Senior Consultant, SOC 2 Assessment

Coalfire

Senior Consultant working with clients to assess security and compliance with industry standards. Collaborating with teams to manage project deliverables and enhance security posture.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $86,000 - $148,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead audits/assessments including audit plan preparation, review of documentation and evidence, evaluation of procedures, and client interviews with a primary focus on SOC 2 followed by SOC 1 and C5 audits.
Maintain strong depth of knowledge in one or more cybersecurity frameworks.
Prepare, review, and approve assessment reports.
Manage priorities, tasks, and hours on projects in conjunction with the project manager and delivery team members to achieve delivery utilization targets.
Ensure quality products and services are delivered on time.
Escalate client and project issues to management in a timely manner to inform and engage the necessary resources to address the issue.
Provide mentorship to team members in areas of audit, assessment, technical review and writing.
Interface with clients through entire engagement, interacting with all levels of client organizations.
Establish and maintain positive collaborative relationships with clients and stakeholders.
Continuous professional development in maintaining industry specific certifications. Maintains strong depth of knowledge in the practice area.
Collaborate with project managers, quality management, sales and other delivery team members to drive customer satisfaction and meet project deliverables.
Establish account relationships and identifies upsell and cross sell opportunities and escalates to sales.
Draft audit programs that sufficiently address both the required objectives of the regulatory body and the complexity of the client environment.
Lead interview and inquiry walkthroughs with clients to determine the conformity of environments against stated requirements.
Communicate effectively with internal team members and external clients regarding assessment status.
Assess security vulnerabilities against the appropriate security frameworks.
Pursue and corroborate conclusions derived from inquiry procedures with client while ensuring diligent interview notes are captured.
Offline and remote evidence inspection of client provided documentation; appropriately mark artifacts requiring follow-up or additional clarification.
Educate and interpret compliance activities for clients.
Understand how to apply quality standards and adhere to a minimum benchmark for quality assurance throughout the documentation of each work product or deliverable.
Provide advice to customers on issues affecting the scope of work in a manner that provides additional value.
Develop documentation and author recommendations associate with findings on how to improve the customer’s security posture in accordance with appropriate controls.
Up to 20% Travel

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (four-year college or university) or equivalent combination of education and work experience. Degree preferably in Information Systems, CIS, MIS or IT
3-5 years of experience in security frameworks and regulatory requirements (such as SOC 2, C5, SSPA, ISO, NIST, COBIT, HIPAA/HITECH, HITRUST or PCI).
The ability to evaluate the design and effectiveness of technology controls throughout the business cycle.
Demonstrated ability to structure and lead projects successfully
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate succinctly and instill confidence with internal stakeholders and external customers.
Excellent Consulting skills: ability to advise and challenge the status quo while building strong relationships
Ability to build high-trust relationships, rapport and credibility quickly
Strong personal initiative to appropriately manage time, and manage time of others, to meet deadlines
Ability to shift focus frequently while maintaining excellent quality
Skill and will to train and mentor junior staff
Computer and typing skills that permit rapid data collection and note taking
Ability to facilitate meetings to small or large groups
Public speaking and executive presence that solicits attention
Inquisitive and curious nature with the ability to effectively probe for deeper information
Diplomatic and broad minded
Strong technical researcher

Benefits

Comp & perks

paid parental leave
flexible time off
certification and training reimbursement
digital mental health and wellbeing support membership
comprehensive insurance options

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Hard Skills & Tools

SOC 2C5SSPAISONISTCOBITHIPAAHITRUSTPCIsecurity frameworks

Soft Skills

written communicationverbal communicationconsulting skillsrelationship buildingtime managementmentoringpublic speakinginquisitive naturediplomatictechnical research