Assessment Consultant

About the Company

Fortreum is a trusted leader in cloud and cybersecurity services, ranked among the Top 5 FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organizations (3PAO). We deliver independent, third-party, vendor-agnostic regulatory assessment and advisory services, alongside advanced cybersecurity offensive and compliance technical solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Develop security assessment plans (SAPs)
  • Conduct interviews of key stakeholders and technical personnel
  • Perform technical tests alongside security engineers
  • Record meeting minutes and maintain work papers
  • Develop security assessment reports (SARs)
  • Maintain a consistent writing style for documenting security assessment results
  • Collaborate with delivery team members to meet project deliverables
  • Establish and maintain positive collaborative relationships with clients and stakeholders
  • Prepare deliverables and conduct peer-reviews
  • Perform project outbriefs with clients
  • Manage priorities, tasks, and assigned hours to achieve delivery targets

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent job experience
  • 3+ years of professional services experience
  • 4+ years of assessment experience leveraging NIST SP 800-53 in cloud environments
  • Proficiency in Microsoft 365 product suite
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • One or more relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CySA+, CCNA Security, or similar)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability to validate automated evidence pipelines via API querying and log analysis
  • Basic scripting and understanding of JSON
  • Basic understanding of Terraform
  • Advanced technical certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Engineer, or Microsoft Solutions Architect
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