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Senior Consultant, Cyber Security

Control Risks
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/24/2025

We are expanding our Digital Risks cyber security team to support clients navigating an increasingly complex digital landscape. Our team delivers strategic and technical cyber security consulting to help organizations mitigate risk, protect their information, and respond to cyber incidents.

We are seeking experienced information security and consulting professionals who are passionate about helping clients around the world strengthen their security posture and manage cyber risks effectively.

Tasks and responsibilities

The Senior Consultant will take responsibility for individual and client-facing outputs in the following areas:

Delivering digital risk and cyber security engagements

  • Lead client engagements, including providing guidance to junior staff
  • Deliver projects (e.g., assess cyber risk, assess program maturity, develop technical and program recommendations)
  • Interface directly with clients (e.g., educate client stakeholders, present findings, work with client teams at all levels to implement solutions)
  • Collaborate with technical partners to deliver an integrated solution
  • Serve on incident response teams

Supporting Business Development

  • Contribute to proposals for future client work
  • Maintain relationships with existing clients
  • Recognize opportunities for new business
  • Write articles and thought leadership content to further Control Risks’ expert brand

Supporting the growth of the cyber security consulting program

  • Assist in managing projects
  • Help to refine our cyber security risk approaches
  • Work with other departments within Control Risks to deliver integrated solutions across practices and regions

  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without sponsorship.
  • Candidates must possess unrestricted US work authorization.
  • 5 or more years directly relevant professional experience in cyber consulting and/or industry.
  • Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred in computer science, information security, data science, or related discipline.
  • Concentrated experience in at least one information security domain (e.g., security operations, forensics, incident response, penetration testing, threat intelligence, and governance, etc.)
  • Possess or ability to earn one or more leading industry certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GSEC, GPEN, GCIH)
  • Professional knowledge of information security and risk principles
  • Experience addressing enterprise information security
  • Project management experience
  • Ability to translate technical analysis into actionable recommendations, in both written and verbal communications
  • Knowledge of secure architecture and configuration for various network topologies and endpoint environments
  • Understanding of the current threat actors, attack tools and TTPs
  • Ability to produce and deliver well-crafted deliverables for clients
  • Fluency in Spanish or Portuguese is preferred, although not required
  • Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

The base salary range for this position is $115,000-$125,000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Control Risks is committed to a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.

Control Risks participates in the E-Verify program to confirm employment authorization of all newly hired employees. The E-Verify process is completed during new hire onboarding and completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, at the start of employment. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates. For more information on E-Verify, please visit www.uscis.gov.

  • Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
  • Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
  • Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
  • As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

Salary : $115,000 - $125,000

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