Consultant II, Senior; Remote

Overview

The Senior Consultant II will provide technical expertise on project tasks to ensure quality services are delivered on schedule and within the available budget to meet customer requirements. As part of a project team, Senior Consultant II will maintain relationships with clients and key decision makers to help identify new business opportunities.

• Provide cybersecurity expertise on project tasks to ensure quality services are delivered on schedule and within available budget to meet customer requirements and provide frequent updates to the project manager
• Assist project manager with defining and sequencing project tasks, estimating task duration and developing a project schedule as part of developing a project management plan
• Review project management plans to understand the scope, schedule and assigned work authorization
• Plan and schedule client meetings
• Participate in client and project team meetings
• Assist with research and data analysis, including assisting with conducting customer or stakeholder analyses
• Prepare written documents, reports, and presentations
• Develop conclusions and recommendations, draft reports, and assist with client presentations
• Assist with giving oral presentations to clients
• Track and report hours spent executing projects
• Collaborate with individuals at all levels, provide input to reports and other deliverables, execute multiple assignments, meet agreed deadlines, and adjust to changing client demands
• Perform quality assurance on project deliverables
• Develop relationships with existing customers to facilitate development of new business opportunities for current and/or additional services

• Must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience
• Ability to obtain Security Clearance required

• Ability to gain, retain, illustrate comprehension of learned technical knowledge, and transfer knowledge to other members of the team
• Ability to mentor/coach entry-level consultants and hone technical skills in others
• Ability to actively listen to the needs of our clients by receiving shared information, determining context of the information provided and generating probing questions to better understand, retaining the information for future access, engaging and collaborating with sales team on potential opportunities, and responding with solutions
• Openly accepts change is part business evolution to meet the needs of our clients, provides recommendations to enhance business, and drives change across the department
• Possess a firm understanding of key performance indicators and their significance to the business and take action to drive results amongst their department
• Ability to utilize established rapport and role as a subject matter expert with existing clients to facilitate development of new business through identifying and consistently generating new business opportunities
• Ability to coach others on development of customer intimacy and new opportunities
• Must take responsibility for their actions, behaviors, decisions, and results and those of the team they lead
• Ability to utilize root cause analysis to improve performance
• Must understand departmental goals and holds self and team members accountable for keeping commitments and high standards
• Must acknowledge and learn from mistakes
• Must be dependable and consistent
• Must actively participate in daily activities
• Ability to demonstrate independent, objective, open-minded thinking with strong attention to detail and sound judgment
• Demonstrate a proficient level of time management skills
• Working knowledge of the ABS Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Management System
• Must be willing and able to travel 50% or more of the time as necessary to meet business needs

$115k–$125k

US Citizenship required for roles supporting government contracts

Reports to a manager, director, or executive level position

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