Job Description

About us

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM.

Managing Director, Cyber Engineering  

In order to address the most critical needs of our clients, RSM established the Cyber Consulting practice, comprised of more than 400 professionals dedicated exclusively to serving the cybersecurity needs of our clients. This group includes experienced consultants located throughout the globe dedicated to helping clients with preventing, detecting, responding and recovering from security threats that may affect their critical systems and data. We serve a diverse client base within a variety of industries, and we are relied upon to provide expertise within areas of strategy, compliance, and governance as well as implementation and operation of security tools and technologies. Our teams assist clients with securely transforming their technology environments to better enable business operations.  

We are seeking a go to market focused individual with knowledge of the development and implementation of reusable security patterns across on premise and cloud infrastructures including helping organizations architect and deploy secure edge concepts. This role is directly involved in credentializing RSM in this space as well as leveraging their specific knowledge to help deployment teams deliver on the clients’ needs. Finally, the right candidate for his role is expected to integrate heavily with our existing secure cloud and edge security teams to drive market growth in the complex security transformation space in the upper end of the middle market and up market. 

At RSM, leaders work with large and small companies in variety of industries. They develop strong working relationships with clients built on understanding their businesses and challenges facing the organization. They work and lead multiple team engagements and go to market efforts, including several facets of any particular project—not just a single area of focus. Working in a mutually respectful team environment helps our people perform at their best and integrate their career with their personal life. 

You will have the opportunity to: 

Drive the client conversation around secure architecture solutions spread across on premise and cloud platforms, expanding into edge security concepts 

Create cloud-based programs, performing threat simulations to detect possible risks, and providing security recommendations on topics like micro services design or application development 

Provide instruction and direction on secure cloud migration and transformation approaches  

Work with up market organizations on in-depth security architecture, design and coding standards across infrastructure, application and data security, to drive a standardized set of security requirements, and align with internal policies and meet external compliance/regulatory requirements 

Support the ongoing mentoring, team building and recruiting activities with a focus on developing go to market focused consultants 

Basic qualifications for a Managing Director position include: 

Minimum B.A. or B.S. degree or equivalent from an accredited university by the time employment commences 

Computer science, information technology, information systems management, or other similar degrees preferably with a focus on information security 

A solution-oriented focus to helping clients realize the outcomes they set forth to achieve 

Strong working knowledge of computer network technologies, protocols and topologies 

Proficiency with a variety of cloud platforms including AWS, Azure and Google 

The ability to interpret and convey technical information through written and oral communications to all levels of technical aptitude, including senior management 

High degree of integrity and confidentiality, as well as ability to adhere to company policies and best practices 

Possess a strong internal drive and motivation for continuous improvement 

Beneficial, but not required, qualifications for a Managing Director-level position include: 

Practical hands-on or lab experience with traditional network infrastructure, servers, storage, a network and virtualization software, as well as cloud concepts such as containers, dockers, kubernetes, etc. 

Experience with testing and development frameworks, with regards to their applicability to cloud environments, such as the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM), the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES), Information Systems Security Assessment Framework (ISSAF), and NIST SP800-115 

Familiarity with security testing techniques such as network discovery, port and service identification, vulnerability scanning, network sniffing, penetration testing, and configuration reviews 

Familiarity with the application of security and privacy provisions to cloud environments across a variety of regulations and standards such as PCI, ISO 27000 series, NIST SP 800 series, etc.