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Technical Consultant – Cyber Resilience

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Full-timeRemote$100K - $150K/yr
Posted Wednesday, 2/18/2026

AHEAD is Hiring a Technical Consultant – Cyber Resilience!

Location: United States (Remote)
Schedule: Full-Time
Employment Type: Permanent
Department: Security Delivery

Pay Range: $100,000 – $150,000/year (OTE)

Overview

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We empower our teams to speak up, make change, and drive meaningful impact.

As a Technical Consultant – Cyber Resilience, you will play a key role in AHEAD’s security delivery organization, supporting clients in designing and implementing modern cyber recovery and ransomware resilience strategies. This role is focused on helping enterprises strengthen their Respond and Recover security functions through assessments, architecture design, operational documentation, and client-facing leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cyber resilience assessments, including evidence collection and analysis of recovery maturity, backup processes, segmentation, and access controls

  • Write detailed observations and practical recommendations based on risk and program maturity

  • Draft architecture designs and recovery technology configurations (Rubrik, Cohesity, Commvault)

  • Advise clients on Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE/CIRE) principles such as:

    • Network segmentation

    • Least privilege access

    • Time synchronization

  • Perform highly technical business impact analysis, including dependency mapping and bill of materials development

  • Lead tabletop exercises and development of:

    • Cyber Recovery Plans

    • Procedures

    • Runbooks

    • Playbooks

  • Support scoped engagements independently or as part of larger delivery teams

  • Contribute to service offering improvement, architectural standards, and thought leadership across AHEAD’s security practice

Required Knowledge

  • Strong knowledge of ransomware recovery best practices, including:

    • Secure enclave/clean-room designs

    • Immutability

    • Reinfection prevention

  • Proficiency with modern backup and recovery platforms such as:

    • Rubrik

    • Cohesity

    • Veritas NetBackup

    • Veeam

  • Experience with virtualization and cloud environments:

    • VMware / Hyper-V

    • AWS / Azure / Google Cloud

  • Solid understanding of identity and access management in isolated contexts:

    • Active Directory / Entra ID

    • RBAC

    • Conditional access

    • Privileged access controls

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate technical degree preferred (Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity), but not required

  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience

  • At least 2 professional and/or technical certifications aligned with security service delivery

  • Demonstrated experience consulting on secure architecture and solution design in complex enterprise environments

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Benefits

AHEAD offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

  • 401(k)

  • Paid company holidays

  • Paid time off

  • Paid parental and caregiver leave

  • Certification sponsorship and professional development opportunities

  • Additional benefits available at AHEAD’s benefits portal