Security Consultant Jobs in Texas
Security Consultant jobs in Texas are in strong and consistent demand, with hiring concentrated in cybersecurity, physical security, and risk management across defense contracting, energy, financial services, and healthcare sectors at every level from entry-level analyst to senior principal consultant. Dallas, Houston, and Austin lead hiring activity, anchored by established employers such as Deloitte, SAIC, and Booz Allen Hamilton, all of which maintain significant Texas operations. The most sought-after specialties in Texas right now are cloud security architecture, operational technology security for the energy sector, and third-party risk assessment. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.
Join us to put AI to work for people.
Armis from ServiceNow, protects the entire attack surface and manages an organization’s cyber risk exposure in real time. Combined with ServiceNow’s Security and Risk capabilities, as well as Identity Security capabilities from Veza, we bring together all critical capabilities to secure every asset, every identity - incl. AI Agents - across all environments with the right level of context - security, operational and business - to build the first of its kind autonomous defense platform for the Agentic Enterprise.
Job Description
We are seeking a Solution Consultant to partner with Sales and help enterprise customers address complex security, identity, access, asset visibility, exposure management, and risk challenges.
In this role, you will serve as a trusted technical and business advisor, leading discovery, solution design, product demonstrations, proof-of-value engagements, and customer validation activities. You will work directly with security, identity, infrastructure, IT, risk, and executive stakeholders to connect technical capabilities to measurable business outcomes.
The ideal candidate has strong cybersecurity knowledge, practical enterprise networking experience, strong communication skills, and a proven ability to support complex enterprise sales cycles.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Sales to lead technical discovery, solution design, and customer validation.
- Deliver compelling virtual and in-person technical demonstrations.
- Deploy and support proof-of-value and proof-of-concept engagements.
- Translate technical capabilities into business outcomes.
- Serve as a trusted advisor during evaluations, competitive situations, and executive discussions.
- Develop customer-facing documentation, technical summaries, and solution narratives.
- Lead technical training sessions based on customer use cases and POV findings.
- Support marketing events, conferences, webinars, and speaking engagements.
- Collaborate with Product, Enablement, Marketing, Customer Success, and Support teams to share field insights and improve execution.
- Travel as required, typically 25–50%, depending on region and business needs.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Solution Consulting, Sales Engineering, Pre-Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, or a related technical role.
- 5+ years of customer-facing technical, pre-sales, or customer support experience.
- Experience supporting complex cybersecurity, SaaS, or enterprise platform sales cycles with enterprise customers.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, identity and access, governance and risk, and security operations.
- Required strong working knowledge of enterprise networking concepts, including routing, switching, VLANs, subnetting, firewalls, DNS, NAT, and network segmentation.
- Familiarity with capturing network traffic via SPAN ports, port mirroring, TAPs, packet capture brokers, NetFlow, and network telemetry.
- Ability to understand and explain how security platforms integrate with customer network environments to collect data, provide visibility, and support technical validation during demos, POVs, and POCs.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to engage effectively with technical practitioners, business stakeholders, and executive buyers.
- Demonstrated track record of contributing to technical wins, deal progression, and successful customer outcomes.
- BS degree in Computer Science, MIS, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Experience
- Hands-on experience with IAM or IGA solutions
- Background in Security Operations or Security Engineering
- Experience with asset discovery across IoT, OT, or IoMT environments
- Exposure to vulnerability management or risk-based vulnerability programs
- Security, cloud, or relevant technical certifications preferred
- Linux or Python scripting experience
What Success Looks Like
- Quickly becomes productive and adds value to active sales pursuits.
- Delivery of high-quality demos, POVs, and POCs that advance pipelines.
- Build trusted-advisor relationships with customers and Sales partners.
- Demonstrates strong technical credibility across complex opportunities.
- Connects technical solutions to measurable business outcomes.
- Contributes to improved win rates, stronger deal quality, and scalable Solution Consulting execution.
For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $168,750 - $200,000, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs. Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.
Additional Information
Work Personas
We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.
Accommodations
We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact globaltalentss@servicenow.com for assistance.
Export Control Regulations
For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities.
From Fortune. ©2026 Fortune Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license.
It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.
Join us to put AI to work for people.
Armis from ServiceNow, protects the entire attack surface and manages an organization’s cyber risk exposure in real time. Combined with ServiceNow’s Security and Risk capabilities, as well as Identity Security capabilities from Veza, we bring together all critical capabilities to secure every asset, every identity - incl. AI Agents - across all environments with the right level of context - security, operational and business - to build the first of its kind autonomous defense platform for the Agentic Enterprise.
Job Description
We are seeking a Solution Consultant to partner with Sales and help enterprise customers address complex security, identity, access, asset visibility, exposure management, and risk challenges.
In this role, you will serve as a trusted technical and business advisor, leading discovery, solution design, product demonstrations, proof-of-value engagements, and customer validation activities. You will work directly with security, identity, infrastructure, IT, risk, and executive stakeholders to connect technical capabilities to measurable business outcomes.
The ideal candidate has strong cybersecurity knowledge, practical enterprise networking experience, strong communication skills, and a proven ability to support complex enterprise sales cycles.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Sales to lead technical discovery, solution design, and customer validation.
