Strategic IT & Security Consultant

Industry Analysts, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO up to 20 days

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Training & education reimbursement

401(k) & retirement plans

Job summary

Impact is a national managed services provider seeking an IT and cybersecurity consultant to guide clients through discovery, define security roadmaps, and design end-to-end managed services across infrastructure, endpoint, and cloud.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in IT/cybersecurity, strong executive communication skills, and a track record of delivering actionable client-ready recommendations. You will work with Sales, Delivery, and Partners to ensure feasible, supportable solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in IT and/or cybersecurity with responsibilities progressing from hands-on technical to strategy and leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead discovery, translate technical complexity into clear recommendations, and present to executive and technical audiences.
• Strong working knowledge across core IT domains: networking, Windows/Linux fundamentals, endpoint management, identity, and backup/DR.
• Working knowledge of modern security concepts and operations: EDR/MDR/XDR, email-borne threats and investigation, vulnerability management and patch lifecycles, incident response fundamentals, and security governance basics.
• Experience in managed services or consulting environments a plus
• Comfort collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, delivery teams, and partners to design solutions that are technically sound and operationally supportable.
• Relevant certifications (preferred, not required): Security+, Network+, Microsoft, Cisco, AWS/Azure, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops with executive and technical stakeholders to understand business goals, current-state operations, risk tolerance, and constraints.
• Own the technical direction of the Business Transformation Assessment (BTA): coordinate data collection, validate findings, and develop a prioritized remediation and modernization roadmap.
• Translate technical findings into client-ready recommendations, including clear options, assumptions, scope boundaries, and expected outcomes tailored for both executive and engineering audiences.
• Design managed services solutions (fully managed and co-managed) across infrastructure, endpoint, cloud, identity, backup/DR, and security, ensuring supportability and operational fit.
• Partner with delivery teams (Service Desk, TOC, Tech Ops, TAM/vCIO, Security Operations) to validate feasibility, define responsibilities, and set onboarding and steady-state expectations.
• Position and scope SOC-backed security services (e.g., MDR/XDR, email security and investigation, vulnerability remediation, security awareness) and align response workflows and reporting expectations.
• Create and review proposals, statement-of-work inputs, and solution documentation to drive accurate delivery and client alignment.
• Support opportunity strategy with Sales: qualify fit, lead technical win plans, and deliver executive-level presentations and solution reviews.
• Enable internal teams through knowledge sharing: contribute to playbooks, talk tracks, and training so Sales and delivery teams can consistently position and deliver solutions.

Skills

IT security

Cybersecurity

Executive communication

Identity & access

EDR/MDR/XDR

Job description

Impact is a national managed services provider seeking an IT and cybersecurity consultant to guide clients through discovery, define security roadmaps, and design end-to-end managed services across infrastructure, endpoint, and cloud.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in IT/cybersecurity, strong executive communication skills, and a track record of delivering actionable client-ready recommendations. You will work with Sales, Delivery, and Partners to ensure feasible, supportable solutions.