Cybersecurity CMMC Senior Associate

Qualys • Atlanta, GA

324d • $74,385 - $155,600

About The Position

Ranked among the largest accounting and consulting firms in the country and consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work, Cherry Bekaert delivers innovative advisory, assurance and tax services to our clients. At Cherry Bekaert we create shared success through teamwork, energy, and expertise. We approach today's toughest business challenges with a client-first mindset, working together to create exceptional value. We are all committed to making a difference for our people, our clients, our community, and our professions. To meet this commitment, Cherry Bekaert will provide you with the space to pursue growth and development opportunities that will guide and support you at each stage of your personal and professional journey. In support of our growing Information Assurance & Cybersecurity Solutions practice, we have an excellent opportunity for candidates certified (or nearing the completion of) CMMC CCP or CCA credentials demonstrating significant CMMC and/or FedRAMP experience working in a professional services firm or within corporate GRC, Internal Audit, Cybersecurity, or Compliance teams to join us as a Senior Associate in either our Atlanta, GA, Raleigh, NC, Tysons, VA, or Chicago, IL office, with hybrid flexibility available consistent with delivery needs. In addition to being an early leader in building our CMMC readiness and C3PAO capabilities, our IA/Cyber team provides, and you will be working significantly across a variety of consulting, governance, readiness assessments, risk management, and attestation/certifications services for clients with the following areas of focus: SOC 1/2/3, ISO (27001 and/or 42001), NIST (NIST CSF, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53), HIPAA, HITRUST.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Information Security, Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or Accounting.
• Completed CMMC CCP or CCA (or in process of achieving) is ideal; consideration will be given to other relevant certifications such as CISSP or Cloud Security Certification from Google/AWS/Azure.
• Minimum 2+ years of experience with performing controls audits or readiness assessments related to FedRAMP and/or CMMC services, or consulting externally or leading internally controls implementation or attestation services.
• Willingness to learn and deliver, in a consulting and attestation services model, on compliance standards that you may have little to no experience with.
• Outstanding relationship management, written and verbal communication, as well as presentation skills.
• Ability to travel to client sites as needed, not expected to exceed 25%.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of consulting and attestation services.
• Help understand client needs, identify and document control environments, identify design or operating effectiveness gaps, vulnerabilities, audit exceptions and develop recommendations to management.
• Ensure effective project delivery, including quality control and oversight supervision, assisting with adequate planning, execution, and direction to manage to budget and to quality.
• Identify areas to improve project delivery (process improvement).
• Support the development of strong work papers in conformance with the firm's methodology/standards and participation in report drafting.
• Maintain a strong client focus by understanding the client's business needs while developing productive working relationships with client personnel to accomplish project objectives.
• Multi-task across multiple clients and compliance standards, while still maintaining appropriate attention to detail.
• Work with (lead, teach, support, and communicate) offshore resources to deliver projects.
• Utilize your experiences to teach others in the practice on new approaches, execution strategies, compliance standards, etc.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing.
• Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work.
• Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures.
• Comprehensive, high-quality benefits program which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree