Consultant II, Senior

The Senior Consultant II will provide technical expertise on project tasks to ensure quality services are delivered on schedule and within the available budget to meet customer requirements. This includes providing frequent updates to the project manager. As part of a project team, Senior Consultant II will maintain relationships with clients and key decision makers to help identify new business opportunities.

What You Will Do:

Provide cybersecurity expertise on project tasks to ensure quality services are delivered on schedule and within available budget to meet customer requirements and provide frequent updates to the project manager

Assist project manager with defining and sequencing project tasks, estimating task duration and developing a project schedule as part of developing a project management plan

Review project management plans to understand the scope, schedule and assigned work authorization

Plan and schedule client meetings

Participate in client and project team meetings

Assist with research and data analysis, including assisting with conducting customer or stakeholder analyses.

Prepare written documents, reports, and presentations

Develop conclusions and recommendations, draft reports, and assist with client presentations

Assist with giving oral presentations to clients

Track and report hours spent executing projects

Collaborate with individuals at all levels, provide input to reports and other deliverables, execute multiple assignments, meet agreed deadlines, and adjust to changing client demands

Perform quality assurance on project deliverables

Develop relationships with existing customers to facilitate development of new business opportunities for current and/or additional services

Learn, understand and be conversant in ABS Consulting cybersecurity products and services, including ISA/IEC 62443 industrial cybersecurity, NIST Cybersecurity Framework implementation, Zero Trust architecture, and OT/IT convergence consulting

Meet with new and existing clients and actively listen to their needs

Communicate client needs to project managers and supervisors, to include emerging threats, regulatory changes, and security technology requirements

Review published reports and news articles about existing and potential new clients to identify customer intelligence

Participate in proposal development, including writing proposals

Represent ABS Consulting and participate in promoting our products and services

Participate in marketing activities, conference presentations, technical whitepapers

Networking to meet new potential clients

Must be willing and able to travel 50% or more of the time as necessary to meet business needs.

What You Will Need:

Education and Experience

Must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

8 plus years of relevant professional experience

Active Security Clearance preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to gain, retain, comprehend, and transfer knowledge to other members of the team.

Ability to mentor/coach entry-level consultants and hone technical skills in others.

Ability to actively listen to the needs of our clients by receiving shared information and determine context of the information provided and generating probing questions to better understand, retaining the information for future access, engaging and collaborating with sales team on potential opportunities, and responding with solutions .

Ability to utilize established rapport and role as a subject matter expert with existing clients to facilitate development of new business.

Ability to coach others on development of customer intimacy and new opportunities

Must understand departmental goals and holds self and team members accountable for keeping commitments and high standards. Uses Root Cause Analysis to improve performance

Demonstrate a proficient level of time management skills

Hands-on experience with NIST Risk Management Framework and 800-53

Hands-on experience with vulnerability assessment and scanning tools like Tenable Nessus or Security Center

Understanding of TCP/IP networking and troubleshooting

Experience with Python or PowerShell

Experience with Operational technology (OT) or Industrial Control Systems (ICS)

Ability to obtain a working knowledge of the ABS Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Management System

Salary Range

$115k - $140k

Required/Preferred Professional Requirements

Professional certification preferred

CASP+/SecurityX and/or CISSP certification preferred

Country Requirements

US Citizenship required for roles supporting government contracts

Reporting Relationships

Reports to a Manager