Senior Cybersecurity Compliance Analyst

Our client, an IT Services organization supporting commercial and federal clients is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Compliance Analyst with direct experience in Cisco and Palo Alto environments, prior audit participation (CJIS / NIST 800 53 / IRS 1075), and proven ability to produce technically accurate POA&Ms and hardening / STIG style guidance based on real world configuration knowledge (not templates), operating in a read only validation and advisory role (no production changes).

This role will require you to be onsite 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) for direct interaction with the client''s team, conduct on-site surveys, close collaboration, and maintaining strong working relationships is crucial.

Responsibilities:
- Validate configurations (read only access)
- Guide the customer''s engineers
- Produce technically accurate POA&Ms and hardening guidance tailored to their Cisco and Palo Alto environment.

To be considered, candidates MUST meet the following qualifications:
- Direct, hands on experience with both Cisco and Palo Alto technologies
(not -familiar with,- not -supported the firewall team-)
- Prior audit participation (CJIS, NIST 800 53, IRS Publication 1075; SOX acceptable as additional experience)
- Demonstrated ability to create technically accurate POA&Ms tied to real configuration findings
- Experience writing hardening guides / STIG style baselines for Cisco and Palo Alto
- Comfortable operating with read only access to validate configurations and guide engineers
(they will not make production changes)

MUST NOT BE
- Policy only or GRC only profiles without Cisco/Palo Alto technical depth
- Candidates who rely on generic templates or checklists rather than environment specific guidance