Remote Cyber Lead Auditor & Test Lead

Ardent MC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent is seeking a Cyber Lead Auditor / Test Lead to provide independent technical leadership for a cybersecurity assurance program across a multi-agency environment. The role focuses on converting OCIG objectives into defensible testing strategies, supervising evidence collection, and verifying findings with traceable criteria.

Responsibilities include designing testing strategies, mapping to NIST CSF and regulatory rules, and conducting QA reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information assurance, audit, information systems, or related discipline.
• Proof of relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CISA, PMP, CEH, or other relevant certifications.
• 10 years of progressive cybersecurity experience including security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, intrusion analysis, or audit support.
• 5 years supporting or conducting audits, compliance reviews, or assurance work in government or similarly regulated environments.
• Demonstrated ability to design defensible test procedures, evaluate control performance, and communicate technical results to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead ingestion and analysis of agency documentation, including risk assessments, remediation plans, prior findings, corrective actions, inventories, and strategic plans.
• Direct development of the Agency Risk Understanding Memorandum, including environmental summaries, agency-specific risks, assumptions, documentation gaps, and impacts on testing priorities.
• Design the Ground-Truth and Ad Hoc Testing Strategies and approve detailed procedures defining objectives, systems, controls, access points, tools, sampling, scripts, evidence, thresholds, stop conditions, and escalation paths.
• Map procedures and results to NIST CSF DE.AE, DE.DP, PR.AC; Rule 60GG-2, F.A.C.; and the applicable approved criteria.
• Ensure testing remains within written OCIG authorization, avoids duplication of operational testing, and complies with agency-specific Rules of Engagement.
• Review evidence for relevance, reliability, sufficiency, attribution, timestamps, chain of custody, and reproducibility.
• Validate that reports accurately state procedures performed and factual results without an audit opinion; ensure advisory recommendations are distinctly labeled.
• Conduct independent QA reviews of technical deliverables not authored solely by the reviewer and document sign-off.
• Lead technical briefings, workshops, job aids, and knowledge transfer so OCIG and OIG staff can understand and reuse procedures.
• Support urgent analysis of logs, timelines, after-action reports, remediation evidence, and incident-specific control issues when directed.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Audit & Assurance

Incident response

Vulnerability management

MITRE ATT&CK

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Active Directory

Cloud platforms

APIs

Web applications

SIEM/EDR

Vulnerability scanners

Job description

Ardent is seeking a Cyber Lead Auditor / Test Lead to provide independent technical leadership for a cybersecurity assurance program across a multi-agency environment. The role focuses on converting OCIG objectives into defensible testing strategies, supervising evidence collection, and verifying findings with traceable criteria.

Responsibilities include designing testing strategies, mapping to NIST CSF and regulatory rules, and conducting QA reviews.