Sr. Professional Services Consultant
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Your Impact:
As a Sr. Professional Services Consultant, you consistently deliver high-impact results, applying your full qualifications and experience to drive outcomes and add measurable value. You work independently on customer deployments and problem resolution while collaborating with senior team members on more complex architectural considerations.
In this role, you will:
- Act as a trusted advisor for clients, assisting them with the integration of Illumio into their environments
- Manage deployments and upgrades of the Illumio platform, ensuring successful implementation by coordinating timeframes and required resources.
- Conduct technical reviews and provide guidance on change preparation for Illumio deployments.
- Assist in the development of Illumio-specific API scripts to enhance service deployment, monitoring, and management.
- Provide best practices, documentation, and recommendations for optimizing the use of Illumio.
- Prepare and maintain project documentation throughout the engagement.
- Monitor and troubleshoot the Illumio deployment, addressing anomalies and performance issues.
- Serve as the primary interface between client teams and Illumio’s product and support teams.
- Provide metrics and reporting on the Illumio deployment’s effectiveness.
- Support internal teams with integration documentation and assist with security ruleset and policy development.
- Facilitate testing and validation of the Illumio platform for client service teams.
- Conduct knowledge transfer and training sessions on the Illumio product set for client teams.
- Complete necessary administrative documentation, including timesheets and weekly reports.
Your Toolkit:
You bring both technical depth and professional maturity to the role, including:
- 5+ years of consulting or advisory experience.
- Strong experience with Linux (CentOS/Red Hat preferred) and Windows Server platforms.
- Experience with cloud computing service provider models (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI)
- Experience with container platform architecture (Kubernetes, Openshift, etc.)
- Experience with automation and scripting tools (e.g., Bash, Python, Ruby, Chef, Puppet, Ansible).
- Expertise in networking concepts, including network flows, protocols, and application security controls.
- Problem-solving ability to diagnose and resolve issues in unfamiliar technology environments.
- Ability to work with evolving technology and quickly adapt to new tools.
- Client-facing skills, including conflict resolution and project management experience.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
- Broad understanding of IT infrastructure.
- Existing Experience within Professional Services team of a security vendor is a strong advantage.
- Willingness to travel to HQ in Silicon Valley for product training and knowledge development.
- Ability to quickly assimilate new product knowledge and apply it effectively in customer environments.
- Prior experience with Illumio is not required - training will be provided.
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View Company ProfileIllumio is a premier, enterprise-grade cybersecurity platform engineered to orchestrate massive-scale Zero Trust microsegmentation across complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Operating as a highly resilient digital ecosystem, the company eliminates the operational friction of traditional perimeter-based defense by actively mapping and restricting lateral network movement, effectively isolating ransomware and cyber breaches before they can propagate. Moving beyond the rigid limitations of legacy firewalls, Illumio provides unprecedented, real-time visibility into application dependencies and communication flows across data centers, endpoints, and cloud workloads. Under the hood, their highly scalable policy engine seamlessly enforces granular access controls without requiring disruptive changes to underlying network infrastructure, allowing DevOps and security teams to safely deploy at speed. What sets Illumio apart is its uncompromising dedication to breach containment; by bridging the gap between proactive risk visualization and automated security enforcement, the platform empowers global enterprises to build inherently secure digital architectures that neutralize internal and external threats.
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