Guidehouse

ITAdvisoryManager

Chantilly, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“IT Advisory Manager at Guidehouse. Skills: IT Risk and Controls, IT audit, Federal government consulting, Stakeholder engagement. Lead stakeholder engagement. Lead technical delivery”

What You'll Achieve.

Develop remediation plans; Achieve IT controls assessments; Achieve program evaluations

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Analyze IT control weaknesses; Identify root causes; Develop remediation plans; Evaluate design and operating effectiveness of IT controls

Eligibility Requirements

Up to 10% Travel, Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph Clearance, Ability to obtain a DoD 8570. 01-M (IAT III) certification within the first 90 days

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TOP SECRET/SCI federal security clearance with a Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph, Bachelor’s degree in information technology or business-related field, SIX (6) or more years' experience providing IT consulting services focused on IT Risk and Controls, Experience in consulting with the federal government, Understanding and knowledge of federal information security and assurance laws, requirements, and guidance (i. e. FISMA, NIST SP 800, FISCAM), Ability to obtain a DoD 8570. 01-M (IAT III) certification (i. e. CASP+CE, CISSP, CISA, GCED, GCIH, CCSP) within the first 90 days of starting at Guidehouse

Nice to Have

An Active DoD 8570. 01-M (IAT III) certification (i. e. CASP+CE, CISSP, CISA, GCED, GCIH, CCSP), Knowledge and experience in IT risk and controls through IT audits, IT control assessments, and IT security reviews, Maintains a relevant certification such as the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or is eligible to attain certification, Working knowledge of FISMA, NIST SP 800 series, FISCAM, and other relevant Federal information assurance laws, regulations, and guidance, Experience performing FISMA, OMB Circular A-123, or similar internal control assessments, Experience remediating and implementing IT controls, SIX (6) or more years' experience testing or remediating the following IT controls topic areas, Access and account management, including authorization, provisioning, recertification, and separation, Segregation of duties, including identifying and defining segregation of duties risks and conflicts, preventive and detective segregation of duties controls, and understanding the difference between segregation of duties and least privilege, Technical account management controls, such as password length, complexity, and expiration, Audit logging and monitoring, including generation of audit logs, use of audit log aggregation and analysis tools, and audit log monitoring and review, Configuration management, including configuration baseline concepts, baseline deviations, baseline maintenance, monitoring for ongoing compliance with a baseline, and industry-accepted baselines such as DISA STIGs and CIS benchmarks, Change management, including authorization, development, testing, and deployment of changes, Contingency planning, including backups, testing of backups, and alternate sites

What You'll Do.

Lead stakeholder engagement

Lead technical delivery

Support federal agencies

Analyze IT control weaknesses

Develop remediation plans

Lead a team of IT security auditors

Perform rigorous assessments of IT controls

Perform walkthrough interviews

Maintain communication with client stakeholders

and analyze artifacts

Evaluate design and operating effectiveness of IT controls

Document results of IT controls test work

Summarize and communicate IT controls assessment results

Plan and execute day-to-day activities

Work with client personnel to understand weaknesses

Provide subject matter expertise

Respond to ad-hoc IT controls requests

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Lead a team of IT security auditors; Maintain communication with a variety of client stakeholders; Summarize and communicate IT controls assessment results to a variety of client stakeholders, including senior leadership personnel; Work with client personnel to understand and analyze known IT control weaknesses

Communication Scope

Maintain communication with a variety of client stakeholders; Summarize and communicate IT controls assessment results to a variety of client stakeholders, including senior leadership personnel

Process & Methodology

Planning and executing day-to-day activities of IT controls assessments individually and for the team

Full Job Description

**_Job Family_ :** IT Risk & Controls Consulting ** _Travel Required_ :** Up to 10% **_Clearance Required_ :** Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph ** _What You Will Do_ :** The IT Advisory Manager will lead stakeholder engagement and technical delivery for efforts supporting federal agencies with IT controls assessments and program evaluations. This is an ideal role for someone with an information security and assurance or IT audit background who is looking to utilize their skills to work with the federal government to analyze IT control weaknesses, identify root causes, and develop remediation plans. Responsibilities include some or all of the following: * Leading a team of IT security auditors performing IT risk and controls assessments * Performing rigorous assessments of IT controls using industry-standard guidance and leading practices * Performing walkthrough interviews and maintaining communication with a variety of client stakeholders, including system personnel such as system and database administrators * Requesting, obtaining, reviewing, and analyzing a variety of artifacts to assist in executing IT controls testing such as security plans, SOPs, system screenshots, and system configuration settings * Evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of IT controls using provided artifacts, industry-standard guidance, leading practices, and professional judgement * Documenting the results of IT controls test work in a consistent and high-quality manner that would allow a reviewer to repeat the test and reach the same conclusion * Summarizing and communicating IT controls assessment results to a variety of client stakeholders, including senior leadership personnel * Planning and executing day-to-day activities of IT controls assessments individually and for the team * Working with client personnel to understand and analyze known IT control weaknesses, identify root causes, and develop detailed, robust remediation plans * Providing subject matter expertise t

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