Security Consulting Practitioner

Project Role : Security Consulting Practitioner
Project Role Description : Advise clients on their business protection journey by shaping security strategy, designing solutions, and providing guidance to strengthen cyber resilience.
Must have skills : Security Platform Engineering
Good to have skills : NA
Minimum 12 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Summary: The Platform Management Manager will lead the design, deployment, and operational excellence of QRadar, Splunk, and Hadoop platforms. This role involves managing a team of analysts and engineers, ensuring platform scalability, performance, and alignment with security and business objectives. Roles & Responsibilities: • Oversee the administration and optimization of QRadar SIEM, Splunk, and Hadoop clusters • Ensure platform availability, scalability, and performance across hybrid environments • Define and enforce data ingestion standards, log source onboarding, and parsing strategies • Lead platform upgrades, patching, and capacity planning initiatives Team Leadership • Manage and mentor a team of platform analysts and engineers • Assign tasks, review performance, and support career development • Foster collaboration between SOC, threat intelligence, and data engineering teams Security & Analytics Enablement • Ensure platforms support threat detection, compliance reporting, and forensic investigations • Collaborate with security architects to develop use cases and correlation rules • Drive integration with SOAR, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management tools Governance & Documentation • Maintain platform documentation including SOPs, architecture diagrams, and runbooks • Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations (ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR) • Support audit and risk assessments with platform data and reporting Professional & Technical Skills: 8–12 years of experience in cybersecurity, SIEM, or big data platform management • Proven leadership experience managing platform operations teams • Deep expertise in QRadar, Splunk, and Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, YARN, Hive, Spark) • Strong understanding of log management, threat detection, and data analytics • Proficiency in Linux administration, networking, and scripting (Python, Bash) Education & Certifications • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field • Preferred certifications: o IBM QRadar Certified Deployment Professional o Splunk Certified Admin / Architect o Hortonworks/Cloudera Certified Administrator o CISSP, CISM, or equivalent Additional Information: • Experience with cloud-native platforms (Azure Sentinel, AWS EMR, GCP BigQuery) • Exposure to SOAR platforms and automation workflows • Familiarity with data governance and privacy regulations

15 years full time education