Cybersecurity Advisory Senior Consultant

Guidehouse; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Dev &

Mobility Stipend

Job summary

Guidehouse in Arlington, VA is seeking a Cybersecurity Advisory Senior Consultant to deliver advisory services to the federal government and translate complex cyber issues into strategic recommendations and coordinated initiatives.

The role requires 5+ years in consulting or advisory work, with strong governance, policy understanding, and the ability to communicate with both technical and policy audiences. Travel up to 10% is expected.

Qualifications

• Must have a strong background in cybersecurity advisory for federal government programs.
• Ability to translate complex cyber topics into strategic business recommendations.
• Experience with governance, policy, and national security considerations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate between technical stakeholder groups to ensure alignment.
• Develop executive briefs, decision materials, and strategic roadmaps.
• Synthesize inputs into concise insights and recommendations for new cyber services.
• Draft reports evaluating value and feasibility of cybersecurity offerings.
• Advise on industry trends and barriers to implement proposed solutions.
• Establish governance and action-tracking for risk, dependencies, and decisions.

Skills

Cybersecurity concepts

Project management

Stakeholder management

Strategic communications

Policy knowledge

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

SharePoint

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Microsoft Office Suite

Teams

Job description

Job Family:

Management Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

The Cybersecurity Advisory Senior Consultant will serve as a key contributor to deliver insightful cybersecurity advisory services and deliverables to improve cybersecurity practices across the federal government. The successful candidate will combine strong consulting, project management, stakeholder management, and strategic communication skills with experience in cyber policy, frameworks, and technologies. This cybersecurity grounding is essential to engaging credibly with technical teams and translating complex cyber issues into strategic recommendations and coordinated initiatives to enable executive decision-making. Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Coordinate between multiple technical stakeholder groups to ensure alignment in technical analysis and programmatic efforts.
• Develop executive briefings, decision materials, talking points, strategic plans, and roadmaps.
• Synthesize technical, operational, and policy inputs into concise insights, options, and recommendations for cybersecurity capability assessments and recommendations for new cyber service offerings.
• Leverage cyber knowledge to evaluate and draft reports for determining the value and feasibility of new cybersecurity services.
• Advise the team on industry perspectives, cybersecurity trends, and barriers to implementation of proposed cybersecurity solutions.
• Establish governance and action-tracking approaches to monitor commitments, risks, dependencies, decisions, and outcomes.

What You Will Need:

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree
• FIVE (5) or more years' experience in consulting, program management, knowledge management, stakeholder engagement, or a related advisory role. Experience should include:
  • Demonstrated knowledge of cyber concepts, analytic processes, intelligence products, and information sharing considerations.
  • Working knowledge of cyber incident response, defensive operations, and the roles of government and industry in collective cyber defense.
  • Significant experience in management consulting, strategic communications, program management, stakeholder engagement, or a related advisory role.
  • Experience supporting cybersecurity, technology, critical infrastructure, national security, or other complex mission environment.
  • Ability to quickly understand complex technical and policy topics and communicate their business, operational, and strategic implications.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Master's degree
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to craft clear messaging for audiences.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail, time management, and ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Strong capabilities in SharePoint, Jira/Maestro/Confluence, ServiceNow, and other collaboration platforms
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and collaboration tools (Teams, SharePoint).
• Strong facilitation, presentation, writing, relationship management, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience leading complex knowledge management environments
• Proven track record in change management, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.