IT Governance Consultant

Barrow Wise Consulting, LLC; Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Excellent benefits

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Barrow Wise Consulting, LLC seeks an IT Governance Consultant to support a DOJ project, evaluating governance structures, controls, and oversight of IT investments and operations.

The ideal candidate will conduct structured interviews with IT leadership, review policies and architectures, and develop findings with prioritized improvement roadmaps for federal programs. Travel to the DC area may be required, onsite or remote as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
• 8+ years supporting federal agencies or defense organizations.
• Certifications in governance, risk and compliance (CGRC, GRC Professional, FISMA, SOC, PCI DSS).
• Experience with IT governance, risk management, internal controls and audits.
• Experience with IT strategy, cloud modernization or cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate governance structures, controls, and oversight for IT investments and operations.
• Review IT governance frameworks, decision-making processes, and executive oversight.
• Review internal controls, data quality, and compliance monitoring activities.
• Identify control weaknesses, gaps, and risks affecting performance or compliance.
• Evaluate IT operations, infrastructure, apps, and service delivery.
• Conduct structured interviews with IT leadership and stakeholders.
• Review policies, architecture docs, inventories, SLAs, and dashboards.
• Perform lightweight reviews of monitoring tools, ITSM, and PPM tools.
• Analyze incident trends, changes, project delivery, and dashboard usage.
• Assess maturity and document root causes across people, process, tools, governance, culture.
• Develop findings, recommendations, and prioritized roadmaps.
• Prepare executive briefings, working sessions, and audit reports.
• Support implementation planning, KPI development, and coaching.
• Collaborate onsite or remotely with federal stakeholders; attend DC-area meetings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written communication

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Synthesis of findings

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

CGRC/GRC Professional/FISMA/SOC/PCI DSS certification

Tools

ITIL

NIST CSF

COBIT

Job description

Enjoy problem-solving, need a venue to display your creativity, and emerging technologies pique your interest; if so, Barrow Wise Consulting, LLC is for you. As a multi-disciplined leader, you understand the gifts that set you apart from everyone else. Demonstrate innovative solutions to our clients. Join Barrow Wise Consulting, LLC today.

Responsibilities:

The IT Governance Consultant will support Barrow Wise's DOJ project and perform the following duties:

• Evaluate the effectiveness of governance structures, management controls, and oversight processes supporting IT investments and operations.
• Review of IT governance frameworks, decision-making processes, and executive oversight mechanisms.
• Review of internal controls, documentation practices, data quality controls, and compliance monitoring activities.
• Identification of control weaknesses, governance gaps, and risks affecting operational performance or regulatory compliance.
• Evaluate IT operations and infrastructure, core technologies and platforms, application development and solution delivery, customer support/help desk, dashboard reporting, project and portfolio management, and compliance with best practices and federal standards.
• Conduct structured interviews with IT leadership, business stakeholders, and operational teams.
• Review policies, SOPs, architecture documents, inventories, SLAs, PPM artifacts, dashboards, performance reports, and prior audits.
• Perform lightweight technical reviews of monitoring tools, configurations, ITSM systems, and PPM tools as appropriate and approved.
• Analyze operational and project metrics, including incident volumes, resolution times, change success rates, project delivery performance, and dashboard usage.
• Assess maturity, identify strengths and gaps, and document root causes across people, process, tools, governance, and culture.
• Develop findings, recommendations, and a prioritized roadmap for improvement.
• Prepare executive briefings, working session materials, and final audit reports.
• Support optional implementation planning, KPI development, and coaching for ITIL, data storytelling, and PPM practices.
• Collaborate with client teams onsite or remotely as needed, including coordination with federal stakeholders.
• Attend meetings in person in the DC Area

An ideal candidate has the following:

• U.S. Citizenship, MD/DC/VA resident preferred
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Certified in Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC), (GRC Professional), FISMA, SOC, PCI DSS
• 8+ years of experience supporting federal agencies or defense organizations within:
• IT governance, risk management compliance, internal controls, and audit support; CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, CISM, COBIT Foundation, ITIL, ISO 27001, knowledge of NIST CSF,
• IT Strategy
• Cloud modernization, cybersecurity, or data platform assessments
• DevSecOps or application delivery evaluation
• Service management / ITSM process review
• Dashboard reporting, analytics, or data governance
• Background in IT audit, IT operations assessment, or federal consulting
• Familiarity with federal governance and compliance frameworks such as FITARA, OMB A-11/A-130, FISMA, TIC 3.0, FedRAMP, Section 508, and Zero Trust
• Working knowledge of NIST, ITIL, PMI, and GAO best practices
• Experience reviewing IT operations, infrastructure, application delivery, help desk services, reporting, or PPM functions
• Strong analytical, writing, and presentation skills
• Ability to synthesize findings into clear, actionable recommendations
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-focused environment.

Join the team at Barrow Wise Consulting, LLC, for a fulfilling and engaging experience! Our team is dedicated to providing innovative solutions to our clients in an ethical and diverse work environment. We offer competitive compensation packages, excellent benefits, and opportunities for growth and advancement. Barrow Wise is an equal-opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran/LGBT are welcome to apply.

Our employees stand behind Barrow Wise's core values of integrity, quality, innovation, and diversity. We are confident that Barrow Wise's core values, business model, and team focus create positive career paths for our employees. Barrow Wise will continue to lead the industry in delivering new solutions to clients and persevere until the client is overjoyed.