Fortress FastLane Associate

Fortress Information Security • Orlando, FL

5d • $70,000 - $75,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Fortress FastLane Associate is a rotational early-career role designed to develop the next generation of cybersecurity and supply chain risk management professionals. Associates rotate through four strategic business areas on a quarterly basis, gaining hands-on exposure to vendor control assessments, AI-powered monitoring, data integrity QA, and program management. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute directly to Fortress's core service delivery while building a broad, cross-functional skillset across the company's highest-impact teams. Upon successful completion of the program through May 2027, associates transition into a full-time role of their choosing — making this an exceptional launchpad for a long-term career in cybersecurity.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new tools, teams, and workflows, and to adapt professionally to a new business area every quarter.
• Experience in, or aptitude for, a customer/client-facing environment.
• Solid understanding of risk management concepts, particularly around information security, IT general controls, and basic audit terminology and concepts.
• Comfort learning and using AI-powered tools and platforms (e.g., generative AI assistants, AI-based monitoring or security tools) to support research, analysis, and reporting tasks.
• Demonstrated professional communication and client relationship skills.
• Attention to detail, sound judgement, logical thinking, and proven ability to follow established scripts/consistency models, drive tasks to completion, meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment, and adapt to changing business needs with periodic supervision.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office and Google products (e.g., Word, Excel, Gmail) and other business software.
• Ambition, drive, sharp vision, and a great attitude.

Nice To Haves

• Proven working experience or strong academic/internship exposure to cybersecurity control reviews, operational risk management, information security, security research, or third-party/vendor risk management.

Responsibilities

• Rotate through four business areas, each on a quarterly basis, meeting the specific deliverables and quality standards of each Rotation Lead's team.
• Consistently deliver on assigned workload, commitments, deadlines, and objectives while following established service level agreements in scope and leveraging appropriate tools, methods, frameworks, and professional standards.
• Curate and organize company-specific information from public, private, and proprietary sources through data collection, analysis, evaluation, and risk-scoring.
• Collaborate with internal partners and third parties to enhance, mitigate, and resolve third-party risks.
• Represent Fortress as a key point of contact to clients and their third parties as rotation assignments require.
• Support Validated Controls Assessment (VCA), AI Monitoring, data integrity QA, and program management activities depending on current rotation.
• Communicate effectively and professionally within each rotation team and with cross-functional partners.
• Track assigned work efficiently while meeting given deadlines across changing rotation assignments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive pay structure
• Medical, dental, vision plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly progressive options for dependents and families
• Company paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level