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Guidehouse · 1 month ago

IT Risk and Controls Manager

US - VA, Springfield

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

6+ years exp

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that focuses on IT Risk & Controls Consulting. The IT Risk and Controls Managing Consultant will support stakeholder engagement and technical delivery for a Department of Homeland Security client, focusing on IT controls audit/assessments, remediation, and related support tasks.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Managing and performing rigorous audits/assessments of IT controls using industry-standard guidance and leading practices

Managing and performing walkthrough interviews and maintaining communication with a variety of client stakeholders, including system personnel such as system and database administrators

Requesting, obtaining, reviewing, and analyzing a variety of artifacts to assist in executing IT controls testing such as security plans, SOPs, system screenshots, and system configuration settings

Evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of IT controls using provided artifacts, industry-standard guidance, leading practices, and professional judgment

Professionally documenting the results of IT controls test work in a consistent and high-quality manner that would allow a reviewer to repeat the test and reach the same conclusion

Summarizing and communicating IT controls assessment results to a variety of client stakeholders, including senior leadership personnel

Planning, executing, and managing day-to-day activities of IT controls assessments individually and for the team

Working with client personnel to understand and analyze known IT control weaknesses, identify root causes, and develop detailed, robust remediation plans

Providing subject matter expertise to client personnel on all matters relating to IT controls and responding to ad-hoc IT controls requests from client personnel

Developing documents to support internal control assessment planning decisions and control identification

Supporting the development of corrective action plans to resolve material weaknesses, significant deficiencies, and control deficiencies

Reviewing financial system modernization production environment functionality and application controls to provide input regarding audit readiness

Assessing incremental financial system modernization efforts as well as in-production and in-development environments with regards to audit readiness and future risks

Preparing presentations, briefing materials, standard operating procedures, frequently asked questions, guides, and white papers that effectively support organizational efforts to promote awareness and understanding of OMB A-123 and internal controls

Qualification

IT controls auditIT risk managementCISA certificationOMB Circular A-123FISCAM knowledgeStakeholder engagementDocumentation skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

US Citizenship and must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD 'PUBLIC TRUST'; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred

Bachelor's Degree

SIX (6) or more years' experience in IT controls, audit, assessment, AND/OR remediation

Preferred

Master's Degree

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification

Demonstrates knowledge and experience in IT risk and controls through IT audits, IT control assessments, and IT security reviews

Demonstrates a working knowledge of IT audit, the FISCAM, and other relevant federal information assurance laws, regulations, and guidance

Experience supporting an internal control program

Experience managing and performing IT audits, OMB Circular A-123 or similar internal control assessments, and/or remediating and implementing IT controls is preferable

Experience testing or remediating some or all of the following IT controls topic areas is preferable: Access and account management, including authorization, provisioning, recertification, and separation; Segregation of duties, including identifying and defining segregation of duties risks and conflicts, preventive and detective segregation of duties controls, and understanding the difference between segregation of duties and least privilege; Technical account management controls, such as password length, complexity, and expiration; Audit logging and monitoring, including generation of audit logs, use of audit log aggregation and analysis tools, and audit log monitoring and review; Configuration management, including configuration baseline concepts, baseline deviations, baseline maintenance, monitoring for ongoing compliance with a baseline, and industry-accepted baselines such as DISA STIGs and CIS benchmarks; Change management, including authorization, development, testing, and deployment of changes; Contingency planning, including backups, testing of backups, and alternate sites