--- title: 'Senior Technical Consultant, Security at AHEAD' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-technical-consultant-security-ahead-india-18qm1b1jywsm' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-30' --- # Senior Technical Consultant, Security at AHEAD - **Company:** AHEAD - **Location:** India - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/thinkahead/a4148f1f-a2dc-4970-979c-01a4f6218380 ## Job description AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation. At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD. We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. Responsibilities: - Lead technical discovery and translate customer requirements into implementable Privilege Cloud designs, deployment plans, and delivery estimates. - Own one or more technical workstreams through implementation, integration, testing, issue resolution, documentation, and operational handoff. - Design and configure core PAM capabilities, including safes, accounts, platforms, access controls, password rotation and reconciliation policies, and privileged-session workflows. - Lead deployment and troubleshooting of Privilege Cloud connectors and related components, including CPM, PSM, and SSH-based access, in coordination with customer infrastructure teams. - Plan and oversee onboarding of privileged accounts across Windows, Linux/Unix, directory services, databases, network devices, and business applications. - Lead integrations with customer identity providers and directory services, including authentication, user and group mapping, and access-model troubleshooting. - Diagnose complex issues spanning the Idira platform and customer infrastructure; coordinate with vendor or customer teams, communicate impact and options, and drive issues to resolution. - Review implementation decisions and deliverables for security, operability, and alignment with customer requirements and established practices. - Serve as a trusted technical contact for customer stakeholders; communicate risks, assumptions, dependencies, and recommendations clearly. - Coach and support other consultants through design reviews, troubleshooting, knowledge sharing, and practical delivery guidance. - Contribute technical input to scoping, solution proposals, project plans, and knowledge assets; collaborate with AHEAD architects, project managers, and delivery colleagues across regions. - Support project travel and reasonable time-zone overlap when required for customer delivery. Required Qualifications: - 5+ years of experience in technical consulting, systems engineering, cybersecurity, identity, or privileged access management, including substantial customer-facing delivery. - 3+ years of hands-on implementation or administration experience with Idira/CyberArk Privilege Cloud or CyberArk PAM. - Demonstrated ownership of PAM implementation workstreams, including privileged account onboarding, access policies, credential rotation and reconciliation, and/or session management. - Ability to lead technical discovery, make and explain implementation decisions, and manage delivery dependencies with limited day-to-day oversight. - Strong working knowledge of Windows Server and Linux/Unix administration, networking fundamentals, DNS, firewalls, certificates, and secure connectivity. - Experience diagnosing complex integrations across enterprise infrastructure and producing clear technical designs, runbooks, test plans, and handoff documentation. - Strong customer communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills; able to explain technical tradeoffs to both engineering and non-technical audiences. - Demonstrated ability to mentor peers, lead technical reviews, and collaborate effectively with distributed delivery teams. Certification: Applicants must hold at least one current, relevant Idira/CyberArk Privilege Cloud credential or delivery certification. Preferred credentials include: - CDE-CPC — CyberArk Certified Delivery Engineer, Privilege Cloud. - CPC-SEN — Sentry – Privilege Cloud. - Another current, vendor-recognized CPC or CDE credential relevant to Privilege Cloud/PAM may be considered. Candidates with a related CyberArk PAM CDE credential and demonstrable senior-level Privilege Cloud delivery experience may also be considered. Certification names and availability can change; validate the credential title against the current [Idira/CyberArk University certification catalog](https://training.cyberark.com/award/certification/d2723575-af5c-375c-9d2c-6e88a4e78bba) before publishing the posting. Nice to Have Skills: - Active Directory: domains, users and groups, service accounts, Group Policy, and domain-joined systems. - LDAP concepts and directory integrations. - Advanced Windows Server and Linux/Unix troubleshooting, scripting, and service management. - Database fundamentals, including accounts, permissions, connectivity, and credential rotation for common relational databases. - Scripting or automation with PowerShell, Python, Bash, or REST APIs. - Experience with SIEM integration, audit requirements, secrets management, or enterprise security controls. - Familiarity with cloud and hybrid environments, virtualization, and network/security appliances. - Experience contributing to solution scoping, effort estimates, architecture diagrams, and customer-facing proposals. What success looks like: - Technical workstreams are delivered with clear ownership, sound implementation decisions, and predictable communication of risks and dependencies. - Customer environments meet agreed requirements and are documented for secure, sustainable operations. - Privileged accounts and systems are onboarded with appropriate access, rotation, and session controls. - Complex technical issues are resolved efficiently, with appropriate customer and vendor coordination. - Customer administrators can confidently operate the delivered solution after handoff, and less-experienced consultants