Remote Cyber Risk Rotations Associate

Fortress; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay structure

Medical, dental, vision plans

Company paid life insurance

401(k) match

Flexible Paid Time Off

Professional growth opportunities

Tuition and certification reimburse

Employee Referral Programs

Company Sponsored Events

Job summary

Fortress is seeking a Fortress FastLane Associate for a rotational early-career program in cybersecurity and risk management. You will rotate through four strategic areas each quarter, gaining hands-on exposure to vendor control assessments, AI-powered monitoring, data integrity QA, and program management.

Upon successful completion of the program through May 2027, associates transition into a full-time role of their choosing — making this an exceptional launchpad for a long-term career in

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new tools, teams, and workflows, and to adapt professionally to a new business area every quarter.
• Experience in, or aptitude for, a customer/client-facing environment.
• Solid understanding of risk management concepts, particularly around information security, IT general controls, and basic audit terminology and concepts.
• Comfort learning and using AI-powered tools and platforms (e.g., generative AI assistants, AI-based monitoring or security tools) to support research, analysis, and reporting tasks.
• Demonstrated professional communication and client relationship skills.
• Attention to detail, sound judgement, logical thinking, and proven ability to follow established scripts/consistency models, drive tasks to completion, meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment, and adapt to changing business needs with periodic supervision.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office and Google products (e.g., Word, Excel, Gmail) and other business software.
• Ambition, drive, sharp vision, and a great attitude.

Responsibilities

• Rotate through four business areas, each on a quarterly basis, meeting the specific deliverables and quality standards of each Rotation Lead's team.
• Consistently deliver on assigned workload, commitments, deadlines, and objectives while following established service level agreements in scope and leveraging appropriate tools, methods, frameworks, and professional standards.
• Curate and organize company-specific information from public, private, and proprietary sources through data collection, analysis, evaluation, and risk-scoring.
• Collaborate with internal partners and third parties to enhance, mitigate, and resolve third-party risks.
• Represent Fortress as a key point of contact to clients and their third parties as rotation assignments require.
• Support Validated Controls Assessment (VCA), AI Monitoring, data integrity QA, and program management activities depending on current rotation.
• Communicate effectively and professionally within each rotation team and with cross-functional partners.
• Track assigned work efficiently while meeting given deadlines across changing rotation assignments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Rapid learner

Customer-facing

Risk management

AI tools familiarity

Strong communication

Detail oriented

MS Office & Google

Team collaboration

Ambition and attitude

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Fortress is seeking a Fortress FastLane Associate for a rotational early-career program in cybersecurity and risk management. You will rotate through four strategic areas each quarter, gaining hands-on exposure to vendor control assessments, AI-powered monitoring, data integrity QA, and program management.

Upon successful completion of the program through May 2027, associates transition into a full-time role of their choosing — making this an exceptional launchpad for a long-term career in