Senior Consultant - FedRAMP Assessment

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

Job summary

Coalfire is seeking a Senior Consultant to enhance clients' cybersecurity frameworks. The role involves leading audits, developing recommendations, and ensuring quality service delivery, while fostering client relationships in a remote work environment. Successful candidates will possess strong IT consulting experience and relevant cybersecurity certifications.

Benefits

Paid parental leave

Flexible time off

Certification and training reimbursement

Digital mental health support

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in IT services consulting.
• Must hold advanced cybersecurity certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead audits and assessments, review documentation.
• Develop recommendations to improve clients' security posture.
• Manage project priorities in collaboration with project managers.

Skills

Consulting

Cybersecurity

Communication

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or business

Job description

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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.

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.

What You'll Do

• Provides advice to customers on issues affecting the scope of work in a manner that provides additionalvalue
• Develop documentation and author recommendations associate with your findings on how to improve the customer’s security posture in accordance with appropriatecontrols
• Leads audits/assessments including audit plan preparation, review of documentation and evidence, evaluation of procedures, and client interviews.
• Maintains strong depth of knowledge in one or more cybersecurity frameworks.
• Prepare, review andapprove assessmentreports.
• Manage priorities,tasksand hours on projects in conjunction with the project manager to achieve delivery utilization targets.
• Ensures quality products and services are delivered on time.
• Escalates client and project issues to management in a timely manner to inform and engage the necessary resources to address theissue
• Provide mentorship to team members in areas of audit, assessment, technicalreviewand writing.
• Interfaces with clients through entire engagement, interacting with all levels of clientorganizations
• Establish and maintain positive collaborative relationships with clients andstakeholders
• Continuous professional development in maintaining industry specific certifications. Maintains strong depth of knowledge in the practice area.
• Collaborates with project managers, quality management,salesand other delivery team members to drive customer satisfaction and meet project deliverables.
• Establishes account relationships and identifies upsell and cross sell opportunities and escalates to sales.
• Draft audit programs that sufficiently address both the required objectives of theregulatorybody and the complexity of the client environment
• Leads interview and inquiry walkthroughs with clients to determine the conformity of environments against statedrequirements
• Assess security vulnerabilities against the appropriate securityframeworks
• Pursues and corroborates conclusions derived from inquiry procedures with client while ensuring diligent interview notes arecaptured
• Offline and remote evidence inspection of client provided documentation; appropriately mark artifacts requiring follow-up or additionalclarification
• Educate and interpret compliance activities forclients
• Understands how to apply quality standards and adheres to a minimum benchmark for quality assurance throughout the documentation of each work product ordeliverable
• Remote work environment
• Travel 20%
  

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree (four-year college or university) in IT or business, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Five to ten (5-10) years of experience as a consultant within professional IT services
• Must hold one of the following certifications: CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, CISSP-ISSMP, CFR, CCISO, GCED, GCIH, GSLC
• Deep experience with government compliance, including FISMA, FedRAMP, and DoD RMF
• Strong knowledge of NIST Special Publications 800-30, 800-37, 800-53
• Experience with every step within the delivery of Certification and Accreditation (C&A) / Assessment and Authorization (A&A) packages that have obtained and maintained full authorization to operate (ATO)
• Experience with virtualization or cloud technologies
• Familiarity with statutes and regulations across multiple industries relevant to IT (e.g. SOX 404, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GLB, Patriot Act)
• Knowledge of information security related solutions, tools, and utilities
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Willing to travel up to 20%
  

Bonus Points

• Hold Cloud Security focused certifications (AWS, Azure, CCSK, etc.)
  

Why You’ll Want to Join Us

At Coalfire, you’ll find the support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In many cases, we provide a flexible work model that empowers you to choose when and where you’ll work most effectively – whether you’re at home or an office.

Regardless of location, you’ll experience a company that prioritizes connection and wellbeing and be part of a team where people care about each other and our communities. You’ll have opportunities to join employee resource groups, participate in in-person and virtual events, and more. And you’ll enjoy competitive perks and benefits to support you and your family, like paid parental leave, flexible time off, certification and training reimbursement, digital mental health and wellbeing support membership, and comprehensive insurance options.

At Coalfire, equal opportunity and pay equity is integral to the way we do business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Coalfire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, our Human Resources team at [e-mail] .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales

• Industries

  Professional Services

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