Cybersecurity Consultant

Cybersecurity Consultant

Location: Irving, TX, USA (Try Local)

Duration: 12+ Month Contract

Need Total 10+ experience. Required Education:

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in this capacity
• Option 2: No degree with a minimum of 7+ years of experience in this capacity

Required Certification:

• CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC

Required Skills:

• 5+ years in cyber risk, IT risk, or information security risk (consulting or Big 4 experience preferred)
• Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to engage senior leadership
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business risk language
• Experience managing risk registers and tracking remediation activities
• Technical understanding of systems, controls, and risk scenarios
• Proactive, organized, and able to anticipate stakeholder needs
• Experience contributing to risk program design or process improvement

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Qualitative risk analysis methodologies in cybersecurity or IT environments
• FAIR (Factor Analysis of Information Risk)
• ISO 27001, NIST, or similar frameworks
• ServiceNow IRM or similar GRC platforms

Job Description:

• Facilitate risk acceptance and awareness discussions with senior leadership; translate technical risks into business terms
• Develop executive-ready presentations and proactively anticipate leadership questions and data needs
• Maintain and track the cyber risk register, including follow-up on remediation actions and acceptance decisions
• Perform qualitative risk analysis (likelihood and impact) using scenario-based models
• Evaluate control effectiveness and compensating controls; provide risk-based recommendations
• Support and contribute to the design and improvement of the cyber risk management program and associated processes