Principal Consultant, Cyber Security

STIGroup

Principal Consultant specializing in cyber security and GRC advisory at STIGroup. Overseeing comprehensive client engagements and nurturing key executive relationships.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $185,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the primary trusted advisor for assigned accounts.
Maintain executive-level client relationships across the engagement lifecycle.
Lead end-to-end delivery of cyber security and GRC engagements.
Conduct hands-on technical work for security assessments and controls validation.
Run framework-aligned assessments against various standards and turn findings into remediation plans.
Author policies, standards, and procedures to support audits.
Advise on managed security operations and contribute to incident response.
Brief executive and board audiences as needed.
Own account growth through trusted advisory work, spotting follow-on consulting opportunities.
Produce clear client-facing deliverables without heavy editorial oversight.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of progressive cyber security experience, including 5+ in client-facing consulting or MSSP delivery with end-to-end engagement ownership.
Executive stakeholder management and consultative communication skills.
Experience identifying client needs and shaping solution scopes.
Strong commercial judgment.
Workshop facilitation and discovery skills.
Technical depth across vulnerability management, SIEM/MDR/SOC operations, incident response, IAM/MFA/PAM, endpoint and network, cloud (AWS, Azure, M365), and security architecture.
Hands-on experience applying NIST CSF and NIST 800-53 to client assessments.
Track record owning multiple concurrent engagements.
Direct experience in at least one regulated vertical: healthcare, financial services, or critical infrastructure.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Autonomy in managing own engagement portfolio.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

cyber securityGRCsecurity assessmentscontrols validationvulnerability managementSIEMMDRSOC operationsincident responsesecurity architecture

Soft Skills

executive stakeholder managementconsultative communicationcommercial judgmentworkshop facilitationdiscovery skillswritten communicationverbal communicationautonomyclient relationship managementtrusted advisory