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Coalfire is on a mission to make the world a safer place by solving our clients’ hardest cybersecurity challenges. We work at the cutting edge of technology to advise, assess, automate, and ultimately help companies navigate the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. We are headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices across the U.S. and U.K., and we support clients around the world.
But that’s not who we are – that’s just what we do.
We are thought leaders, consultants, and cybersecurity experts, but above all else, we are a team of passionate problem-solvers who are hungry to learn, grow, and make a difference.
Why Join Us
We’re looking for a Principal Google Cloud Security Consultant to serve as a senior advisor, technical architect, and delivery leader for enterprise Google Cloud security engagements. This role helps clients design, secure, deploy, and operationalize Google Cloud environments while translating business risk, compliance needs, and emerging technology requirements into scalable security programs.
What You'll Do
- Lead secure Google Cloud architecture design and reviews across IAM, networking, workload protection, data protection, logging, monitoring, and compliance
- Advise enterprise customers on Google Cloud security strategy aligned to business risk, regulatory requirements, and operating priorities
- Lead Google Cloud security posture assessments to identify high-impact risks, misconfigurations, control gaps, and operational weaknesses
- Advise customers on Google SecOps, Chronicle, SIEM strategy, cloud telemetry strategy, detection engineering, and SOC workflow design
- Advise customers on Wiz use cases such as CNAPP, CSPM, vulnerability prioritization, attack path analysis, entitlement risk, and remediation workflows
- Develop executive-ready findings, prioritized remediation roadmaps, and maturity-based security improvement plans
- Lead Security Command Center and Security Command Center Enterprise implementation, configuration, tuning, and operationalization
- Integrate Security Command Center findings into vulnerability management, compliance, security operations, and executive risk reporting workflows
- Support SIEM modernization and migration planning, including log source rationalization, detection migration, alert tuning, and operational transition
- Help customers move from fragmented monitoring approaches into scalable, cloud-native security operations models
- Own complex technical workstreams from discovery through delivery, including technical direction, scope, risks, and stakeholder coordination
- Translate technical security findings into clear business risks, investment priorities, and actionable recommendations for senior leaders
- Guide customer teams through secure Google Cloud design, configuration, deployment, and operational maturity decisions
- Advise on Vertex AI and AI workload security, including identity, access control, data protection, governance, logging, and monitoring
- Create architecture diagrams, assessment deliverables, roadmaps, implementation documentation, and operational runbooks
- Develop repeatable methodologies, assessment frameworks, implementation patterns, reference architectures, and reusable technical assets
- Mentor consultants and help raise the overall capability of the Google Cloud Security practice
- Provide technical leadership during client reviews, executive briefings, architecture discussions, and operational meetings
- Contribute to process improvement and automation initiatives that improve consistency, scalability, and delivery quality
WORK ENVIRONMENT/TRAVEL REQUIRED:
Remote working environment with up to 25% travel required.
What You'll Bring
- 8 years of security consulting experience spanning various domains with at least 4 years experience directly working as a Google Cloud consultant.
- Proven track record delivering Google Cloud security architecture, posture modernization, and operationalization outcomes from discovery through handover.
- Hands-on leadership in cloud security projects across security, cloud, DevOps, architecture, compliance, and operations teams.
- Documented success integrating cloud-native security platforms, SIEM, CNAPP/CSPM, logging, monitoring, vulnerability management, and SOC workflows.
- History working under regulatory or industry frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, CMMC, or similar standards.
- Demonstrable client-facing consulting experience, maintaining professionalism and clear communication in ambiguous, high-stakes, or fast-paced engagements.
- 6 years of security consulting experience spanning various domains with at least 2 years experience directly working as a Google Cloud consultant.
- Deep experience designing, securing, deploying, and operationalizing Google Cloud environments.
- Strong expertise in Google Cloud security architecture, IAM, networking, logging, monitoring, data protection, workload security, and compliance-oriented design.
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud security services, including Security Command Center or equivalent cloud-native security platforms.
- Experience leading cloud security posture assessments, architecture reviews, or enterprise cloud security modernization efforts.
- Proven ability to lead complex technical engagements with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and enterprise-scale environments.