- Deliver compelling virtual and in-person technical demonstrations.
- Deploy and support proof-of-value and proof-of-concept engagements.
- Translate technical capabilities into business outcomes.
- Serve as a trusted advisor during evaluations, competitive situations, and executive discussions.
- Develop customer-facing documentation, technical summaries, and solution narratives.
- Lead technical training sessions based on customer use cases and POV findings.
- Support marketing events, conferences, webinars, and speaking engagements.
- Collaborate with Product, Enablement, Marketing, Customer Success, and Support teams to share field insights and improve execution.
- Travel as required, typically 25–50%, depending on region and business needs.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Solution Consulting, Sales Engineering, Pre-Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, or a related technical role.
- 5+ years of customer-facing technical, pre-sales, or customer support experience.
- Experience supporting complex cybersecurity, SaaS, or enterprise platform sales cycles with enterprise customers.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, identity and access, governance and risk, and security operations.
- Required strong working knowledge of enterprise networking concepts, including routing, switching, VLANs, subnetting, firewalls, DNS, NAT, and network segmentation.
- Familiarity with capturing network traffic via SPAN ports, port mirroring, TAPs, packet capture brokers, NetFlow, and network telemetry.
- Ability to understand and explain how security platforms integrate with customer network environments to collect data, provide visibility, and support technical validation during demos, POVs, and POCs.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to engage effectively with technical practitioners, business stakeholders, and executive buyers.
- Demonstrated track record of contributing to technical wins, deal progression, and successful customer outcomes.
- BS degree in Computer Science, MIS, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Experience
- Hands-on experience with IAM or IGA solutions
- Background in Security Operations or Security Engineering
- Experience with asset discovery across IoT, OT, or IoMT environments
- Exposure to vulnerability management or risk-based vulnerability programs
- Security, cloud, or relevant technical certifications preferred
- Linux or Python scripting experience
What Success Looks Like
- Quickly becomes productive and adds value to active sales pursuits.
- Delivery of high-quality demos, POVs, and POCs that advance pipelines.
- Build trusted-advisor relationships with customers and Sales partners.
- Demonstrates strong technical credibility across complex opportunities.
- Connects technical solutions to measurable business outcomes.
- Contributes to improved win rates, stronger deal quality, and scalable Solution Consulting execution.
For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $168,750 - $200,000, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs. Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.
Additional Information
Work Personas
We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.
Accommodations
We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact globaltalentss@servicenow.com for assistance.
Export Control Regulations
For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities.
From Fortune. ©2026 Fortune Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license.
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- Manufacturing
- Accounting & Auditing
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Investment & Asset Management
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in security consultant jobs across Texas.
- Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CompTIA Security+ recognized in Texas
- Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information technology, or a related technical field
- Experience assessing and remediating security risks in enterprise or industrial environments
- Familiarity with Texas-prevalent industries including energy, healthcare, or defense contracting
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for delivering findings to executive stakeholders
- Ability to obtain or maintain a security clearance for defense-sector roles in Texas
Security Consultant Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a security consultant in Texas?
The most direct path is earning a recognized industry certification such as CISSP, CISM, or CEH alongside a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information systems, or a related field. Texas does not issue a state-specific license for most cybersecurity consulting roles, but physical security consultants working in certain capacities may need to register with the Texas Department of Public Safety under the Private Security Program. Building hands-on experience in IT, network administration, or compliance roles first is a common and effective route.
How much do security consultants make in Texas?
Security consultants in Texas earn a median of about $80,820 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $47,310 for the lowest 10% to over $135,450 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire security consultants in Texas?
Employers hiring security consultants in Texas right now include ServiceNow, Amazon Web Services, and Everon, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Texas's concentration of defense contractors, large financial institutions, and energy companies means demand is especially steady across both the public and private sectors.
Which Texas cities have the most security consultant jobs?
Dallas, Houston, and Austin have the most security consultant openings in Texas. Dallas leads because of its dense concentration of corporate headquarters and financial services firms, Houston draws heavily from the energy and petrochemical sectors, and Austin's fast-growing technology industry drives consistent demand for cloud and application security specialists.
Are there remote security consultant jobs in Texas?
Yes, and more than many technical fields, since much of the analytical, assessment, and advisory work can be done without an on-site presence. About 100% of security consultant openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, though roles involving physical security assessments or classified government environments typically require in-person work. Cloud security, third-party risk, and compliance advisory positions are the most consistently remote-friendly specialties in Texas.
How can I get hired as a security consultant in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a security consultant role from an adjacent IT or compliance position such as systems administrator, network analyst, or IT auditor. Large Texas-based defense contractors and consulting firms including those with major operations in San Antonio and the Dallas-Fort Worth area regularly hire associate or junior consultants for entry-level engagements. Earning CompTIA Security+ and building a portfolio of documented security assessments or capture-the-flag challenge results gives candidates a concrete edge in a competitive Texas applicant pool.
Where can I find and apply to security consultant jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to security consultant jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings tied to Texas employers and locations. Find the roles that fit your experience and specialization and apply directly.
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