IT Audit & Compliance Analyst – Federal Cybersecurity Frameworks

🔥 16 hours ago

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $98k - $163k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Guidehouse

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2018

💰 Grant on 2023-02

Consulting • Digital Services • Public Sector

Guidehouse is a global consultancy offering advisory, digital, and managed services across commercial and public sectors. It is purpose-built to support industries such as national security, financial services, healthcare, energy, and infrastructure. Guidehouse collaborates with leaders to navigate complexity and drives transformational changes that impact the future. Their expertise spans data analytics, digital technologies, risk management, and more, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and innovation.

📋 Description

• Guidehouse is seeking an IT Audit & Compliance professional to help our client at a large federal agency pursue and maintain compliance with federal cybersecurity frameworks. • This role focuses on audit preparation and coordination. • Coordinate internal and external audit activities across federal information systems, ensuring teams, schedules, evidence, and documentation remain audit‑ready. • Prepare, maintain, and organize assessor‑ready artifacts including SSPs, control narratives, SOPs, POA&Ms, continuous monitoring reports, and structured evidence packages. • Interpret and apply requirements from federal cybersecurity and audit frameworks, including: NIST SP 800‑53 (security and privacy controls), NIST SP 800‑37 (RMF), NIST SP 800‑171 (CUI), FISMA, FISCAM, OMB Circular A‑123, FedRAMP, and adjacent frameworks such as SOC 1/2, HIPAA, the Privacy Act, and IRS Publication 1075. • Support audit readiness activities by coordinating evidence collection with engineering, ISSO/ISSM, infrastructure, cloud, and application teams. • Track audit findings, maintain POA&M items, and facilitate remediation progress across technical and business teams. • Translate technical implementations into clear, assessor‑ready documentation through strong technical writing and stakeholder coordination. • Draft and refine policies, procedures, and control narratives, and coordinate teams through internal audits, readiness assessments, and corrective action plans.

🎯 Requirements

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. • Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred. • Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Accounting/IS Audit, or a discipline related to this project. • Three (3) or more years of IT Audit & Compliance experience. • Experience implementing or assessing NIST SP 800‑53 control requirements in production environments (cloud and/or on‑prem). • Knowledge of federal cybersecurity and audit frameworks. (This could include NIST SP 800‑37 (RMF), NIST SP 800‑171, FISMA, FISCAM, OMB Circular A‑123, or FedRAMP.) • Demonstrated ability to create accurate, assessor‑ready documentation (This could include: SSPs, procedures/SOPs, control narratives, POA&Ms, ConMon reporting, evidence packages).

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance • 401(k) Retirement Plan • Basic Life & Supplemental Life • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability • Student Loan PayDown • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities • Skills Development & Certifications • Employee Referral Program • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program • Mobility Stipend