Cyber Security & Risk Strategy Consultant

PowerToFly; Alabama; On-site; USD 83,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte’s Cyber Strategy & Transformation team seeks a Cyber Security & Risk Strategy Consultant to help clients strengthen cyber risk posture through strategy, operating models, and transformation programs. You’ll engage across engagements, deliver insights, and support PMO activities on cyber programs.

The role requires strong communication, collaboration, and project leadership, with travel up to 50% and a background in cyber security, risk, and consulting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 2+ years in cyber security, information security, or technology risk; 2+ years in consulting or large enterprise project teams.
• Experience with cyber risk or maturity assessments, operating model design, or program/project management for cyber or technology initiatives.
• Familiarity with NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, or ISO 27001; willingness to travel ~50%.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Responsibilities

• Support cyber strategy engagements across multiple service types including risk and maturity assessments.
• Provide PMO support for cyber and technology programs, track milestones and RAID logs, coordinate cross-functional workstreams.
• Develop methods, templates, and deliverables that support cyber strategy, assessment, and transformation services.
• Assess client environments including infrastructure, databases, applications, and processes.
• Assist with target operating models including governance, roles, and process design for cyber/tech functions.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders and Deloitte teams to support assessment, operating model, and transformation engagements.
• Deliver project work through research, analysis, documentation, recommendations, and implementation support.

Skills

Independent work

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Project leadership

Task prioritization

Interpersonal skills

Deadline driven

Guidance to others

Education

Bachelor's degree

CISSP/CISM/CISA/CEH/PMP/CIPM

Job description

Cyber Security & Risk Strategy Consultant

Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity. Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.

Work you'll do

As a Consultant, Strategy, Growth & Transformation on the Cyber Strategy team, you will be responsible for…

• Supporting cyber strategy engagements across multiple service types, including cyber risk and maturity assessments, target operating model design, and technology risk initiatives
• Providing PMO support for cyber and technology programs, including tracking milestones, maintaining RAID logs (risks, actions, issues, decisions), and coordinating cross-functional workstreams
• Assisting with the development of methods, templates, and deliverables that support cyber strategy, assessment, and transformation services
• Assessing client cyber and information technology environments, including infrastructure, databases, applications, workflows, and business processes
• Supporting the design of target operating models, including organizational structure, governance, roles and responsibilities, and process design for cyber and technology functions
• Collaborating with client stakeholders and cross-functional Deloitte teams to support assessment, operating model, and transformation engagements
• Delivering project work through research, analysis, documentation, recommendations, and implementation support across domestic and global engagements

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

Our Cyber Strategy & Transformation offering develops and transforms cyber programs in line with a client's strategic objectives, regulatory requirements, and risk appetite. It keeps the enterprise a step ahead of the evolving threat landscape and gives stakeholders confidence in the organization's cyber posture. Includes design of the cyber organization, governance, and risk assessments.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• 2+ years of experience in cyber security, information security, or technology risk
• 2+ years of experience in consulting, global system integrators, or large enterprise project teams
• Experience in one or more of the following: cyber risk or maturity assessments, operating model design, or program/project management for cyber or technology initiatives
• Experience with cyber assessments or security frameworks, including National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), NIST Special Publication 800-53, or ISO 27001
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Risk Management, Engineering, or a similar field
• Professional certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), ITIL, Project Management Professional (PMP), or Certified in Privacy Information Management (CIPM)
• Experience in banking and finance, aviation, transportation, property development, or pharmaceuticals
• Experience with Cyber Mergers and Acquisitions diligence, sign to close, carveouts and Integrations expertise and support
• Experience with governance, risk, and compliance tools, identity and access management solutions, security information and event management platforms, or data loss prevention solutions
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure and their security practices
• Experience collaborating with finance, human resources, information technology, and other business workstreams during assessment, operating model, or transformation initiatives
• Experience supporting PMO functions, including program governance, status reporting, and stakeholder management
• Experience designing or implementing target operating models, including organizational design and process reengineering

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $82,600 to $162,800.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.