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# Cybersecurity Senior Consultant

- **Company:** Crowe LLP
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $80,500.0 - $159,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Disaster Recovery, Software Security
- **Published:** August 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88054925/1

## About the Role

Success in this role comes from a growth mindset, strong communication skills, advanced critical thinking, and the ability to navigate new challenges with confidence., * Minimum of 3 years of total professional experience.

 * 2+ years of hands-on experience delivering cybersecurity or IT risk assessments.
 * Strong working knowledge of:
 + Cybersecurity operations and controls
 + Data protection principles
 + HIPAA Security and Privacy Rule requirements
 * Demonstrated ability to independently manage engagements from planning through reporting with limited oversight.
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly in documenting observations and explaining results to diverse audiences.
 * Bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications

 * One or more relevant professional certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, HCISPP, or equivalent).
 * Experience assessing or advising on:
 + HIPAA compliance
 + Cybersecurity programs
 + Business continuity and disaster recovery
 + Operational or cyber resilience initiatives
 * Prior experience at a public accounting or advisory firm delivering cybersecurity, privacy, or resilience services to healthcare or life sciences organizations., We are committed to a merit-based hiring process, evaluating all candidates consistently using objective, job-related criteria such as relevant experience, demonstrated skills, measurable impact, and alignment with the role's responsibilities, and making employment decisions in a fair and inclusive manner free from discrimination.

## Description

What It Means to Be a Consultant at Crowe
Consulting is a dynamic business focused on solving problems for our clients and serving our core markets through innovative solutions. As technology and AI continue to reshape the consulting landscape, we are looking for individuals who are curious, adaptable, and eager to learn. At Crowe, consultants are expected to build both technical and transferable skills, think critically, and use technology to solve real business problems. In this role, you will continuously learn, collaborate across teams, and explore how tools, including emerging AI capabilities, can improve efficiency, insights, and client outcomes.

As you grow, you'll also begin to take ownership of client relationships, contribute to account strategy, and support the delivery of high-impact work. Developing a sense of account leadership, including understanding client needs, ensuring delivery excellence, and building trusted partnerships, is part of what sets successful consultants apart., As a Senior Consultant, you will work directly with client stakeholders to understand cybersecurity and operational resilience needs; collaborate with engagement team members to plan and execute assessments and enable sustainable cybersecurity and resilience programs; and deliver actionable findings and recommendations that enhance security posture, regulatory compliance, and business continuity.

What You'll Do

You will play a critical role in delivering cybersecurity and advisory engagements across clients. Responsibilities include:

 * Planning and executing cybersecurity and resilience assessments across technology and operational domains, including:
 + Data protection and information governance
 + HIPAA Security and Privacy Rule assessments
 + Third-party and vendor risk management
 + Incident response, cyber resilience, and disaster recovery
 + Business continuity and operational resilience
 + Infrastructure and application security controls
 * Assessing the design and operating effectiveness of cybersecurity and resilience controls against applicable regulatory requirements and industry frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, etc).
 * Supporting integrated assessments that evaluate how cybersecurity controls enable broader business and operational resilience objectives.
 * Act as a strategic advisor to client security and risk functions, helping to build, enhance, and operationalize cybersecurity programs across domains such as governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and business resiliency.
 * Serve as an extension of client teams to lead or support program execution activities, including control implementation, metrics/reporting, issue remediation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
 * Mentor and supervise junior consultants; contribute to team development and internal knowledge-sharing.
 * Preparing clear, thorough documentation, reports, and deliverables independently and on schedule.
 * Communicating assessment scope, procedures, findings, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical client stakeholders.
 * Maintaining engagement quality and responsiveness throughout the delivery lifecycle, ensuring client confidence and satisfaction., Crowe LLP and Crowe Advisory LLC (and their respective subsidiary entities) does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge.
Crowe will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.

Please visit our webpage to see notices of the various state and local Ban-the-Box laws and Fair Chance Ordinances, where applicable.


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