Cybersecurity Associate Director-Energy Providers

Position Overview

Job Family: Cyber Consulting. Travel Required: Up to 25%. Clearance Required: None.
We are seeking a highly skilled professional to design and implement secure, compliant architectures for enterprise and operational environments for our commercial energy provider clients. This role requires deep expertise in regulatory frameworks, cybersecurity best practices, and advanced data architecture within the Power/Electric Utilities industry. Work experience in Banking, Healthcare, Pharma, Manufacturing, Mining, Construction, or DoD is NOT applicable.

Compensation: $135,000.00-$225,000.00.

Key Responsibilities

• Design enterprise data models, data lakes, warehouses, and integration frameworks for structured and unstructured data.
• Architect secure systems aligned with NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS controls to ensure compliance.
• Implement NERC CIP standards (002-013), including audit preparation, evidence gathering, and mitigation planning.
• Secure data flows across AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments using encryption, IAM, and network segmentation.
• Develop and enforce RBAC, ABAC, MFA, and privileged access management in compliance with technical CIP standards or similar regulations.
• Create secure architectures that anticipate attack vectors, supported by playbooks and detection strategies.
• Protect OT environments such as EMS, SCADA, DCS, and other industrial control systems within the Bulk Electric System.
• Maintain data integrity, availability, and confidentiality through metadata standards, classification, retention, and purging policies.
• Collaborate with compliance, operations, IT, and engineering teams to align technical architecture with regulatory and business needs.

Required Qualifications

• Must be a US Permanent Resident or US Citizen due to the nature of client engagements.
• Bachelor's degree in business, cybersecurity, security management, homeland security, information security, or a related discipline with 7+ years post-graduation experience within the electric utility industry or a NERC related regulator; or a Master's degree in a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience emphasizing North American NERC Reliability Standards (USA and/or Canada) and supporting regulatory frameworks around NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and Regional Entities.
• In-depth knowledge of implementing NERC CIP standards (002-013), audit preparation, evidence gathering, and mitigation planning.
• Proven ability to design and implement RBAC, ABAC, MFA, and privileged access management aligned with CIP-007 and CIP-005 requirements.
• Experience in securing OT environments such as EMS, SCADA, DCS, and other industrial control systems within the Bulk Electric System.
• Strong writing skills for creating security architecture diagrams, CIP evidence packages, procedures, and training materials.
• Ability to work effectively with compliance, operations, IT, and engineering teams to align technical architecture with regulatory and business needs.
• Willingness to travel, including potential international travel.
• Ability to work onsite in a Guidehouse Office or Client Office location.
• Residency in the contiguous United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference for candidates within reasonable driving distance of the Guidehouse Office or Client Office location.
• Experience ensuring data integrity, availability, and confidentiality through metadata standards, classification, retention, and purging policies; and the ability to design secure architectures that anticipate attack vectors, supported by playbooks and detection strategies.
• Experience in designing enterprise data models, data lakes, warehouses, and integration frameworks using both structured and unstructured data.
• Deep understanding of NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS controls to architect secure systems and enforce security compliance.
• Proficiency in securing data flows across AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments with encryption, IAM, and network segmentation.
• Specific experience related to Bulk Electric System (BES) and power systems, Electrical Reliability, or NERC/FERC Enforcement or Auditing.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Eligibility for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend