Director- National Security Advisory- Cyber Security
EisnerAmper - Denver, CO
posted 16 days ago
About the position
At EisnerAmper, we look for individuals who welcome new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an impact. Whether you're starting out in your career or taking your next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is one-of-a-kind. You can design a career you'll love from top to bottom - we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy to reach your goals. EisnerAmper is looking to hire a Director to join its Risk and Compliance Services practice as a dedicated member of the National Security Advisory services team. The Risk and Compliance Services National Security team drives value by delivering a range of risk advisory and compliance solutions rooted in risk management standards and technical expertise. Note: this is a hybrid role, which would require an occasional travel/commute to either an EA office or a client site.
Responsibilities
- Work on third-party monitoring and auditing of mitigation agreements related to national security.
- Prepare proposals in response to RFPs.
- Maintain client relationship and tailor the engagement to meet the client's needs and expectation.
- Play a visible leadership role during client engagements: develop strategy and deliver solutions while managing up, down and outward.
- Install structure and excellence over strategic client projects.
- Manage diligently your priorities, budget/timing, and workload, while providing oversight and development to staff during client engagements.
- Build client confidence and participate in client relationship and business development activities such as identifying new opportunities and prepare proposals in response to RFPs.
- Ensure scope of work addresses USG National Security interests and requirements.
- Analyze how a company mitigates national security risks, interact with clients' external counsel and USG agencies.
- Leading assessments of client's national security posture, including but not limited to assessments of compliance with NSAs, SCAs, NIST frameworks, COSO and other security standards.
- Maintain a deep understanding and advanced knowledge of commonly used frameworks including, IT governance, risk and compliance.
- Identify solutions, develop NSA Compliance Policies, Communication & Access Plans, Security Compliance Programs and Plans of Action and Milestones (POAM).
- Supervise, train, and mentor staff and seniors.
Requirements
- 15+ years of cybersecurity experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting/Finance, Computer Science, MIS, or other IT or Cybersecurity-related field of study and CISSP/CISM and/or equivalent national security related certification.
- 10+ years of experience working in USG preferably with the FBI or in a National Security/CFIUS, Team Telecom or DCSA related agency or National Security professional and/or Information Security or a related field, either in professional services or industry.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree in related field such as Business, Economics, Finance, Statistics/Analytics National Security, MIS, or other IT/Cybersecurity-related field of study or J.D.
- Strong working knowledge of NIST and other ISMS frameworks.
- Willingness to travel domestically/overseas 10-25% of the time, if required.
- Knowledge of advanced technologies and advanced software-driven security technologies.
- Familiar with software-driven security solutions.
- Ability to identify/determine that structures are in place to identify sophisticated cyber threats while focusing on strict compliance mandates.
