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Last checked Nov 4, 2026.

The ideal candidate demonstrates a strong advisory mindset, the ability to independently manage client conversations, and the capability to connect multiple cybersecurity domains—including identity and access management, endpoint security, vulnerability management, backup and recovery, email security, and asset management—into a cohesive and defensible security program assessment. The ideal candidate should also be able to translate technical observations into clear business, legal, and transaction-oriented risk narratives for executive and client stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience:
• Approximately 5–7 years of experience in cybersecurity consulting, advisory, or due diligence
• Experience supporting cyber resilience assessments, incident readiness reviews, tabletop exercises, or related preparedness-focused engagements is a plus.
• Experience collaborating with incident response, forensic, or crisis management teams to translate post-incident observations into proactive assessment, readiness, or remediation-focused engagements is a plus.
• Client Presence & Communication:
• Comfortable leading discussions with CIOs, IT Directors, and legal stakeholders
• Strong ability to guide conversations, ask structured questions, and manage meetings effectively
• Excellent executive communication skills with clear, concise, and unambiguous delivery
• Scoping & Advisory Skills:
• Experience drafting or contributing to Statements of Work (SOWs), engagement letters, and proposals
• Ability to translate loosely defined client needs into structured deliverables and timelines
• Strong commercial awareness, including understanding scope boundaries and identifying opportunities to expand engagements
• Ability to tailor scopes and findings to transaction, diligence, or investment-focused objectives, including identifying issues that are likely to be material to legal, private equity, or executive decision-makers.
• Report Writing:
• Impeccable written communication skills, including grammar, structure, and formatting
• Ability to produce logically consistent, defensible findings and recommendations
• Experience delivering polished, client-ready cybersecurity risk reports
• Ability to prioritize findings based on business impact, articulate critical versus lower-priority issues, and develop executive-ready narratives that support practical decision-making.
• Cybersecurity Frameworks:
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework (primary)
• Supporting frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and HITRUST
• Strong working knowledge of:
• Ability to map controls, identify gaps, and translate findings into business risk and impact
• Ability to evaluate how controls operate together across governance, identity, endpoint, cloud, recovery, and monitoring layers as part of a broader security program or resilience assessment.
• Technical & Domain Knowledge:
• Identity & Access Management (e.g., Active Directory, Entra ID)
• Endpoint security (e.g., EDR/MDR solutions such as CrowdStrike)
• Vulnerability management tools (e.g., Tenable, Qualys)
• Backup and recovery strategies (RTO/RPO, immutability)
• Email security (phishing protection, DMARC, MFA)
• Asset inventory, device management, and patch lifecycle practices
• Comfort reviewing supporting documentation such as security policies and standards, architecture diagrams, control evidence, recovery procedures, and technical configurations in order to assess design and operating effectiveness.
• Broad understanding of core cybersecurity domains, including:
• Ability to connect these domains into a comprehensive security program narrative
• Tooling Familiarity (Preferred):
• Exposure to tools such as CrowdStrike, Tanium, Microsoft 365, Azure/Entra ID, and AWS.
• Ability to evaluate and interpret tooling deployment, configuration, and coverage in an advisory context rather than operate as a dedicated implementation engineer.
• Additional Qualifications:
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• High level of ownership, attention to detail, and ability to deliver work independently with minimal oversight
• Ability to help develop reusable assessment content, templates, and client-ready materials that support scalable proactive service delivery across multiple engagement types.
• Nice-to-Have:
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, PMP, or similar

To Apply

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Career Growth and Benefits

• CRA’s robust skills development programs , including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member. Beginning with research and analysis skill building, training continues with technical training, presentation skills, internal seminars, and career mentoring and performance coaching from an assigned senior colleague. Additional leadership and collaboration opportunities exist through internal firm development activities.
• We offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers.

Work Location Flexibility

CRA creates a work environment that enables our colleagues to benefit from being together in the office to best deliver on our promise of career growth, mentorship and inclusivity. At the same time, we recognize that individuals realize a range of benefits when working from home periodically. We currently expect that individuals spend at least 3 to 4 days a week working in the office (which may include traveling to another CRA office or to client meetings), with specific days determined in coordination with your practice or team.

Responsible AI Use in Recruiting

We believe that recruiting is fundamentally a human process, and we are committed to a hiring process that is consistent, transparent, and people-focused. While AI and other technology-enabled tools help our team operate more efficiently, we strive to provide every candidate with a personalized, thoughtful, and high-touch experience. As CRA invests significant human effort to find qualified members for our teams, we expect candidates to invest corresponding human effort to learn about CRA, prepare thoughtful application materials, and engage with our interviewers. Read more about appropriate hiring manager, recruiting team, and candidate AI at CRA on our website .

Our Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Associates is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Salary and other compensation

A good-faith estimate of the annual base salary range for this position is CAD$140,000 – $190,000. Starting pay within this range may vary based on factors such as education level, experience, skills, geographic location, market conditions, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position may be eligible for additional bonus incentive compensation.

CRA offers a comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements, which may include: extended medical, dental, and vision insurance; ERP with employer contribution; TFSP; RESP; life and disability insurance; paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays); paid parental leave; wellness programs and employee assistance resources; and commuter benefits.