Log In

Don't have an account? Sign up now

Lost Password?

Sign Up

Business Management

Sr. Federal Compliance Consultant – Federal Advisory Full Time

Summary:

Optiv + ClearShark is seeking a Sr. Federal Compliance Consultant to join their Federal Advisory team. This role will focus on working with federal and commercial clients on cybersecurity compliance. Key responsibilities include leading federal compliance engagements, developing compliance strategies, conducting assessments, and mentoring junior consultants. The role offers opportunities to contribute to thought leadership and sales activities in the cybersecurity space.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead federal compliance related engagements with Clients to support the improvement of their business.

  • Conduct engagements in accordance with the scope of work and consistent with the Optiv + ClearShark standard procedures.

  • Lead a team of junior consultants on larger engagements and guide/mentor those consultants through the engagement.

  • Lead discussions with clients to understand their requirements, system architecture, policies and procedures, and current compliance posture.

  • Lead discussions with clients to assist them in developing their federal compliance strategy and roadmap.

  • Conduct assessments to determine a client’s compliance posture and develop remediation recommendations suitable for the client.

  • Resolve any engagement issues at the lowest level possible, and escalate issues as necessary to ensure that engagement is successful for the client and Optiv + ClearShark.

  • Produce high-quality deliverables that are responsive to the client’s needs.

  • Review junior consultants’ products prior to delivery for quality, and work with junior consultants to improve the quality of their deliverables.

  • Plan out engagement activities to ensure that the scope of work is achievable with the available resources and schedule, with an acceptable level of risk.

  • Monitor and report on the engagement status, and address any issues at the lowest level possible.

  • Submit timecards and expense reports in accordance with standard procedures, and review and approve the timecards of junior consultants.

  • Identify strengths and weaknesses of each engagement, and work with leadership on improving service delivery.

  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with both sales and clients.

  • Lead pre-sales discussions with both sales and clients.

  • Conduct sales enablement training as necessary to ensure that sales understand the services that are offered and are able to effectively sell the offerings.

  • Act as a mentor to junior consultants and assist in training them, or identify training opportunities to improve their capabilities.

  • Contribute to thought leadership exercises about Optiv + ClearShark’s services portfolio, including blog posts, social media engagement, workshops, and panels.

  • Maintain awareness of changes to federal compliance requirements and support the development of new offerings or updating existing offerings in response to the changing requirements.

  • Help refine the Optiv + ClearShark standard operating procedures to assist in optimizing client engagement.

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

  • Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance preferred.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a related area required.

  • 7-10 years of related work experience required.

  • Solid understanding of identity management, incident response, networking security, and zero trust required.

  • Robust understanding of cybersecurity and infrastructure concepts.

  • Experience operating in classified environments preferred.

  • Strong understanding of governance and compliance, specifically with FAR, DFARs, RMF, FCI, CUI, and CMMC.

  • Broad understanding of FedRAMP and IL constructs.

  • Experience conducting cybersecurity assessments highly desirable.

  • CISA, CISSP, CMMC RP/RPA/CCA/CCP highly desirable.

  • Strong understanding of leadership concepts and ideas.

  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team.

  • Experience leading an engineering or consulting team, preferably having handled tasking, resolving personnel issues, and providing actionable feedback.

  • Ability to clearly communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences.

  • Excellent problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.

  • Willingness to travel to meet client needs up to 25%.

Benefits:

  • A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through Employee Resource Groups.

  • Work/life balance.

  • Professional training resources.

  • Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects.

  • Volunteer Opportunities through “Optiv Chips In” encouraging employee engagement in their teams and communities.

  • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable).

Tagged as: , , ,

Job Overview