IT Security Auditor - Senior Consultant

Job Family: Technology Consulting Travel Required: Up to 10% Clearance Required: Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph

What You Will Do: The Senior IT Security Auditor will lead stakeholder engagement and technical delivery for efforts supporting federal agencies with IT controls assessments and program evaluations. This is an ideal role for someone with an information security and assurance or IT audit background who is looking to utilize their skills to work with the federal government to analyze IT control weaknesses, identify root causes, and develop remediation plans.

Responsibilities include some or all of the following: Performing assessments of IT controls using industry-standard guidance and leading best practices Conducting interviews and discussions with a variety of client stakeholders, including IT system personnel such as Information System Security Officers (ISSOs) and system administrators Reviewing and analyzing documents and artifacts to assist in IT controls testing such as system security plans, SOPs, audit logs, configuration scans, and vulnerability scans Evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of IT controls using provided artifacts against federal requirements, industry guidance, and leading best practices Documenting the results of IT controls testing in a consistent and high-quality manner that would allow others to review and understand the results Summarizing and communicating IT controls assessment results to a variety of client stakeholders, including senior leadership Understanding and analyzing known IT control weaknesses, identifying root causes, and developing detailed remediation plans Providing subject matter expertise to client personnel on a wide range of matters relating to IT security and assurance Responding to ad-hoc IT security-related requests from client personnel Planning and executing day-to-day activities of IT assessments and evaluations individually and for the team Mentoring junior team members in day-to-day IT controls testing responsibilities

What You Will Need: An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TS/SCI Federal or DoD security clearance with a COUNTERINTELLIGENCE (CI) polygraph Bachelor's Degree in a Technical or Business field THREE (3) + years' experience providing IT consulting. Experience should include but not be limited to: Experience in consulting with the federal government to include senior government clients Understanding and knowledge of federal information security and assurance laws, requirements, and guidance (i.e.

FISMA, NIST SP 800, FISCAM) What Would Be Nice To Have: Relevant certification such as the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Demonstrated knowledge and experience in IT risk and controls through IT audits, IT controls assessments, or IT security reviews Demonstrated ability and working knowledge of: FISMA, NIST SP 800 series, FISCAM, other relevant federal information assurance laws, regulations, and guidance Experience performing: FISMA, OMB Circular A-123, or similar internal control assessments Experience implementing or auditing access and account management principles, including authorization, provisioning, recertification, and separation of duties Experience implementing or auditing contingency planning principles, including backups, testing of backups, and alternate processing sites Experience implementing or auditing configuration management principles, including configuration baseline concepts, baseline deviations, baseline maintenance, change control, and monitoring, and industry-accepted configuration settings such as DISA STIGs Experience performing audit logging and monitoring, including generation of audit logs, use of audit log aggregation and analysis tools, and audit log monitoring and review