Senior Consultant, Cloud Services

Summary

Join Coalfire as a Senior Cloud Services Consultant and play a key role in driving customer growth by understanding their businesses and needs. Leverage your expertise in gathering client requirements, proposing solutions, and designing FedRAMP compliant cloud infrastructure. This remote position offers a flexible work arrangement, strong team connections, and a collaborative atmosphere. You will lead large-scale cloud engagements, provide subject matter expertise, participate in compliance monitoring, contribute to cloud program management, develop reports and presentations, mentor staff, and manage risk. You will also leverage industry trends, work closely with the engagement manager, deliver quality client services, engage in client cloud and security strategy development, perform cloud configuration reviews, document requirements, design compliant cloud infrastructure, translate client requirements to architectures, advise across technology stacks, and identify opportunities with prospective clients.

Requirements

• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• 6+ years of directly relevant security systems engineering and architecture experience including requirements definition, architecture development, development of use cases and stories, and systems integration & test
• 5+ years of experience supporting cloud architecture, design, implementation, operations and automation in AWS, Azure or GCP
• Strong experience with AWS, Azure or GCP platform capabilities and services (Associate Cloud Architect, Cloud DevOps Engineer, or Cloud Security Engineer)
• Critical thinking, and ability to balance security requirements with mission needs
• Understanding the difference between security and compliance; ability to make risk-based recommendations surrounding security vs compliance approach
• Ability to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately in a dynamic and fluid environment
• BS or above in related Information Technology field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Responsibilities

• Able to lead large-scale cloud engagements for greenfield and brownfield deployments
• Provide both subject matter expertise and project management experience to serve as the “point person” for engagement teams
• Participate in the design and operation of related compliance monitoring and improvement activities to ensure compliance both with internal security policies etc. and applicable laws and regulations
• Contribute to cloud program management, service delivery model, and strategy planning
• Develop and review reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences
• Assist staff by providing mentorship and coaching to grow their technical and consulting skills
• Monitor progress and manage risk while ensuring stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes
• Leverage knowledge of industry trends to identify engagement and client service issues; communicate this information to the engagement team through written correspondence and verbal presentations
• Work closely with engagement manager to co-lead and own multiple parts of the engagement delivery
• Deliver quality client services, drive high-quality work products within expected timeframes and on budget
• Engage in development of client cloud and security strategies, vision-state architectures, roadmap, and planning activities
• Engage with clients to perform reviews of cloud configurations and maturity of cloud security practices
• Document requirements and ensure clear communication to the technical teams
• Assist in designing Federal and Defense compliant cloud infrastructure and solutions based on client requirements
• Translate client requirements to architectures for engineering teams to execute
• Advise across a myriad of technology stacks in the leading cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Work with prospective clients to identify opportunities, scope engagements, and build relationships

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting clients from within a professional services organization
• Familiarity with frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, SOC, ISO, HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, etc
• PMP, CISSP, CISM, or CISA certifications
• Familiarity with configuration baseline standards such as CIS Benchmarks & DISA STIG
• Cloud-based networking experience (Palo Alto, Cisco ASAv, VPC peering, Transit Gateway, etc.)
• Strong experience with Visio and Jira or MS Project
• Fundemental understanding of encryption technologies (TLS/SSL, encryption, PKI)
• Architecture or Security Architect certification - Examples: AWS Solutions Architect – Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert Google Cloud – Professional Cloud Architect GIAC Public Cloud Security

Benefits

• Our fully remote position offers a flexible work arrangement designed to maximize productivity while maintaining strong team connections
• Regular team video meetings for face-to-face interaction and relationship building
• Robust asynchronous communication channels to accommodate different schedules
• Clear documentation practices to ensure knowledge sharing across the organization
• Focus on outcomes rather than hours worked
• Management styles that focus on setting context rather than ascerting control
• Dedicated channels for casual conversation and connection
• Emphasis on work-life balance and flexibility
• Travel 10-20%
• As a professional services and consulting company we sometimes travel onsite to our customer locations in the US and internationally
• In many cases, we provide a flexible work model that empowers you to choose when and where you’ll work most effectively – whether you’re at home or an office
• Regardless of location, you’ll experience a company that prioritizes connection and wellbeing and be part of a team where people care about each other and our communities
• You’ll have opportunities to join employee resource groups, participate in in-person and virtual events, and more
• And you’ll enjoy competitive perks and benefits to support you and your family, like paid parental leave, flexible time off, certification and training reimbursement, digital mental health and wellbeing support membership, and comprehensive insurance options