Sr. Project Consultant - Security
Company Overview:
Arctiq is a global, intelligence-driven technology services company delivering professional and managed services across Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Networking & Connected Experiences, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, Autonomous Operations & Intelligence, and Enterprise Service Management. We help organizations operate, secure, and modernize complex environments by unifying infrastructure, networking, data, security, automation, and observability under a single, integrated operating model. Our work focuses on helping customers reduce operational friction, improve resilience, and make better, faster decisions as their environments evolve. Arctiq builds on decades of industry expertise and a customer-centric ethos to deliver exceptional value to clients across diverse industries.
Position Overview:
The Senior Project Consultant – Identity & M365 Security is a customer-facing technical leader responsible for delivering complex identity-centric security, Microsoft 365 security, and security migration projects for mid-market and enterprise clients.
This role blends hands-on technical expertise with consultative delivery, guiding customers through assessment, design, migration, and implementation of Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 security solutions across hybrid, cloud, and legacy environments.
The consultant serves as a trusted security advisor, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with Microsoft best practices, Zero Trust principles, and long-term modernization strategies. Most engagements are delivered remotely, with occasional onsite travel for project kickoffs, critical milestones, or customer workshops.
Responsibilities:
Microsoft Entra ID & Identity Security (Primary)
- Entra ID tenant architecture, configuration, and security hardening
- Conditional Access design (baseline + phased rollout), including device, location, and risk-based controls
- MFA strategies (number matching, passwordless, and phishing-resistant MFA) and rollout planning
- Identity Protection policies (user/sign-in risk) and investigation workflows
- Privileged Identity Management (PIM) for roles and privileged users; least privilege implementation
- Identity governance concepts (access reviews, entitlement management concepts, lifecycle controls)
- Hybrid identity integration using Entra Connect or Cloud Sync; legacy auth remediation (basic auth/legacy protocols)
Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance
- Microsoft Defender XDR: Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Office 365, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps
- Email security: anti-phishing, impersonation protection, Safe Links/Safe Attachments, quarantine policies, mail flow
- Endpoint hardening: security baselines, ASR rules, device control, web protection
- Microsoft Purview: sensitivity labels, DLP, retention, audit, and compliance reporting
- Security posture management: Secure Score improvement planning and executive reporting
Third-Party Security Migration Experience (Required)
- Plan and execute migrations from third-party EDR and email security platforms to Microsoft security controls
- EDR examples: Carbon Black, CrowdStrike, and similar tools (policy translation, onboarding/offboarding, tuning)
- Email security examples: Mimecast, Postini, Proofpoint or similar (policy mapping, connectors, cutover, decommission)
- Feature mapping and coexistence planning; build cutover/runback plans and post-migration stabilization
Hybrid & On-Prem Security (Supporting)
- Active Directory security assessments, remediation, and hardening; privileged access models
- Defender for Identity sensor deployment and tuning; audit and logging improvements
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Deliver projects aligned to approved Statements of Work (SOWs), ensuring scope, schedule, and quality objectives are met
- Lead technical execution across on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud Microsoft solutions
- Follow established project delivery and quality method