Engagement Lead (Security Observability & Risk Management)

Job Description:

Engagement Lead, Security Observability & Risk Management

Engagement Context

Consulting program with a Tier 1 US financial services institution to evaluate the client''s security telemetry, define a CTOC aligned security observability architecture, and design SOC dashboards and an implementation roadmap. The program runs in four phases: Discovery and Current State, Security Intelligence Architecture, Dashboard Design and Figma Mockups, and Implementation Design and Roadmap, with a clear runway into a follow on build phase.

Role Summary

Senior consulting lead accountable for program leadership, stakeholder alignment, and delivery of every phase artifact. Owns the client relationship at the program level, runs governance cadence, manages scope and change control, and ensures the Altimetrik team delivers an outcome that gives the client a credible path from discovery into implementation.

Key Responsibilities

•            Own end to end delivery of the program against the SOW (deliverables, milestones, fixed price commitments)

•            Run governance cadence with client stakeholders (SOC, Security Engineering, DevSecOps, Architecture leadership)

•            Facilitate stakeholder workshops during discovery to anchor current state findings

•            Coordinate the cross functional team (Security Architect, SOC SME, DevSecOps, Data, UX) and remove blockers

•            Manage scope, risk, and change control; raise formal Change Orders for anything outside SOW

•            Quality review every deliverable before client share: current state architecture, telemetry inventory, gap analysis, observability architecture, risk scoring framework, dashboard prototypes, implementation roadmap

•            Drive milestone walkthroughs tied to invoicing

•            Identify and shape the follow on implementation phase as the program progresses

Required Skills and Experience

•            12 years delivering technology consulting engagements, with at least 5 years leading security, observability, SIEM/SOAR, or risk platform programs

•            Track record running fixed price discovery and design engagements with Tier 1 financial services clients

•            Strong working knowledge of SOC and CTOC operating models, security telemetry, vulnerability management, and detection and response workflows

•            Comfortable challenging client assumptions on alert noise, vulnerability prioritization, and remediation maturity

•            Excellent executive communication; able to present architecture and roadmap to CISO or CTOC leadership

•            Disciplined on scope, risk, and change control in a banking environment

Nice to Have

•            Prior delivery inside a top 5 US bank or systemically important financial institution

•            Familiarity with KEV, EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, and modern SOAR platforms

•            Experience positioning a follow on implementation off the back of a discovery