Senior Cybersecurity Consultant

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Excentium, Inc

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2006

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

🏛️ Government

Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Government

Excentium, Inc. is a technology-focused government contractor that designs and implements solutions across cybersecurity, enterprise IT, and mission enablement to improve customers' security, efficiency, and resiliency. The firm highlights more than 80 years of combined senior management experience in government contracting and lists capabilities such as Cybersecurity, Enterprise IT, FedRAMP/IAS support, and mission-focused professional services. Excentium positions itself as a provider of technology and business professional services to federal customers and other mission-driven organizations.

📋 Description

• Serve as a trusted advisor to client leadership across governance, risk, and compliance; security assessment and authorization; and enterprise security program development • Lead client engagements involving gap assessments, control implementation support, and compliance readiness against NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, ISO 27001/9001/20000-1, and FedRAMP • Support Authority to Operate (ATO) preparation • Develop and present assessment findings, risk register updates, remediation roadmaps, and executive-level briefings • Help shape internal methodologies, templates, and playbooks across the cybersecurity professional services practice • Serve as the principal point of contact between assigned clients and Excentium for client engagements • Balance security requirements against client operations and business risk • Mentor junior consultants and oversee engagement quality as the practice expands • Contribute to business development and proposal efforts • Help define service offerings and delivery standards • Support development and cloud deployments of Excentium's cloud-based compliance platform • Contribute security engineering, cloud architecture, and compliance-automation expertise alongside the development team • Help validate the platform's security posture as it matures

🎯 Requirements

• US Citizenship • Minimum clearance level: Public Trust • Extensive experience providing cybersecurity consulting, advisory, or vCISO-type services to commercial or government clients • Strong understanding of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks • Ability to translate technical risk into business terms for executive audiences • Demonstrated experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) and applicable regulations, including NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53 or 800-53A, NIST SP 800-171, or CNSSI 1253 • Experience developing or reviewing SSPs, SARs, RARs, and POA&Ms • Experience supporting CMMC readiness or assessment activities, including practice implementation, gap analysis, and preparation for C3PAO assessment • Experience supporting ISO management system implementation, maintenance, or audit readiness, such as ISO 27001, 9001, or 20000-1 • Familiarity with cloud security and authorization processes using AWS, Azure, and M365 / Entra ID • Experience supporting FedRAMP authorization activities • Experience conducting or overseeing vulnerability and risk assessments • Ability to independently manage client relationships and serve as the principal liaison between customers and supporting personnel • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Assurance and Security, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent experience considered • 10+ years of experience working in cybersecurity • One or more of CISSP, CISM, or a CMMC certification (CCP or CCA) • Cloud security engineering experience in AWS and/or Azure, including cloud infrastructure hardening, CI/CD pipeline security, and Infrastructure-as-Code such as Terraform or CloudFormation is a plus • Exposure to DevSecOps practices and scripting/automation using PowerShell, Python, or similar is a plus • Interest or experience supporting a SaaS or cloud product build and familiarity with FedRAMP 20x and emerging automated authorization frameworks is a plus • Desired certifications include CMMC Lead CCA, Security+ CE, CCSK or CCZT, CEH, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, and/or Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Life insurance • Disability insurance • 401k • Paid time off • Veterans-focused workforce