Senior Associate, CMMC

Schellman is a Top 50 CPA firm and a leading provider of attestation and compliance services. Our professional services focus on security and privacy audits, assessments, and certifications. Schellman has become one of the largest cybersecurity assessment firms in the United States without providing any traditional accounting services. We are an accredited multi-framework ISO Certification Body for security, privacy, business continuity, and quality;

a globally licensed PCI Qualified Security Assessor and a top provider to clients serving the federal DoD space as a leading FedRAMP 3

PAO and the first assessment firm authorized as a CMMC C3

PAO. Our specialty and expertise remain in providing best in class Cybersecurity and IT Audits and Attestations. Our culture, approach with clients, and dedication to our values has led us to consistently be a Great Places to Work certified company and rated as a Best Firms to Work For by Accounting Today and a Glassdoor Best Places to Work.

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Senior associates are primarily responsible for hands‑on project execution. Experienced senior associates have, or are working towards, specialization in one or more service lines and are assigned to projects accordingly. Senior associates are assigned to a specific service delivery principal that is responsible for supervising the associate’s career development. Additionally, senior associate’s daily activities are closely supervised by the management teams of their assigned projects.

Senior associates may supervise associates and/or senior associates when serving as a member of a project management team. As a CMMC Senior Associate at Schellman, you will play a critical role in delivering high‑quality cybersecurity assessments for clients seeking compliance and assessment primarily for CMMC and NIST SP 800‑171/2. You will be responsible for executing gap assessments, compliance assessments, and formal certification assessments across a diverse range of environments, including defense contractors, manufacturers, professional services firms, technology providers, and managed service providers.

You will also be cross‑trained to support FedRAMP and other engagements based on NIST 800‑53, contributing to Schellman’s broader Federal Practice. CMMC Senior Associates perform a variety of responsibilities from start to finish during a project, including:

• Interviewing client Subject Matter Experts for different fields of the organization, including technical areas as well as Human Resources, Sec Dev Ops , SOC/NOC, and Internal Compliance.
• Performing walkthroughs of client on‑premise, cloud, and hybrid architectures Reviewing system security and technical configurations as they pertain to NIST 800‑171 control requirements and CMMC scoping considerations.
• Analyzing technical documentation such as system security plans (SSPs), policies, procedures, and evidence artifacts.
• Documenting assessment findings, developing scoring rationales, and drafting formal deliverables.
• Maintaining awareness of evolving DoD and CMMC program requirements, including updates to the CAP, scoping guides, and assessment guides to support Schellman methodology updates and client education.

Working in Schellman’s Federal Practice will lead to the natural honing of your technical skills in a variety of fields including cryptography, network structures, system security tools, and CI/CD. You’ll also improve your understanding of organizational controls such as security training programs, configuration management/ system development, and incident…