Cybersecurity SME

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Cybersecurity SME based in United States.** This role offers the opportunity to serve as a senior cybersecurity advisor supporting the design, modernization, and continuous improvement of enterprise cyber defense capabilities. You will help organizations strengthen their security posture by developing innovative strategies across cloud, infrastructure, applications, and mission-critical environments. The position combines cybersecurity architecture, risk management, compliance, incident response, and emerging technology evaluation. You will collaborate with technical teams, leadership, and stakeholders to translate complex cyber risks into actionable solutions. Your expertise will help shape resilient security programs aligned with industry standards and evolving threat landscapes. This is a high-impact opportunity for a cybersecurity leader passionate about advancing secure, adaptive, and mission-focused technology solutions. ### Accountabilities: As a Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert, you will provide strategic and technical guidance to improve enterprise security capabilities. You will support cybersecurity transformation initiatives, advise stakeholders, and help implement innovative approaches to protect systems, data, and operations. - Provide expert cybersecurity guidance across enterprise systems, cloud environments, applications, networks, and mission platforms. - Develop and implement cyber defense strategies focused on prevention, detection, response, and recovery. - Assess existing security capabilities and recommend scalable improvements aligned with business, mission, and regulatory requirements. - Design and support layered security approaches, including Zero Trust, identity-based security, endpoint protection, network segmentation, encryption, and secure cloud controls. - Evaluate emerging cybersecurity technologies, tools, and methodologies to determine operational value and maturity. - Develop cybersecurity roadmaps, modernization plans, maturity models, and implementation strategies. - Advise leadership on cybersecurity risks, threat trends, security gaps, mitigation approaches, and investment priorities. - Collaborate with architects, engineers, program managers, system owners, and business stakeholders to integrate security throughout the technology lifecycle. - Support security assessments, risk assessments, compliance activities, authorization processes, audits, and continuous monitoring efforts. - Provide expertise on cybersecurity frameworks and standards including NIST, RMF, FISMA, FedRAMP, CMMC, CIS Controls, and Zero Trust guidance. - Recommend automation, analytics, AI, machine learning, and security orchestration approaches to improve cyber defense effectiveness. - Support incident response planning, tabletop exercises, root cause analysis, and cybersecurity improvement initiatives. - Create cybersecurity policies, procedures, playbooks, technical guidance, and executive-level briefings. - Mentor cybersecurity professionals and promote knowledge sharing across teams. - Drive innovation through threat-informed defense, attack surface reduction, behavioral analytics, deception technologies, and secure-by-design principles. ## **Requirements:** The ideal candidate is an experienced cybersecurity professional with a strong background in enterprise security strategy, architecture, and risk management. You should have the ability to advise senior stakeholders, influence technical decisions, and deliver practical security solutions in complex environments. - Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered. - 10+ years of cybersecurity experience supporting enterprise-level security programs. - Proven experience advising senior leaders, program managers, and techn…