Senior Consultant, Cloud Services - Core Consulting

Coalfire; United States; Remote; USD 86,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Cloud Services Consultant to join their innovative team. This fully remote position emphasizes flexibility and collaboration, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on clients' cybersecurity challenges. You will leverage your expertise in cloud architecture and security to lead engagements, mentor staff, and develop strategies that drive success. With a focus on personal and professional growth, this role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to a safer digital world. Join a passionate team dedicated to making a difference!

Benefits

Flexible Work Options

Parental Leave

Flexible Time Off

Training Reimbursement

Mental Health Support

Comprehensive Insurance

Qualifications

• 6+ years in security systems engineering and architecture.
• 5+ years in cloud architecture, design, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud engagements for deployments and compliance monitoring.
• Develop cloud strategies and architectures for clients.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

Security Systems Engineering

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Critical Thinking

Education

Bachelor's in IT or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Visio

Jira

MS Project

Job description

Senior Consultant, Cloud Services - Core Consulting

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Base pay range

$86,000.00/yr - $148,000.00/yr

About Coalfire

Coalfire is on a mission to make the world a safer place by solving our clients’ hardest cybersecurity challenges. We work at the cutting edge of technology to advise, assess, automate, and ultimately help companies navigate the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado with offices across the U.S. and U.K., and we support clients around the world.

But that’s not who we are – that’s just what we do.

We are thought leaders, consultants, and cybersecurity experts, but above all else, we are a team of passionate problem-solvers who are hungry to learn, grow, and make a difference.

Position Summary

As a Senior Cloud Services Consultant, you will play a critical role in driving customer intimacy and growth by understanding our clients’ businesses, industries, value propositions, and success requirements. You’ll leverage your expertise in gathering client requirements, working with technical teams on proposing solutions, and designing FedRAMP compliant cloud infrastructure. This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic team and make a meaningful impact for clients.

What You'll Do

• Lead large-scale cloud engagements for greenfield and brownfield deployments.
• Provide subject matter expertise and project management to serve as the “point person” for engagement teams.
• Participate in designing and operating compliance monitoring activities to ensure adherence to security policies and regulations.
• Contribute to cloud program management, service delivery, and strategy planning.
• Develop and review reports and presentations for technical and executive audiences.
• Mentor and coach staff to grow their technical and consulting skills.
• Monitor progress, manage risks, and keep stakeholders informed.
• Identify engagement and client service issues based on industry trends; communicate findings effectively.
• Work with engagement managers to co-lead and own parts of the engagement delivery.
• Deliver high-quality client services within expected timeframes and budgets.
• Develop client cloud and security strategies, architectures, and roadmaps.
• Review cloud configurations and security practices with clients.
• Translate client requirements into architectures for engineering teams.
• Advise on AWS, Azure, GCP, and other cloud provider technologies.
• Support business development activities such as opportunity identification and relationship building.

This fully remote position offers flexible work arrangements, emphasizing effective communication, collaboration, and work-life balance, with travel expected at 10-20%.

What You'll Bring

• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• 6+ years of experience in security systems engineering and architecture.
• 5+ years supporting cloud architecture, design, and operations in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platform capabilities and services.
• Critical thinking skills, with the ability to balance security and mission needs.
• BS or higher in IT or related field, or equivalent experience.

Bonus Points

• Experience supporting clients in professional services.
• Familiarity with frameworks like FedRAMP, FISMA, SOC, ISO, HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI.
• Certifications such as PMP, CISSP, CISM, CISA.
• Knowledge of configuration standards like CIS Benchmarks & DISA STIG.
• Experience with cloud networking (Palo Alto, Cisco, VPC peering, Transit Gateway).
• Proficiency with Visio, Jira, MS Project.
• Understanding of encryption technologies (TLS/SSL, PKI).
• Architecture or Security Architect certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Architect).

Why Join Us

At Coalfire, we support your personal and professional growth with flexible work options, a collaborative environment, and benefits like parental leave, flexible time off, training reimbursement, mental health support, and comprehensive insurance. We value diversity, equal opportunity, and pay equity. For accommodations, contact [e-mail].