Senior FedRAMP Assessor | Risk & Compliance Lead

Baker Tilly (US); San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Tilly is seeking a FedRAMP Senior Assessor in California to join our Risk Advisory practice. You will lead advisory and assessment engagements, write security plans, and assess artifacts to ensure FedRAMP compliance across client systems.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in information security auditing, strong knowledge of NIST, FedRAMP, and related standards, and relevant security certifications. Expect travel around 25% and a focus on delivering exceptional client service.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Minimum of three years of experience in information security auditing.
• Working knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls, FedRAMP requirements, and NIST risk management and security standards.
• Working experience of information security as it relates to audit and compliance.
• CISA, CISM, CISSP, GCED, GSLC, CCSP, CompTIA Cloud+, CASP+ certification or comparable IT security accreditation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Be client-centric
• Lead advisory and assessment engagements
• Conduct gap analyses
• Write system security plans, policies, procedures, and other required documents
• Evaluate and assess evidentiary artifacts and conclude whether or not they are sufficient to meet control
• Document control test results based on FedRAMP-defined test case procedures
• Assist in completing the Security Assessment Plan, Security Assessment Report, and Risk Exposure Table
• Conduct stakeholder interviews, security boundary discussions, control walkthroughs with clients to verify control implementation status
• Possess strong knowledge of FedRAMP, GovRAMP, and NIST
• Critical thinking, analytical, writing, and basic editing skills with the ability to write to FedRAMP’s level of detail

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity / information technology / information systems

Job description

Baker Tilly is seeking a FedRAMP Senior Assessor in California to join our Risk Advisory practice. You will lead advisory and assessment engagements, write security plans, and assess artifacts to ensure FedRAMP compliance across client systems.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in information security auditing, strong knowledge of NIST, FedRAMP, and related standards, and relevant security certifications. Expect travel around 25% and a focus on delivering exceptional client service.