver to serve
  
  

clients. Assist Consulting Partners in driving the business development process on existing client

engagements by gathering appropriate resources, gaining access to key contacts & supervising

proposal preparation

• Develop long-term relationships with networks both internally and externally
• Enhance the EY brand through strong external relationships across a network of existing and future
  
  

clients and alliance partners

• Driving the quality culture agenda within the team
• Manage and contribute in performance management for the direct reportees and team members,
  
  

as per the organization policies

• Able to examine and act on people related issues both strategically and analytically.
• Participating in the EY-wide people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training
  
  

Cybersecurity professionals

• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge and enhance client service delivery
• Support the EY inclusiveness culture
  
  

To qualify, candidates must have:

• At least 15 years of industry experience, serving as Manager for minimum of 10 years or 5 years
  
  

as Senior Manager or Director, of recent relevant work experience in information security or information

technology discipline, preferably in a business consulting role with a leading technology consultancy

organization

• Strong technical experience in not limited to, attack and penetration testing, vulnerability
  
  

management, cloud, privacy, incident response, governance, risk and compliance, enterprise

security strategies, and architecture.

• Any one of the following technical certifications: CISSP, CISM, GSOC
• Graduates / BE / BTech / MSc / MTech / MBA in the fields of Computer Science, Information
  
  

Systems, Engineering, Business or related major

• Any one of the following project management experience - Prince2 / PMI / MSP / CSM
• Experience with data analysis and visualization technologies
• Fluency in English, other language skills are considered an asset
  
  

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