Senior Cybersecurity Due Diligence Advisor

Charles River Associates; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 152,500; Full time

Job summary

Charles River Associates (CRA) seeks a Senior Associate/Cybersecurity Consultant in the Due Diligence Advisory practice to lead client engagements across the US. You will conduct assessments, interviews, workshops, and executive readouts, translating discussions into engagement scopes and SOWs aligned with NIST CSF and transaction objectives.

The role emphasizes translating technical findings into business risk narratives for private equity, legal, and executive audiences, and producing

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of cybersecurity consulting or due diligence experience.
• Experience with cyber resilience assessments, incident readiness reviews, or tabletop exercises.
• Ability to translate post‑incident observations into proactive engagement opportunities.
• Excellent written communication with clear, structured reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead client-facing assessments, interviews, workshops, and executive readouts.
• Translate findings into SOWs and actionable risk narratives for private equity and legal stakeholders.
• Develop repeatable assessment methodologies and client-facing deliverables.

Skills

Executive communication

Structured questioning

SOWs & proposals drafting

Translate client needs into deliver

Business risk storytelling

Multi-domain cybersecurity knowledge

Tools

CrowdStrike

Tanium

Microsoft 365

Azure/Entra ID

AWS

Job description

Charles River Associates (CRA) seeks a Senior Associate/Cybersecurity Consultant in the Due Diligence Advisory practice to lead client engagements across the US. You will conduct assessments, interviews, workshops, and executive readouts, translating discussions into engagement scopes and SOWs aligned with NIST CSF and transaction objectives.

The role emphasizes translating technical findings into business risk narratives for private equity, legal, and executive audiences, and producing