OpenStack STM - Full-time / Part-time

Hello All,

We are currently looking for an internal employee to join the Experis Team. This role will be a remote based job with 50% travel and ideally someone would live near a major airport. Travel most often entails visits to client sites to support sales and marketing meetings, project delivery, etc. If you are interested please email your resume to

Sr. Technical Security Manager

Experis is seeking a Sr. Technical Security Manager that would have recent program-level management or consulting experience in Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance (with responsibilities for areas such as policy and program design, security control design, program and process implementation, control assessment, testing and audit, technology controls and standards, business continuity and controls required for regulatory compliance), for a full time perm position within our internal Information and Cyber Security Practice. Experience within key technical solutions (e.g., Mobile Devices, Identity Access Management and Cloud) from a security perspective highly desirable. Some consulting experience in commercial industries required. Similar experience with government security programs and compliance is a plus.

Work is remote based. No relocation required.
Travel estimate is 50%;
Home base location should be near a major airport
Travel most often entails visits to client sites to support sales and marketing meetings; project delivery, etc..

Senior Technical Manager
The role of the Senior Technical Manager is to act as a leader in the Experis Information and Cyber Security Practice by providing thought leadership, marketing and sales support, and the development and deployment of solutions that safeguard client businesses and the information assets created, processed, transmitted, stored, managed or disposed of by client organizations. The scope of this role primarily involves information security programs, security technology processes and controls, and the identification of key security initiatives and standards that impact the adoption or evolution of technologies and information protection control measures used by our clients.

Specific duties include support of the Information and Cyber Security Practice marketing and sales efforts; development and enhancement of functional service offerings (e.g awareness and training; infrastructure security controls (e.g., network security, mobile device security solutions, identity access management); incident handly and enterprise security compliance).

The individual will lead other team members in the delivery of client engagements, programs or projects to meet management and business objectives of Experis and the Information and Cyber Security Practice. This includes assisting in Practice program management by establishing clearly defined initiatives for the achievement of the duties of this role, and providing appropriate documentation, including project goals, objectives, scope, approach, execution plans, and resource requirements.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage and be an individual contributor for security engagements for multiple clients
• Conduct security gap assessments for clients with GLBA, HIPAA, PCI, NIST, ISO, and other compliance criteria and develop client-specific remediation plans to address identified gaps
• Provide technical sales expertise and subject-matter-expertise to supplement the sales force

Participate in IT/Information Cyber security engagements that may encompass the following:

• Provide technical thought leadership in the security configuration of applications, systems and networks and security aspects of key technologies (e.g., cloud security, mobile device security, identity access and management)
• Develop, refine, or modify client security policies and standards as necessary to implement adequate security controls for different client risk environments
• Conduct research, develop and defend positions, and document findings in white papers that will stand up to regulatory scrutiny on all aspects of information protection
• Participate in after-action incident response reviews to assist clients in the assessment of root causes and selecting and/or implementing corrective/preventive measures
• Create and maintain a risk-based integrated security roadmap that defines a defensible evolution of information security technology and practices over time
• Evaluate emerging threat reports, research solutions, and modify standards, configuration procedures, and recommend preventative measures to help clients appropriately eliminate, mitigate, transfer or accept the level of risk posed by the threats

Experience Required:

• Advanced degree or a bachelor degree and equivalent work experience required
• Ten or more years of information security experience.
• Minimum five years information security consulting experience with private sector clients
• Must possess superior oral and written communication and interpersonal relations skills.
• Past experience in creating proposal and statement of work information security content
• Experience providing solutions for various regulatory environments, including an understanding of the information security requirements defined by GLBA, SOX, FFIEC, HIPAA, and NIST
• Must possess professional consulting, analysis, and solution design skills
• Demonstrated competency in project management and delivery involving both technical and business groups
• Ability to clearly articulate and communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, including system interfaces, dependencies, migration strategies and cost
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, demonstrate initiative, and an ability to be a proactive team player
• Demonstrated competency conducting and reporting risk assessments using criteria relevant to client organizations
• Proven skills in complex problem diagnosis and creative problem solving
• Demonstrated track record of staying abreast of changes in technology and the information security threat environment
• Broad knowledge in applying various information security architecture standards and broad knowledge of multiple information technology standards.
• Excellent research, written, verbal communication, and presentation skills to effectively convey and evangelize information security.
• Demonstrated ability to foster and cultivate effective working relationships with a broad range of employees and external contacts.
• Superior project management, analytical and research skills that demonstrate an ability to effectively manage initiatives from inception through completion.
• Specific expertise developing policies, standards, and procedures for secure deployment of mobile devices, cloud computing and/or identity access management in corporate, government, and educational environments desirable