benefit from the senior consultant’s technical guidance. Why AHEAD: Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between. We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning. India Employment Benefits include: Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees, with options to extend coverage to dependents Paid time off and company holidays, along with additional leave benefits as per policy Flexible work arrangements, supporting work-life balance Learning and development opportunities to support continuous growth and upskilling Employee wellness initiatives and programs focused on physical and mental well-being Retirement and statutory benefits in line with India regulations Inclusive and people-first culture, with a strong focus on collaboration and ownership ## About AHEAD ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: AHEAD is an engineering-led digital platform company that accelerates enterprise strategy into execution across AI, cloud, data, security, and infrastructure. - **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped/PE-backed; no public funding rounds disclosed) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA - **Founded**: 2007 - **Founders**: Dan Adamany (CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: IT Services & Consulting, Digital Transformation, Managed Services - **Target customers**: Fortune 1000 enterprises, large-scale organizations with complex, multi-domain IT estates (B2B, Enterprise) - **Mission or purpose statement**: To accelerate strategy into execution, engineering integrated solutions across infrastructure, applications, data, and security — building what others only blueprint. ## Products & Services - **AI Transformation**: A unified AI fabric to accelerate AI from idea to business value, including AI-enabled infrastructure and data readiness. *(Service)* - **AI Enabled Infrastructure**: Scalable, resilient architectures supporting high-performance workloads from core to edge. *(Service)* - **Data Platform Modernization**: Governed data platforms that turn raw data into trustworthy insight and AI readiness. *(Service)* - **Secure and Resilient Architectures**: Platforms designed to reduce risk, limit impact, and recover quickly. *(Service)* - **Platform and Workload Modernization**: Modernizing platforms and optimizing workloads across cloud, data center, and edge. *(Service)* - **Operational Excellence**: Frictionless operations, predictable performance, and optimized spend. *(Service)* - **Managed Services**: Ongoing management of critical systems over their entire lifecycle. *(Service)* - **Proprietary IP (Foundry™, Hatch™)**: Accelerators, financial models, scorecards, integration-ready code, and policy-as-code. *(Software/Tooling)* - **400+ APIs & Custom Offerings**: Frameworks that integrate multiple platforms for automation, data sandboxes, and ML/AI exploration. *(Platform)* ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (Private company) - **Key Metric**: **Gross Revenue** of **$3.7 billion** (as of 2024, following the acquisition of CDI); **2,500+ employees** across 40 locations globally. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners with **200+ technology providers** (e.g., major cloud, data center, security, and automation vendors). The company is backed by private equity (likely a growth/PE structure, though specific investors are not named in the provided materials). - **Growth Signals**: Scaled from a Midwest focus to national and international coverage through **12 acquisitions since 2019**; expanded service portfolio into data, app dev, custom manufacturing, and global logistics via M&A; recent acquisition of CDI (New York-based) added significant scale. ## Competitive Advantages - **Orchestration Expertise**: Ability to stitch together complex, multi-vendor systems into cohesive, scalable architectures — a differentiator in an increasingly fragmented IT landscape. - **Full-Stack Engineering**: Deep expertise across AI, cloud, data, security, infrastructure, and operations, applied in an integrated fashion. - **Unified Delivery Model**: One team, one roadmap, one owner held accountable for driving outcomes, from strategy through implementation and ongoing operations. - **Consultative Approach**: Engages early to architect transformation roadmaps, not just as a reseller of hardware/software. - **Proprietary IP (Foundry™, Hatch™)**: Unique accelerators and code libraries that de-risk and speed up client digital initiatives. ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Accelerating enterprise AI adoption; expanding managed services; deepening capabilities in data, security, and cloud; continuing M&A strategy to add geographic coverage and new service lines. - **Direction for growth**: Becoming the go-to strategic partner for Fortune 1000 leaders navigating the complexity of modern IT, with a focus on accountability from design to operations. ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Engineering-led organization with a strong emphasis on technical depth, ownership, and accountability. Described as a "game-changer in tech" that values innovation and execution. - **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Likely hybrid/office-based given the nature of client-facing consulting and infrastructure work; 40 global locations suggest flexibility in location. - **Notable perks or engineering culture**: Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies across AI, cloud, security, and data at massive scale; exposure to Fortune 1000 clients and complex transformations; strong focus on IP development and engineering excellence; clear growth trajectory through acquisitions and expansion. ## Sources 1. [AHEAD Official Website](https://www.ahead.com/) 2. [AHEAD Story Page](https://www.ahead.com/story/) 3. [AHEAD Leadership Page](https://www.ahead.com/leadership/) 4. 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