- Highly adaptable consulting mindset with the ability to move between strategy, architecture, implementation, delivery leadership, and executive advisory work.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to brief executives and guide technical teams.
- Strong documentation skills for creating diagrams, assessment reports, roadmaps, implementation plans, written recommendations, and supporting materials.
- Critical thinking skills to balance security requirements against business objectives, operational realities, and customer maturity.
- Proven track record adapting quickly and efficiently in fast-paced, dynamic customer environments.
DESIRED CERTIFICATIONS:
Google Cloud Professional, Cloud Security Engineer, or Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Professional Security Operations Engineer, or equivalent Google Cloud security experience
Bonus Points
- Google Cloud certifications: Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Professional Security Operations Engineer, or Professional Cloud Architect.
- Security Command Center Enterprise: Experience implementing, configuring, tuning, or operationalizing SCC Enterprise.
- Wiz experience: Experience with CNAPP, CSPM, vulnerability prioritization, attack path analysis, entitlement risk, and remediation workflows.
- Google SecOps and SIEM modernization: Experience with Chronicle, SIEM architecture, telemetry strategy, detection engineering, or SIEM migration.
- Vertex AI security: Experience advising on AI governance, workload isolation, access controls, logging, monitoring, and secure deployment patterns.
- Practice development: Ability to create reusable methodologies, delivery accelerators, reference architectures, and practice-level intellectual property.
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS/SKILLS (not required):
Wiz, Google SecOps/Chronicle, SIEM migration, Vertex AI security, Terraform, or related cloud security skills
The salary range listed is a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role based on national salary averages. The actual salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, geographic location, training, licensure and certifications and other factors. You may also be eligible to participate in annual incentive, commission, and/or recognition programs.
Why You’ll Want to Join Us
At Coalfire, you’ll find the support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In many cases, we provide a flexible work model that empowers you to choose when and where you’ll work most effectively – whether you’re at home or an office.
Regardless of location, you’ll experience a company that prioritizes connection and wellbeing and be part of a team where people care about each other and our communities. You’ll have opportunities to join employee resource groups, participate in in-person and virtual events, and more. And you’ll enjoy competitive perks and benefits to support you and your family, like paid parental leave, flexible time off, certification and training reimbursement, digital mental health and wellbeing support membership, and comprehensive insurance options.
At Coalfire, equal opportunity and pay equity is integral to the way we do business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Coalfire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact our Human Resources team at HumanResourcesMB@coalfire.com.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
About Coalfire
Coalfire is on a mission to make the world a safer place by solving our clients’ hardest cybersecurity challenges. We work at the cutting edge of technology to advise, assess, automate, and ultimately help companies navigate the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. We are headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices across the U.S. and U.K., and we support clients around the world.
But that’s not who we are – that’s just what we do.
We are thought leaders, consultants, and cybersecurity experts, but above all else, we are a team of passionate problem-solvers who are hungry to learn, grow, and make a difference.
Why Join Us
We’re looking for a Principal Google Cloud Security Consultant to serve as a senior advisor, technical architect, and delivery leader for enterprise Google Cloud security engagements. This role helps clients design, secure, deploy, and operationalize Google Cloud environments while translating business risk, compliance needs, and emerging technology requirements into scalable security programs.
