Sr. Consultant | GRC/AI/Privacy (Remote)

Who is Trace3 ? Trace3 is a leading Transformative IT Authority, providing unique technology solutions and consulting services to our clients. Equipped with elite engineering and dynamic innovation, we empower IT executives and their organizations to achieve competitive advantage through a process of Integrate, Automate, Innovate. Our culture at Trace3 embodies the spirit of a startup with the advantage of a scalable business. Employees can grow their career and have fun while doing it! Trace3 is headquartered in Irvine, California. We employ more than 1,200 people all over the United States. Our major field office locations include Denver, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids, Lexington, Los Angeles, Louisville, Texas, San Francisco.    Ready to discover the possibilities that live in technology?   Come Join Us! Street-Smart   -  Thriving in Dynamic Times We are flexible and resilient in a fast-changing environment. We continuously innovate and drive constructive change while keeping a focus on the “big picture. ” We exercise sound business judgment in making high-quality decisions in a timely and cost-effective manner. We are highly creative and can dig deep within ourselves to find positive solutions to different problems. Juice -  The “Stuff” it takes to be a Needle Mover We get things done and drive results. We lead without a title, empowering others through a can-do attitude.

We look forward to the goal, mentally mapping out every checkpoint on the pathway to success, and visualizing what the final destination looks and feels like. Teamwork -  Humble, Hungry and Smart We are humble individuals who understand how our job impacts the company's mission. We treat others with respect, admit mistakes, give credit where it’s due and demonstrate transparency. We “bring the weather” by exhibiting positive leadership and solution-focused thinking. We hug people in their trials, struggles, and failures – not just their success. We appreciate the individuality of the people around us.   JOB SUMMARY: The Solutions Architect, Governance, Risk, & Compliance, is a client-facing practice expert who combines delivery experience, GRC subject-matter expertise, and thought leadership on the security best practices and programs for Trace3 clients. This role leads complex consulting engagements, advises CIOs, CISOs, risk leaders, privacy leaders, and other executive stakeholders, and helps clients establish resilient, scalable, and compliant security programs. The Solution Architect, GRC, will provide education and direction on security, risk, privacy, resilience, technologies, compliance, and AI governance. The role also supports the full sales cycle, including opportunity development, solution shaping, proposals, statements of work, level-of-effort estimates, and executive presentations. A key function of this role will be to build deep relationships, gain trust, and enable client success.   SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: - Lead complex GRC, security, privacy, risk, and AI engagements - Facilitate client workshops to provide education and expertise with clients and executive stakeholders. - Assess current-state capabilities across people, process, and technology and define practical target states, priorities, dependencies, and implementation roadmaps. - Apply leading frameworks and regulations, including NIST CSF, NIST RMF, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, ISO 27005, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FFIEC, GLBA, SOX, GDPR, and CMMC, as appropriate to the client environment. - Translate regulatory and security requirements into tailored control environments, governance models, policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, workflows, and measurable program objectives. - Oversee high-quality deliverables, including assessment reports, gap analyses, maturity models, risk registers, control mappings, executive briefings, strategic roadmaps, project plans, and operating-model recommendations.