About the role
Job Family: IT Risk & Controls Consulting Travel Required: None Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust What You Will Do: Guidehouse is seeking an IT Audit & Compliance professional to help our client at a large federal agency pursue and maintain compliance with federal cybersecurity frameworks. This role focuses on audit preparation and coordination. The candidate will: Coordinate internal and external audit activities across federal information systems, ensuring teams, schedules, evidence, and documentation remain audit‑ready. Prepare, maintain, and organize assessor‑ready artifacts including SSPs, control narratives, SOPs, POA&Ms, continuous monitoring reports, and structured evidence packages. Interpret and apply
requirements from federal cybersecurity and audit frameworks, including: NIST SP 800‑53 (security and privacy controls), NIST SP 800‑37 (RMF), NIST SP 800‑171 (CUI), FISMA, FISCAM, OMB Circular A‑123, FedRAMP, and adjacent frameworks such as SOC 1/2, HIPAA, the Privacy Act, and IRS Publication 1075. Support audit readiness activities by coordinating evidence collection with engineering, ISSO/ISSM, infrastructure, cloud, and application teams. Track audit findings, maintain POA&M items, and facilitate remediation progress across technical and business teams. Translate technical implementations into clear, assessor‑ready documentation through strong technical writing and stakeholder coordination. Draft and refine policies, procedures, and control narratives, and coordinate teams through internal audits, readiness assessments, and corrective action plans. What You Will Need: 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 in information systems, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Accounting/IS Audit, or a discipline related to this project. US Citizenship is required. Three (3) or more years of IT Audit & Compliance experience. Experience implementing or assessing NIST SP 800‑53 control