[Remote] Senior FedRAMP Consultant

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coalfire is on a mission to make the world a safer place by solving clients’ hardest cybersecurity challenges. The Senior FedRAMP Consultant will provide guidance on cybersecurity frameworks, lead audits and assessments, and ensure quality deliverables while maintaining strong client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provides advice to customers on issues affecting the scope of work in a manner that provides additional value
• 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 and approve assessment reports
• Manage priorities, tasks and 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 the issue
• Provide mentorship to team members in areas of audit, assessment, technical review and writing
• Interfaces with clients through entire engagement, interacting with all levels of client organizations
• Establish and maintain positive collaborative relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Continuous professional development in maintaining industry specific certifications. Maintains strong depth of knowledge in the practice area
• Collaborates with project managers, quality management, sales and 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 the regulatory body and the complexity of the client environment
• Leads interview and inquiry walkthroughs with clients to determine the conformity of environments against stated requirements
• Assess security vulnerabilities against the appropriate security frameworks
• Pursues and corroborates conclusions derived from inquiry procedures with client while ensuring diligent interview notes are captured
• Offline and remote evidence inspection of client provided documentation; appropriately mark artifacts requiring follow-up or additional clarification
• Educate and interpret compliance activities for clients
• Understands how to apply quality standards and adheres to a minimum benchmark for quality assurance throughout the documentation of each work product or deliverable

Skills

• 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, 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, 800-171
• 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)
• Demonstrated knowledge of AWS, Asure and GCP cloud offerings is required
• Knowledge of information security related solutions, tools, and utilities
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Willing to travel up to 20%
• Familiarity with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Protected B framework is a plus
• Familiarity with the DOD CMMC process is a plus
• Hold Cloud Security focused certifications (AWS, Azure, CCSK, etc.)

Benefits

• Flexible work model that empowers you to choose when and where you’ll work most effectively – whether you’re at home or an office
• Opportunities to join employee resource groups
• Participate in in-person and virtual events
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible time off
• Certification and training reimbursement
• Digital mental health and wellbeing support membership
• Comprehensive insurance options

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