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Principal, ISO/SOC2 Technical Risk and Controls Advisory
CoalfireUnited States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Jun 2025
About the role
About Coalfire
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 Denver, Colorado with offices across the U.S. and U.K., and we support clients around the world.
But that’s not who we are – that’s 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.
Position Summary
As a Principal Consultant on our ISO/SOC Advisory team, you'll be considered a Compliance Advisory subject matter expert (SME) in a particular technical area e.g. evaluating/assessing the security and compliance of client firms/services against regulatory and industry requirements and standards, and against security best practice frameworks, etc.
You will lead a variety of GRC framework engagements (such as environment scoping, gap analysis, training workshops, policy and procedure development) for framework compliance. Assessing the security and compliance of client firms against regulatory and industry requirements and standards, and against security best practice frameworks, Principal Consultants are considered a Compliance Advisory subject matter expert (SME), and are a lead role in advising clients in cybersecurity program transformation activities. This role will have a strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (program, risk, and controls) and advisory services necessary for a successful audit against those frameworks. The Principal Consultant will lead interviews with client staff, analyze documents, and develop reports for clients. They will also provide quality control and peer review to other members of the delivery staff. They will work closely with Project Managers, Directors and other Delivery team members to effectively manage project timelines and deliverables. The Principal Consultant (SME) is expected to leverage their technical and business experience across three (3) domains, including:
1. Partner with clients to evaluate the security posture of their complex systems and to ensure alignment with regulatory compliance and effective risk management strategies. Serve as a trusted advisor by delivering actionable, best-practice recommendations to address security gaps and mitigate vulnerabilities. Collaborate with stakeholders across organizations to foster trust and promote a proactive culture of security improvements to achieve long-term security objectives.
2. Mentor and develop team members to help grow the team and its capabilities
3. Engage outwardly into the community through blog posts, technical white papers, forum participation and conference speaking engagements. Engage inwardly to support business and practice growth by developing Sales/Marketing collateral, innovating delivery methodologies and tools, train/mentor colleagues and serve as the SME for all topics related to your technical or compliance area of expertise
Principal Consultant is a Highly Technical, Individual Contributor role.
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 Denver, Colorado with offices across the U.S. and U.K., and we support clients around the world.
But that’s not who we are – that’s 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.
Position Summary
As a Principal Consultant on our ISO/SOC Advisory team, you'll be considered a Compliance Advisory subject matter expert (SME) in a particular technical area e.g. evaluating/assessing the security and compliance of client firms/services against regulatory and industry requirements and standards, and against security best practice frameworks, etc.
You will lead a variety of GRC framework engagements (such as environment scoping, gap analysis, training workshops, policy and procedure development) for framework compliance. Assessing the security and compliance of client firms against regulatory and industry requirements and standards, and against security best practice frameworks, Principal Consultants are considered a Compliance Advisory subject matter expert (SME), and are a lead role in advising clients in cybersecurity program transformation activities. This role will have a strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (program, risk, and controls) and advisory services necessary for a successful audit against those frameworks. The Principal Consultant will lead interviews with client staff, analyze documents, and develop reports for clients. They will also provide quality control and peer review to other members of the delivery staff. They will work closely with Project Managers, Directors and other Delivery team members to effectively manage project timelines and deliverables. The Principal Consultant (SME) is expected to leverage their technical and business experience across three (3) domains, including:
1. Partner with clients to evaluate the security posture of their complex systems and to ensure alignment with regulatory compliance and effective risk management strategies. Serve as a trusted advisor by delivering actionable, best-practice recommendations to address security gaps and mitigate vulnerabilities. Collaborate with stakeholders across organizations to foster trust and promote a proactive culture of security improvements to achieve long-term security objectives.
2. Mentor and develop team members to help grow the team and its capabilities
3. Engage outwardly into the community through blog posts, technical white papers, forum participation and conference speaking engagements. Engage inwardly to support business and practice growth by developing Sales/Marketing collateral, innovating delivery methodologies and tools, train/mentor colleagues and serve as the SME for all topics related to your technical or compliance area of expertise
Principal Consultant is a Highly Technical, Individual Contributor role.
What You'll Do
- Work with industry and standards bodies to provide information security technical and non-technical expertise.
- Work with other teams within Coalfire to drive customer success.
- Scope and lead on-site engagements with clients. This includes leading pre-sales calls, onsite visits, understanding customer security and compliance requirements and environments, and proposing and delivering packaged offerings or custom solution engagements.
- Develop technical content, such as security plans, procedures, policies, and white papers that can be used by our clients to assist them in elevating/building out their security and compliance programs.
- Lead delivery engagements including on-site projects working with clients to build out compliance roadmaps, architecture guidance, gap assessments, etc.
- Collaborate with Coalfire engineering, support and business teams to convey partner and customer feedback.
- Serve as the practice subject matter expert (SME) for escalations, sales/marketing support, driving practice profitability and revenue.
- Provide Delivery Team Support, including: identifying process improvements, training Delivery personnel on methodologies/tools and quality topics, and mentoring Delivery personnel.
- Development of industry-wide service line thought leadership through: Authoring: methodologies, templates, white papers, work instructions, guidelines, forms, and toolsDeveloping and delivering industry specific training, including sp
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