Strategic IT & Security Consultant

Industry Analysts, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tiffany & Co. Gift Card

Custom Menswear

Custom Rolex

Paid Parental Leave

Up to 20 days PTO

Job summary

Impact is seeking a senior IT/security strategist to lead discovery, guide the Business Transformation Assessment, and design managed services across infrastructure, cloud, identity, and security. You will translate complex findings into executive-ready recommendations and work with Sales and delivery teams to ensure successful client outcomes.

The role requires 7+ years in IT/cybersecurity, strong cross-functional collaboration, and knowledge of MDR/XDR, patch lifecycles, and governance.

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.

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 (including diagrams, requirements, and scope language) 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

lead discovery

present to executive audiences

translate technical complexity

IT domains knowledge

Education

Security+, Network+, Microsoft, Cisco, AWS/Azure, CISSP, CISM

Job description

Impact is seeking a senior IT/security strategist to lead discovery, guide the Business Transformation Assessment, and design managed services across infrastructure, cloud, identity, and security. You will translate complex findings into executive-ready recommendations and work with Sales and delivery teams to ensure successful client outcomes.

The role requires 7+ years in IT/cybersecurity, strong cross-functional collaboration, and knowledge of MDR/XDR, patch lifecycles, and governance.