Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity. Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.
Work You'll Do As a Senior Consultant, Strategy, Growth, and Transformation on the Cyber & Strategic Risk team, you will be responsible for:
- Lead and oversee RMF execution across assigned systems, programs, or enclaves.
- Direct Authority to Operate (ATO) activities and ensure required documentation is complete, current, and audit-ready.
- Manage, coach, and mentor ISSOs and other security support staff.
- Oversee vulnerability management, risk assessments, POA&M tracking, and remediation prioritization.
- Develop, implement, and enforce security policies, procedures, and training requirements.
- Coordinate with Authorizing Officials, system owners, CISO staff, engineers, and program leadership to assess and communicate system risk posture.
- Ensure compliance with applicable security frameworks and federal requirements, including NIST RMF, NIST SP 800-53, and related DoD cybersecurity guidance.
A successful candidate would possess these skills:
- Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
- Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
- Ability to lead projects or workstreams
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others
The Team Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.
Our Cyber Strategy & Transformation offering develops and transforms cyber programs in line with a client's strategic objectives, regulatory requirements, and risk appetite. It keeps the enterprise a step ahead of the evolving threat landscape and gives stakeholders confidence in the organization's cyber posture. Includes design of the cyber organization, governance, and risk assessments.
Qualifications Required
:
- Bachelor's degree
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
- Active Secret security clearance required
- Ability to travel 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
- Must be local to the DMV Area with the ability to come on site 5 days a week.
- 5+ Years of the following experience:
- Cybersecurity or information assurance experience.
- NIST SP 800-53, RMF processes, and ATO lifecycle activities.
- Experience leading security governance, compliance, and risk management efforts.
- Vulnerability scanning tools, STIG validation, POA&M governance, and security documentation workflows.
Preferred:
- Prior team leadership or security oversight experience preferred. supervising ISSOs or coordinating security activities across multiple technical teams.
- DoD 8140 certifications such as CISSP strongly preferred. Preferred Attributes
- Ability to operate in fast-paced, compliance-driven environments.
- Strong judgment in evaluating cyber risk and balancing mission needs.
- Proven ability to build trust with technical teams and senior leadership.
- Detail-oriented approach to documentation, authorization, and continuous monitoring requirements.
For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in Virginia, Deloitte is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to Virginia and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $124,700 to $207,800.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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Requisition code: 363600
Job ID 363600
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