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02-20-2010, 03:09 AM
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PCI-DSS Practice Lead - San Jose, CA
Our San Jose, California based Information Security Services Firm has an immediate opening for a PCI-DSS Practice Lead to join our growing company. This is a key leadership position that requires a combination of management, team building, and hands-on skills necessary to help grow our PCI-DSS business.
Your initial assignment will require approximately 50% of your time be spent performing hands-on PCI-DSS consulting activities with the balance of your time spent performing strategic assignments involved in building and maintaining our PCI-DSS practice. As you successfully help us grow our PCI-DSS consulting business, this position will transition into a strategic/management role.
Primary Job Duties Hands-On Consulting (~50%)
Conducting PCI-DSS gap analyses and assessments.
Creating professional reports for our clients that detail your assessment findings. Quality reports are very important to us as they allow us to differentiate ourselves in the marketplace - our reports are tailored to our clients business and include a roadmap of practical, actionable steps for improving their security posture and/or achieving compliance.
Consulting with clients to help them understand our findings and their remediation options.
Primary Job Duties Strategic (~50%)
Leading/participating in meetings and conference calls with potential new clients as our top PCI-DSS subject matter expert.
Scoping out new PCI-DSS assessment projects and providing estimates and Statements of Work.
Managing all employees that are focused on our PCI-DSS business.
Mentoring your employees, setting objectives for them, and reviewing their work.
Acquisition and management of new employees as needed to meet a demanding workload.
Ensuring that all QSA employees maintain their certifications and complete recertification training as needed.
Managing our PCI-DSS QA program.
Ensuring that we stay in good standing with the PCI Security Standards Council.
Leading our efforts to become a PA-QSA.
Work Location
Our Company is headquartered in San Jose, California. Approximately 70% of our clients are located in the Bay Area, although this job will sometimes require travel to remote client locations throughout the United States.
Technical Skills
Minimum of eight years in the information security field doing work similar to what is described above.
Experience managing or leading teams.
CISA certification (or CISSP) - Required
PCI-QSA Required
Experience completing a minimum of 10 PCI-DSS Reports on Compliance (ROCs) - Required
MBA - Preferred
Soft Skills
Strong customer focus. The goal should be to make customers happy enough that they ask for you and/or your employees to be sent back to do more work for them.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Desire to learn new things and become a participant in the local information security community.
Good organizational skills
Honesty and integrity
Enthusiastic, responsible, proactive, and dependable team player
Other Requirements
Must undergo criminal background check and drug testing.
Willingness to travel when necessary.
Flexibility to work odd hours at times. For the most part this is a Monday-Friday 8:00 to 5:00 job, but sometimes customers require us to do certain work during weekends or off-hours.
Job Benefits
Competitive salary including performance incentives
Company sponsored medical and dental insurance
Company sponsored training programs and career growth opportunities
Company sponsored industry certifications necessary for your position (such as CISA, PCI-QSA, PA-QSA, etc.).
Esprit de corps
Your choice of beer (at the end of the workday)
If you think youre the right person for this challenging and fun career opportunity, please send your resume to careers@appsecconsulting.com .
PCI-DSS Practice Lead - San Jose, CA
Our San Jose, California based Information Security Services Firm has an immediate opening for a PCI-DSS Practice Lead to join our growing company. This is a key leadership position that requires a combination of management, team building, and hands-on skills necessary to help grow our PCI-DSS business.
Your initial assignment will require approximately 50% of your time be spent performing hands-on PCI-DSS consulting activities with the balance of your time spent performing strategic assignments involved in building and maintaining our PCI-DSS practice. As you successfully help us grow our PCI-DSS consulting business, this position will transition into a strategic/management role.
Primary Job Duties Hands-On Consulting (~50%)
Conducting PCI-DSS gap analyses and assessments.
Creating professional reports for our clients that detail your assessment findings. Quality reports are very important to us as they allow us to differentiate ourselves in the marketplace - our reports are tailored to our clients business and include a roadmap of practical, actionable steps for improving their security posture and/or achieving compliance.
Consulting with clients to help them understand our findings and their remediation options.
Primary Job Duties Strategic (~50%)
Leading/participating in meetings and conference calls with potential new clients as our top PCI-DSS subject matter expert.
Scoping out new PCI-DSS assessment projects and providing estimates and Statements of Work.
Managing all employees that are focused on our PCI-DSS business.
Mentoring your employees, setting objectives for them, and reviewing their work.
Acquisition and management of new employees as needed to meet a demanding workload.
Ensuring that all QSA employees maintain their certifications and complete recertification training as needed.
Managing our PCI-DSS QA program.
Ensuring that we stay in good standing with the PCI Security Standards Council.
Leading our efforts to become a PA-QSA.
Work Location
Our Company is headquartered in San Jose, California. Approximately 70% of our clients are located in the Bay Area, although this job will sometimes require travel to remote client locations throughout the United States.
Technical Skills
Minimum of eight years in the information security field doing work similar to what is described above.
Experience managing or leading teams.
CISA certification (or CISSP) - Required
PCI-QSA Required
Experience completing a minimum of 10 PCI-DSS Reports on Compliance (ROCs) - Required
MBA - Preferred
Soft Skills
Strong customer focus. The goal should be to make customers happy enough that they ask for you and/or your employees to be sent back to do more work for them.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Desire to learn new things and become a participant in the local information security community.
Good organizational skills
Honesty and integrity
Enthusiastic, responsible, proactive, and dependable team player
Other Requirements
Must undergo criminal background check and drug testing.
Willingness to travel when necessary.
Flexibility to work odd hours at times. For the most part this is a Monday-Friday 8:00 to 5:00 job, but sometimes customers require us to do certain work during weekends or off-hours.
Job Benefits
Competitive salary including performance incentives
Company sponsored medical and dental insurance
Company sponsored training programs and career growth opportunities
Company sponsored industry certifications necessary for your position (such as CISA, PCI-QSA, PA-QSA, etc.).
Esprit de corps
Your choice of beer (at the end of the workday)
If you think youre the right person for this challenging and fun career opportunity, please send your resume to careers@appsecconsulting.com .