Principal, Healthcare Advisory at Coalfire Systems – Chicago, Illinois

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 Chicago, Illinois with offices across the U.S. and U.K., and we support clients around the world.

But thats not who we are thats 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.

The Principal Consultant Healthcare Advisory is a senior individual contributor and subject matter expert (SME) responsible for leading complex healthcare advisory engagements across governance, risk, compliance, and resilience. This role specializes in healthcare regulatory environments and supports healthcare organizations in building scalable, defensible, and sustainable security and compliance programs.

Principal Consultants serve as trusted advisors to healthcare executives and delivery leaders, leading engagements that span HIPAA, HITECH, CMS (MARSE, ARCAMPE), HITRUST, NIST, and healthcarespecific cybersecurity and operational resilience frameworks. This role combines deep healthcare domain knowledge with strong advisory, delivery, and thoughtleadership responsibilities.

The Principal Consultant is expected to leverage experience across three domains:

1. Partner with healthcare organizations (providers, payers, digital health, medical device manufacturers, public health agencies) to evaluate cybersecurity posture, regulatory compliance, and operational risk.

2. Serve as a trusted advisor delivering actionable recommendations aligned to healthcare regulations, patient safety considerations, and operational realities.

3. Translate complex regulatory and security requirements into practical, implementable solutions.

4. Lead complex healthcare advisory engagements and provide quality control and peer review for delivery teams.

5. Mentor consultants and senior consultants within the Healthcare Advisory practice.

6. Support methodology development and continuous improvement across healthcare offerings.

7. Contribute to healthcarespecific thought leadership through whitepapers, blogs, webinars, and conference presentations.

8. Support sales, marketing, and solution development for Healthcare Advisory services.

9. Serve as an internal SME for healthcare regulatory, compliance, and risk topics.

The salary range listed is a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role based on national salary averages. The actual salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, geographic location, training, licensure and certifications and other factors. You may also be eligible to participate in annual incentive, commission, and/or recognition programs.

At Coalfire, youll 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 youll work most effectively whether youre at home or an office.

Regardless of location, youll experience a company that prioritizes connection and wellbeing and be part of a team where people care about each other and our communities. Youll have opportunities to join employee resource groups, participate in in-person and virtual events, and more. And youll 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, contact our Human Resources team at HumanResourcesMB@coalfire.com.