What You'll Do
- Lead secure Google Cloud architecture design and reviews across IAM, networking, workload protection, data protection, logging, monitoring, and compliance
- Advise enterprise customers on Google Cloud security strategy aligned to business risk, regulatory requirements, and operating priorities
- Lead Google Cloud security posture assessments to identify high-impact risks, misconfigurations, control gaps, and operational weaknesses
- Advise customers on Google SecOps, Chronicle, SIEM strategy, cloud telemetry strategy, detection engineering, and SOC workflow design
- Advise customers on Wiz use cases such as CNAPP, CSPM, vulnerability prioritization, attack path analysis, entitlement risk, and remediation workflows
- Develop executive-ready findings, prioritized remediation roadmaps, and maturity-based security improvement plans
- Lead Security Command Center and Security Command Center Enterprise implementation, configuration, tuning, and operationalization
- Integrate Security Command Center findings into vulnerability management, compliance, security operations, and executive risk reporting workflows
- Support SIEM modernization and migration planning, including log source rationalization, detection migration, alert tuning, and operational transition
- Help customers move from fragmented monitoring approaches into scalable, cloud-native security operations models
- Own complex technical workstreams from discovery through delivery, including technical direction, scope, risks, and stakeholder coordination
- Translate technical security findings into clear business risks, investment priorities, and actionable recommendations for senior leaders
- Guide customer teams through secure Google Cloud design, configuration, deployment, and operational maturity decisions
- Advise on Vertex AI and AI workload security, including identity, access control, data protection, governance, logging, and monitoring
- Create architecture diagrams, assessment deliverables, roadmaps, implementation documentation, and operational runbooks
- Develop repeatable methodologies, assessment frameworks, implementation patterns, reference architectures, and reusable technical assets
- Mentor consultants and help raise the overall capability of the Google Cloud Security practice
- Provide technical leadership during client reviews, executive briefings, architecture discussions, and operational meetings
- Contribute to process improvement and automation initiatives that improve consistency, scalability, and delivery quality
WORK ENVIRONMENT/TRAVEL REQUIRED:
Remote working environment with up to 25% travel required.
What You'll Bring
- 8 years of security consulting experience spanning various domains with at least 4 years experience directly working as a Google Cloud consultant.
- Proven track record delivering Google Cloud security architecture, posture modernization, and operationalization outcomes from discovery through handover.
- Hands-on leadership in cloud security projects across security, cloud, DevOps, architecture, compliance, and operations teams.
- Documented success integrating cloud-native security platforms, SIEM, CNAPP/CSPM, logging, monitoring, vulnerability management, and SOC workflows.
- History working under regulatory or industry frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, CMMC, or similar standards.
- Demonstrable client-facing consulting experience, maintaining professionalism and clear communication in ambiguous, high-stakes, or fast-paced engagements.
- 6 years of security consulting experience spanning various domains with at least 2 years experience directly working as a Google Cloud consultant.
- Deep experience designing, securing, deploying, and operationalizing Google Cloud environments.
- Strong expertise in Google Cloud security architecture, IAM, networking, logging, monitoring, data protection, workload security, and compliance-oriented design.
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud security services, including Security Command Center or equivalent cloud-native security platforms.
- Experience leading cloud security posture assessments, architecture reviews, or enterprise cloud security modernization efforts.
- Proven ability to lead complex technical engagements with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and enterprise-scale environments.
- Highly adaptable consulting mindset with the ability to move between strategy, architecture, implementation, delivery leadership, and executive advisory work.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to brief executives and guide technical teams.
- Strong documentation skills for creating diagrams, assessment reports, roadmaps, implementation plans, written recommendations, and supporting materials.
- Critical thinking skills to balance security requirements against business objectives, operational realities, and customer maturity.
- Proven track record adapting quickly and efficiently in fast-paced, dynamic customer environments.
DESIRED CERTIFICATIONS:
Google Cloud Professional, Cloud Security Engineer, or Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Professional Security Operations Engineer, or equivalent Google Cloud security experience
Bonus Points
- Google Cloud certifications: Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Professional Security Operations Engineer, or Professional Cloud Architect.
- Security Command Center Enterprise: Experience implementing, configuring, tuning, or operationalizing SCC Enterprise.
- Wiz experience: Experience with CNAPP, CSPM, vulnerability prioritization, attack path analysis, entitlement risk, and remediation workflows.
- Google SecOps and SIEM modernization: Experience with Chronicle, SIEM architecture, telemetry strategy, detection engineering, or SIEM migration.
- Vertex AI security: Experience advising on AI governance, workload isolation, access controls, logging, monitoring, and secure deployment patterns.
- Practice development: Ability to create reusable methodologies, delivery accelerators, reference architectures, and practice-level intellectual property.
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS/SKILLS (not required):
Wiz, Google SecOps/Chronicle, SIEM migration, Vertex AI security, Terraform, or related cloud security skills
The salary range listed is a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role based on national salary averages. The actual salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, geographic location, training, licensure and certifications and other factors. You may also be eligible to participate in annual incentive, commission, and/or recognition programs.
