Cybersecurity CMMC Lead Consultant (Bhopal)

CMMC Lead Consultant (CCA/CCP) Independent Contractor Engagement: Part-time, ~9 months | Location: Remote, with periodic short trips to the UAE (expenses covered) | Rate: Competitive hourly, commensurate with credentials | Start: Near-term About the engagement Dhyati is mobilizing a CMMC Level 2 readiness program for a containerized, cloud-hosted application workplace in the Middle East. The program takes the environment from early NIST SP 800-171 maturity to first-pass C3PAO assessment posture: boundary definition, gap assessment against all 110 controls, CUI enclave architecture, hands-on remediation, full documentation suite, and a mock assessment with Go/No-Go recommendation. You will be the named CMMC authority on the engagement, directing a capable offshore security engineering and GRC team. They build; you make sure what's built will pass. Responsibilities - Serve as the named CMMC authority for the engagement, representing your credentials and past performance as key personnel - Own the CMMC technical strategy: assessment boundary definition, CUI data-flow scoping decisions, and control-inheritance approach for the sovereign cloud platform - Lead the gap assessment against NIST SP 800-171 (110 controls) and approve the remediation roadmap - Review and approve the CUI enclave architecture (segmentation, trust zones, identity/access model, logging) - Direct remediation priorities and adjudicate control-implementation questions raised by the engineering team; define evidence standards and review evidence sufficiency the way an assessor would - Guide the SSP, POA&M;, and policy suite to assessor-ready quality - Support the mock C3PAO assessment and co-author the Go/No-Go readiness recommendation - Act as senior client counterpart in phase-gate reviews; attend key onsite milestones in the UAE (kickoff, discovery, remediation verification, mock assessment) Required qualifications - Active CCA (Certified CMMC Assessor) credential in good standing with the Cyb .