Senior Consultant, Advisory Services

What is special about Lighthouse?

Lighthouse is built on a foundation of unique, compassionate, highly driven individuals.   We elevate the strengths and talents of those around us while leveraging opportunities for growth. We offer the experience of solving complex problems while continuing to grow multiple facets of your career. Lighthouse is where innovation meets support and where collaboration is the key ingredient to success.  We grow together and are stronger together. 

What’s unique about this role?

The Senior Consultant, M365 Information Protection, will focus on the design, customization, and implementation of M365 Purview Information Protection solutions.  This role will support and lead engagements with a wide range of organizations while also working as a member of Lighthouse’s Information Governance Consulting team providing world-class solutions around the Microsoft technology stack.  

The Senior Consultant, M365 Information Protection will lead client engagements and work in collaboration with Project Manager(s), Associate Director(s), Consultants, and Analysts to ensure project requirements are met.

Th major focus of this position is delivering consulting services related to the M365 Purview platform with a primary focus on Microsoft Information Protection (MIP), Defender for Cloud Apps, Data Loss Protection (DLP), Insider Risk Management (IRM), and Copilot for Security.  Experience and expertise in the broader information security space is essential, as well as basic understanding of non-Microsoft industry solutions.

What will this person do?

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience designing and implementing security and/or compliance solutions for M365 including:  Microsoft 365 Defender, Azure Sentinel, Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Cloud Application Security, sensitivity labels, data classification
• Critical skills for this role include some or all of the following: information security program development and/or management, information governance, data loss prevention, data classification and labeling,  retention/deletion, legal hold processes, data privacy, identity and access management, identity governance, app protection, cloud architecture
• Strong leadership and mentoring/coaching skills, with a desire to mentor and coach junior team members
• Working with enterprise clients to implement programs for some or all of
  • Information protection programs
  • Insider risk management
  • Data loss prevention
• Experience working in an information protection and/or security environment in house or at a consulting organization 
• Knowledge of PowerShell desirable (not required)
• Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standards exist
• Strong analytical and logical skills
• Effective written and oral communication skills, including having the ability to deal with difficult situations and manage conflicts to successful resolutions
• Outstanding organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to multitask
• Ability to work within timelines 
• Flexibility and adaptability to handle a changing and growing workload
• Ability to foster positive and professional relationships at all levels internally and externally
• Professional certifications are desired:
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
• Bachelor’s degree 

Bring your passion and together we will shine.  It would also be great if you have the following:

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience designing and implementing security and/or compliance solutions for M365 including:  Microsoft 365 Defender, Azure Sentinel, Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Cloud Application Security, sensitivity labels, data classification
• Critical skills for this role include some or all of the following: information security program development and/or management, information governance, data loss prevention, data classif