# Security Consultant (Identity & SecOps) - Mid-Atlantic region (Remote in NC, VA, MD, DC, DE, PA, or NJ)

**Company**: GuidePoint Security
**Location**: Remote
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

GuidePoint Security is seeking a Senior Security Consultant / Principal – Identity & SecOps to help lead their Mid-Atlantic (Mid-A) Security Consulting practice.

The role focuses on Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Identity & Access Management (IAM), PKI, Conditional Access Policy (CAP) assessments, and modern identity security platforms while helping customers navigate emerging challenges around Non-Human Identity (NHI) and AI/agentic identity security.

Responsibilities:

- Lead and deliver identity-focused engagements from scoping through execution and final deliverables

- Assess, design, and improve Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory environments

- Perform Conditional Access Policy (CAP) assessments and identity hardening reviews

- Design and advise on PKI, certificate lifecycle, and foundational cryptographic controls

- Support Identity governance, MFA, PAM, Conditional Access, PIM, RBAC, and passwordless / FIDO2 initiatives

- Advise on and help secure modern identity platforms, including CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection / Next-Gen Identity Security (ITDR), Microsoft Entra, Okta, and related solutions

- Help customers address Non-Human Identity (NHI) risks (service accounts, workload identities, API keys, secrets) and emerging AI / agentic identity security concerns

- Support SecOps initiatives including SIEM, SOC, ITDR, threat hunting, log ingestion, telemetry coverage, and alert tuning

- Perform Security Architecture Reviews and technical assessments, and develop actionable remediation roadmaps

- Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior consultants and analysts, elevating team capability

- Support presales activities (scoping calls, solutioning, statements of work, and technical demonstrations) as a trusted advisor to prospective and existing customers

- Produce high-quality customer deliverables and technical documentation

- Embrace emerging technologies, including AI tools, to work smarter, solve problems, and drive better business outcomes

Requirements:

- 8+ years of cybersecurity consulting, engineering, or architecture experience, with demonstrated project delivery ownership

- Deep, hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory and M365 security

- Experience implementing or administering IAM controls, PKI, and authentication technologies

- Strong command of Conditional Access, MFA, SSO, RBAC, PIM, PAM, and Zero Trust concepts

- Experience supporting SecOps functions , SIEM/Sentinel, SOC, ITDR, or threat hunting

- Demonstrated leadership skills , leading engagements, mentoring team members, and owning delivery outcomes

- Strong customer-facing and presales skills with the ability to lead conversations, present to technical and executive audiences, and act as a trusted advisor

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to lead and manage multiple customer engagements in parallel

- Eastern Time Zone availability required

Benefits:

- Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)

- Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans)

- Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans

- 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program

- Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance

- Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment

- Pet Benefit Option

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Active Directory
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- PKI
- Conditional Access Policy (CAP)
- SIEM
- SOC
- ITDR
- threat hunting

### Nice to have
- Value-Added Reseller (VAR) / solution provider business model
- enterprise IAM / IGA / PAM platforms
- CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection / Next-Gen Identity Security
- Non-Human Identity (NHI) governance
- AI / agentic identity security approaches
- FIDO2 / passwordless authentication deployments
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Defender
- Purview
- Duo
- Azure
- AWS cloud security

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