Consultant, Cloud Infrastructure | Remote US

About Coalfire
Coalfire is on a mission to make the world a safer place by solving our clients’ toughest 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.   
And we’re growing fast. 
We’re looking for a Consultant to support our Cloud Infrastructure team.  
Position Summary
The Security Consultant 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. This role will have a strong understanding of framework requirements, the ability to perform audit/assessments, and support the deployment of scalable programs for clients. They will work closely with Project Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and other Delivery team members to effectively manage project timelines and deliverables.

What You'll Do

• Work collaboratively with a team of assessors as a compliance specialist 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
• Manage complex assessment schedules spanning multiple products and assessment frameworks
• Facilitate the creation of consistent assessment deliverables, including a cross-framework Artifact Request List (ARL) and testing agenda
• Manage team priorities and tasks to achieve delivery utilization targets
• Develop team training materials and contribute to a centralized knowledge base
• 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
• 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
• Educate and interpret compliance activities for clients
• Ensure 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
• Collaborate 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
• Identify upsell and cross sell opportunities; escalates to appropriate leadership
• Understand how to apply quality standards and adheres to a minimum benchmark for quality assurance throughout the documentation of each work product or deliverable
• Provide advice to customers on issues affecting the scope of work in a manner that provides additional value

What You'll Bring

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in the IT industry, with strong familiarity with compliance assessments
• Technical understanding of system architecture and cloud hosting providers
• Ability to lead testing sessions for assigned security areas (e.g. Access Control, Training, etc.)
• Expertise in security frameworks and regulatory requirements (such as SOC 2, ISO, NIST, HITRUST or PCI).
• Experience working with technologies hosted via cloud computing environments (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Ability to independently research a technical topic and develop logical testing approaches
• Ability to assist team members with proper artifact collection and detail to client’s examples of artifacts that will satisfy assessment requirements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to explain technical matters to a non-technical audience 
• 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 relationships and credibility quickly 
• High attention to detail  
• Ability to facilitate meetings to small or large groups 
• Diplomatic and broad minded 
• Strong technical researcher 
• Bachelor's degree (four-year college or university) in IT or busin