Why You’ll Want to Join Us
At Coalfire, you’ll find the support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In many cases, we provide a flexible work model that empowers you to choose when and where you’ll work most effectively – whether you’re at home or an office.
Regardless of location, you’ll experience a company that prioritizes connection and wellbeing and be part of a team where people care about each other and our communities. You’ll have opportunities to join employee resource groups, participate in in-person and virtual events, and more. And you’ll enjoy competitive perks and benefits to support you and your family, like paid parental leave, flexible time off, certification and training reimbursement, digital mental health and wellbeing support membership, and comprehensive insurance options.
At Coalfire, equal opportunity and pay equity is integral to the way we do business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Coalfire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact our Human Resources team at HumanResourcesMB@coalfire.com.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Security Consultant
Frame your credentials around PERM requirements
PERM audits scrutinize whether your degree and experience match the job description exactly. Document your cybersecurity certifications, threat analysis projects, and any specialized training in terms that align with the role as the employer will define it in the labor certification.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search OFLC disclosure data for companies that have filed PERM applications for security or information security roles. Firms with repeated filings have established internal processes and are less likely to back out mid-sponsorship due to cost or procedural unfamiliarity.
Distinguish EB-2 from EB-3 before your job search
If your role requires an advanced degree or you can demonstrate specialized professional credentials, EB-2 can mean a shorter priority date wait for many nationalities. Clarify with prospective employers whether they'll sponsor at the EB-2 or EB-3 level before the offer stage.
Search sponsoring employers through Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Security Consultant openings by employers with green card sponsorship history. This surfaces roles where PERM sponsorship is already part of the hiring framework, saving you from pursuing opportunities with employers who won't commit to the process.
Get the PERM job description locked down early
The DOL requires the PERM job description to reflect actual duties, not a generic posting. Work with your employer to ensure the description captures your specific security focus, whether that's penetration testing, risk assessment, or compliance, before they file the labor certification.
Verify the employer meets E-Verify enrollment requirements
Some green card sponsorship pathways and related visa statuses require E-Verify enrollment. Confirm your prospective employer is enrolled in E-Verify before accepting an offer, since unenrolled employers may face complications during the PERM recruitment documentation phase.
Green Card Security Consultant: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Security Consultant role qualify as a specialty occupation for green card sponsorship?
Security Consultant positions typically qualify under EB-2 or EB-3 because they require specialized knowledge in cybersecurity, risk management, or information systems, usually backed by a relevant bachelor's or master's degree. USCIS evaluates whether the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Roles focused on enterprise security architecture or compliance tend to meet this threshold more cleanly than generalist IT support positions.
How does EB-3 green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for Security Consultants?
The H-1B visa is a temporary work visa subject to an annual lottery, with no direct path to permanent residency built in. EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM is a permanent immigration pathway with no annual cap on petitions, though visa number availability by country of birth affects wait times. The PERM process is also employer-driven and requires a formal labor market test, making it a longer but more definitive commitment from the sponsoring employer.
How long does the PERM and I-140 process typically take for a Security Consultant?
The PERM labor certification stage currently averages several months to over a year depending on whether DOL selects the application for audit. Once PERM is certified, the employer files an I-140 petition with USCIS, which can take several additional months under standard processing. Premium processing is available for I-140 to expedite that stage. Your wait for an available visa number after I-140 approval depends on your country of birth and the EB-2 or EB-3 category.
What security-specific credentials strengthen an EB-2 green card petition?
Advanced degrees in cybersecurity, information assurance, or computer science support EB-2 eligibility. Professional certifications like CISSP, CISM, or CEH can supplement your credentials when the employer is making the case that the role requires an advanced-degree professional. USCIS does not recognize certifications alone as equivalent to a degree, but they reinforce the specialized nature of the position when documented alongside relevant work history.
How do I find Security Consultant employers who will actually commit to green card sponsorship?
The most reliable indicator is an employer's prior PERM filing history for security roles. Use Migrate Mate to search Security Consultant openings filtered by employers with documented green card sponsorship activity. Firms in financial services, defense contracting, and enterprise technology tend to have established legal and HR infrastructure for PERM sponsorship and are more likely to follow through from offer to I-140 filing.