Principal Federal Compliance Consultant - Federal Advisory (remote)

Optiv Federal Inc.; Virginia (MN); Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity solutions provider seeks a Principal Federal Compliance Consultant to work remotely, focusing on cybersecurity compliance for federal clients. The role involves leading engagements, managing junior consultants, and developing compliance strategies. This position requires extensive experience in governance, risk management, and cybersecurity, along with strong interpersonal and leadership skills, making it ideal for seasoned professionals looking for impactful work.

Benefits

Work/life balance

Professional training resources

Volunteer Opportunities

Ability to work remotely

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of related work experience required.
• Solid understanding of identity management, incident response, networking security, and zero trust required.
• CISA, CISSP, CMMC RP/RPA/CCA/CCP highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead federal compliance related engagements with clients.
• Conduct assessments to determine a client’s compliance posture and develop remediation recommendations.
• Lead discussions with clients to assist in developing their compliance strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Cybersecurity

Governance and compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related area

Job description

Principal Federal Compliance Consultant - Federal Advisory (remote) page is loaded

Principal Federal Compliance Consultant - Federal Advisory (remote)

Apply remote type Remote locations Washington, DC Providence, Rhode Island Boston, Massachusetts Columbia, Maryland Burlington, Vermont time type Full time posted on Posted 6 Days Ago job requisition id 2025-12396

This position will be remote with a strong preference to be hired in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Optiv + ClearShark is looking for a Principal. Federal Compliance Consultant to join the Federal Advisory team. This position is focused on working with both federal and commercial clients in the area of cybersecurity compliance. Duties will include leading advisory engagements, assisting in the development and maintenance of advisory services, being a thought leader, and assisting Optiv + ClearShark sales activities.

How you'll make an impact:

Engagement Delivery

• Lead federal compliance related engagements with Clients to support the improvement of their business.
• Conduct engagements in accordance with the scope of work and consistent with the Optiv + ClearShark standard procedures.
• Lead a team of junior consultants on larger engagements and guide/mentor those consultants through the engagement.
• Lead discussion with clients to understand their requirements, system architecture, policies and procedures, and current compliance posture.
• Lead discussions with clients to assist them in developing their federal compliance strategy and roadmap.
• Conduct assessments to determine a client’s compliance posture and develop remediation recommendations suitable for the client.
• Resolve any engagement issues at the lowest level possible, and to escalate issues as necessary to ensure that engagement is successful for the client and Optiv + ClearShark.
• Produce high quality deliverables which are responsive to the client’s needs
• Review junior consultants' products prior to delivery for quality, and to work with the junior consultants to improve the quality of their deliverables.

Engagement Management

• Plan out engagement activities to ensure that the scope of work is achievable with the available resources and schedule, with an acceptable level of risk.
• Monitor and report of the engagement status, and address any issues at the lowest level possible.
• Escalate issues in a timely manner to reduce the impact to the client and to Optiv + ClearShark.
• Submit timecards and expense reports in accordance with standard procedures, and as required, review and approve the timecards of junior consultants.
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of each engagement, and to work with leadership on improving service delivery.

Sales and Client Engagement

• Develop a maintain strong relationships with both sales and clients.
• Lead pre-sales discussions with both sales and clients.
• Conduct sales enablement training as necessary to ensure that sales understand the services that are offered, and are able to effectively sell the offerings.
• Listen to both sales and clients for ideas or requirements which should be considered by Optiv + ClearShark to either update an existing service or to bring a new service to market.

Talent Development

• Maintain relevant certifications and training.
• Proactively seek new relevant certifications and training.
• Act as a mentor to junior consultants and assist in training them, or to identify training opportunities to improve their capabilities.
• Strategy, Brand Leadership, and Operations.
• Contribute to thought leadership exercises about Optiv + ClearShark’s services portfolio, to include but not limited to: blog posts, social media engagement, workshops, and panels.
• Maintain awareness of the changes to federal compliance requirements and support the development of new offerings, or updating of existing offerings in response to the changing requirements.
• Help refine the Optiv + ClearShark standard operating procedures to assist in optimizing client engagement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What we’re looking for:

• Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in a related area required.
• 7-10 years of related work experience required.
• Solid understanding of identity management, incident response, networking security, and zero trust required.
• Robust understanding of cybersecurity, and infrastructure concepts.
• Experience operating in classified environments preferred.
• Strong understanding of governance and compliance, specifically with FAR, DFARs, RMF, FCI, CUI and CMMC.
• Broad understanding of FedRAMP and IL constructs.
• Experience in developing and implementing complex Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) programs.
• Experience in operating under highly compliance driven program subject to third-party audit.
• Experience conducting cybersecurity assessments highly desirable.
• CISA, CISSP, CMMC RP/RPA/CCA/CCP highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of leadership concepts and ideas.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team.
• Experience leading an engineering or consulting team, preferably having handled tasking, resolving personnel issues, and providing actionable feedback.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Willingness to travel to meet client needs up to 25%.
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What you can expect from Optiv

• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

EEO Statement

Optiv + ClearShark is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age 40 and over, marital status, genetic information, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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About Us

Optiv + ClearShark is a cybersecurity and IT solutions provider focused exclusively on serving the U.S. federal government. From the data center, cloud and to the edge, we have decades of experience securing and modernizing federal agency data and infrastructure. Our world-class advisory and engineering team is comprised of mission-focused, results-driven subject-matter experts with deep technology and agency domain knowledge and security clearances.