What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cyber Security Consultant position at Purplejack Technologies LLC?
Role: Cybersecurity Consultant
Location: Irving, TX
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