Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance Consultant (NIST CSF)

OPTIVEUM sp. z o.o.; Gdańsk; Remote; PLN 159,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Optiveum is recruiting a Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance Consultant (NIST CSF) to support a global banking client. You will re-assess the NIST CSF maturity ratings through stakeholder workshops, ensuring valid comparisons and keeping the methodology up to date.

This 100% remote, full-time role (40h/week) is based in Poland. You will run workshops with about 70 stakeholders via Microsoft Teams and deliver both technical and executive reports.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience conducting NIST CSF maturity assessments.
• Experience with similar maturity assessments in financial services.
• Solid understanding of Information Security and Risk Management processes.
• 5+ years in Information Security domain.
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Ability to present complex data to non-technical audiences.
• Proactive, flexible, independent team player with a solution-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Review and update the NIST CSF assessment workbook for data collection.
• Take part in planning workshops.
• Run kick-off meetings with relevant stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops with ~70 stakeholders via Teams and document input.
• Analyze workshop data and justify updated ratings with reviews/calibrations.
• Produce and present technical and executive reports.

Skills

NIST CSF maturity assessments

Financial services domain experience

Information Security basics

English fluency

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Stakeholder facilitation

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance Consultant (NIST CSF)

About the Offer

We are currently looking for a Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance Consultant (NIST CSF) to join the team of our global client from the banking industry. For this role, Optiveum is the recruitment and contracting party, which means you will sign the cooperation agreement directly with us.

You will carry out a NIST CSF maturity assessment together with the client's representatives. The previous assessment was performed using the NIST Framework, so the work focuses on reassessing earlier ratings through stakeholder workshops, ensuring valid comparisons and keeping the assessment approach up to date and future-proof.

Key Details:

• Rate: up to 140 PLN/h (B2B)

• Work Model: 100% remote, full-time (40h/week)

• Location: Poland (remote)

Responsibilities:

• Review and update the existing NIST assessment workbook used for data collection, keeping it backwards compatible for comparisons and future-proof for subsequent assessments

• Take part in planning workshops

• Run kick-off meetings with relevant stakeholders

• Conduct workshops and meetings with approximately 70 stakeholders via Microsoft Teams and document the input gathered

• Analyse and process workshop data and justify updated ratings, including reviews and calibrations

• Produce and present a technical results report and an executive report

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience conducting NIST CSF maturity assessments

• Experience with similar maturity assessments in the financial services sector

• Solid understanding of Information Security and Risk Management processes and industry practices

• Preferably 5+ years of experience in the Information Security domain

• Fluent spoken and written English

• Structured and analytical, able to deliver timely and accurate Information Security reporting

• Ability to make complex data understandable for a non-technical audience

• Constructive communication with all levels of the organisation

• Proactive, flexible, independent and pragmatic team player with a solution-oriented mindset

Nice to have:

• Information Security, Risk or Business Continuity certifications such as CISM, ISO 27001 or ISO 22301