Consultant - SOC2, PCI Assessment at Coalfire Systems – Chicago, Illinois

At Coalfire as a Consultant you will work as part of a team assessing the security and compliance of client firms against regulatory and industry requirements and standards, and against security best practice frameworks. You will have a strong understanding of framework requirements, perform audit/assessments, and develop reports for clients. You will also get to work closely with Project Managers, Directors and other Delivery team members to effectively manage project timelines and deliverables

This is a great opportunity as a Security Consultant to make an impact and enhance clients security posture and business processes affecting information security and data privacy through technical evaluation of governance programs. You will regularly interact with peers and clients as both an auditor and assessor, depending on the engagement. As a Consultant you will evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls supporting management systems and will help to identify improvement opportunities. You will test technical controls, policies and procedures, laws, regulations, and industry best practices.

In this role, as a Consultant you facilitate Security Control Assessments and other advanced-level monitoring activities, often within cloud-based environments. To succeed, you will need a strong understanding of technical and non-technical security related system controls and an understanding of the various testing methods utilized to ascertain the effectiveness of those controls. Our consultants works in a team atmosphere with an experienced Technical Project Lead, and is assigned technical sections and expected to create client-ready deliverables.

A Security Consultant on the SOC/PCI team helps to enhance clients’ security posture and ensure that business and customer data is properly protected. This role will evaluate the design and effectiveness of technology controls throughout the business cycle and will help identify performance improvement opportunities.

• Work collaboratively with a team of assessors as a compliance specialist in at least one area of expertise and assist with the planning of assessment for clients
• Draft audit programs that sufficiently address both the required objectives of the regulatory body and the complexity of the client environment
• Autonomously leads interview and inquiry walkthroughs with clients to determine the conformity of environments against stated requirements
• Assess security vulnerabilities against the appropriate security frameworks
• First-level reviewer of drafted audit planning and reporting materials
• 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
• Assess client provided documentation for compliance with a variety of standards
• Partner with senior members to prepare and review assessment reports.
• Educate and interpret compliance activities for clients
• Manage priorities and tasks to achieve delivery utilization targets
• Ensures quality products and services are delivered on time per Coalfire quality standards.
• Continuous professional development; maintain industry specific certifications, depth of knowledge, credentials, and designations
• Collaborates and communicates successfully with project managers, quality management and/or other delivery team members to drive customer satisfaction and meet project deliverables.
• Establish and maintain positive collaborative relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Identifies upsell and cross sell opportunities and escalates to appropriate leadership
• Execute, examine, interview and test procedures in accordance with the appropriate control
• Ensure cyber security policies are adhered to and that required controls are implemented
• Understands how to apply quality standards and adheres to a minimum benchmark for quality assurance throughout the documentation of each work product or deliverable
• Provides advice to customers on issues affecting the scope of work in a manner that provides additional value
• Develop documentation and author recommendations associate with your findings on how to improve the customer’s security posture in accordance with appropriate controls
• Travel up to 25% possible

• 2+ years of experience as an IT Consultant, IT auditor, Business Analyst, or similar role
• Bachelor's degree (four-year college or university) or equivalent combination of education and work experience. Degree preferably in related field (CIS, MIS, or IT)
• General knowledge of IT audit procedures and cyber security best practices
• Experience and demonstrated ability to independently research a technical topic and develop logical testing approaches
• Experience and demonstrated ability to lead testing sessions for assigned controls.
• Demonstrated experience reading and interpreting security framework criteria
• Strong personal initiative to appropriately manage time and meet deadlines
• Strong Consulting skills; ability to advise and challenge the status quo while building strong relationships
• Ability to build high-trust relationship and credibility quickly
• High attention to detail
• Ability to facilitate meetings to small or large groups
• Diplomatic and broad minded
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including quick response time the ability to explain technical matters to a non-technical audience
• Has a sense of urgency and ability to multi-task
• Public speaking and executive presence that solicits attention
• Inquisitive and curious nature with the ability to effectively probe for deeper information
• Strong technical researcher