Additional Job Requirements:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or industry equivalent certification required.
• Compensation and Benefits
• An annual base salary paid on a bi-weekly basis
• Eligible for 6 18%% annual bonus (effective 1/1 of the year following hire, and payable March of the following year and every March thereafter) based on the Information Security Practice and Experis achieving or exceeding defined targets.
• Eligible for 3 weeks paid vacation per year, prorated the first calendar year.
• Eligible for an annual merit increase with an effective date based on the date of hire.
• Eligible for Employee benefits as stated in the Staff New Hire Guide. These benefits are subject to changes in the future

William Blankenship

OpenStack Sr. Technical Manager - Remote/50% travel
Summary:
The Sr. Technical Manager (STM) provides infrastructure and systems subject matter expertise within their specialized areas of expertise. These areas of expertise will be aligned with the Infrastructure and Data Solutions practice (IDS) focus, and the current and future infrastructure market needs to support Project Solutions and project inititiatives. The STM has two primary responsibilites for providing the required level of support. The first is to establish a virtual bench team of qualified technical resources, working in concert with the practice delivery arm, and account management teams to fully support all efforts within the STM designated areas of expertise. The second is to architect and provide technical oversight for a successful deleviery for new or existing clients. This includes custom and new solution developmemt for first time services as well as the replication of successful solutions for additional clients. The STM works closely with account management and practice delivery teams to achieve Experis goal of providing greater value to our clients and value added delivery .
In addition, the STM will be assigned responsibility for the growth of IDS services within a limited number of accounts strategicly targeted by IDS for growth.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for managing strategic account practice relationship in coordination with clients such as Cisco and EMC account management team.
Assist strategic account management team with development of account management plan and tracking.
Proactively establish peer relationships within OpenStack community
Responsible for providing technology direction and expertise in:
o OpenStack, Hypervisor, Linux and DevOps Technologies
OpenStack components
Open source Hypervisors
KVM
Docker
Linux
RHEL
CentOS
Ubuntu
Programming, automation and/or orchestration
Puppet
Chef
Programming/Scripting Languages
o Emerging Technologies
o Other related technologies as needed
Maintain current knowledge of the following technologies and align practice services with emerging technologies.
o OpenStack
o Cloud platforms
o DevOps trending
Responsible for the development and maintenance of practice service offerings which includes documentation for service methodologies, sales collateral, and case studies.
Responsible for ensuring methodology implementation on client engagements
Responsible for support of sales engagement processes to provide technical credibility for project opportunities.
Must be able to present services and solutions to all levels of client management.
Proven ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
Responsible for developing and writing solutions in response to Request for Proposal, SOWs or inside sale opportunities.
Create, train and maintain a virtual team bench (VB) of skilled consultants to assist in the development and delivery of service offerings and technical screens.
Responsible for technical screening (if VB not available) of potential consultants in relevant areas and the development of associated screening plans.
Responsible for technical leadership of project teams through application of technical knowledge in performance of project work assignments and coordination of technical activities across all project team members.
Responsible for technical leadership of small to large project teams of technical specialists to develop new work methods and processes for delivering technical solutions.
Ability to grasp new technology concepts quickly and assist others in understanding.
Responsible for partner development to assist with delivery of services.
Responsible for partnership management in areas of technical expertise.
Position requires excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, the ability to deal effectively with employees and customers, and cultivate positive relationships at the project engagement level.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Project, and Visio) and strong analytical skills, as well as organizational and follow-up skills are required.
Must be able to travel 50% of time or greater
Experience Required:
Eight or more years experience with:
o Linux CLI based administration and support, preferrably RHEL
o Enterprise Storage support basic knowledge including LUN allocation, tiering, and replication
o Enterprise Networking support basic knowledge including routing and switching TCP/IP, VLANs, and trunking
Three or more years of OpenStack experience in both PoC and Prod Environments
o Research, design, build, and implementation
o Must be proficient with Nova, Swift, Cinder, Neutron, Keystone, Horizon and Glance
o Experience with Ceilometer, Heat, and Trove a plus
o Strong familiarity with OpenStack APIs and Database integration
Four or more years of virtualization hypervisor experience to include at least 2 of the following:
o VMware vSphere
o Microsoft Hyper-V
o Citrix Xen
o KVM
o Docker
Three or more years expereince with software defined Cloud Security technologies
Three or more years experience with programming, automation and/or orchestration tools to include at least 3 of the following:
o Python
o Perl
o VBScript
o OpenStack Heat
o Puppet
o Chef
Four or more years creating and documenting responses to RFPs and sales opportunities
Four or more years experience in providing consulting services to clients, advising on technical solutions and participating in pre-sales and solution development.
Education or Certifications Required:
RHEL, OpenStack and general networking or storage certifications
Virtualization certification from Microsoft, Citrix, or VMware a plus
Preferred Bachelors degree in Computer Science, MIS or a related field.

Experis is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE/AA)