Senior Consultant, Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure
Job Description
Company: Partner Forces
Location: Arlington, US
As a consultant at Partner Forces, you will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients’ day in and day out. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues, our partners, and our clients to ideate, initiate and complete tasks, projects, and initiatives. You will work on mission-oriented projects, where you will bring forward actionable insights, solve complex problems, and thrive on delivering meaningful solutions.
Partner Forces is grounded in our core values of integrity, excellence, positivity, candor, determination, and teamwork. Our culture is a reflection of this, ensuring that we:
• Apply solution-oriented thinking to challenges and opportunities.
• Thrive by remaining agile and embracing change.
• Work to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued as teammates and contributors.Bring out the best in others by applying sound judgment and exuding principled genuineness.
• Embrace a continuous learning and growth mindset.
• Encourage an open dialogue even when it is hard.
• Continuously promoting teamwork and collaboration to achieve the best outcomes for our clients and teams
As an employee at Partner Forces, you’ll join a team of consultants who share a passion for prioritizing collaboration, crafting solutions to mitigate risk, protecting critical infrastructure and helping our national security and industry partner tackle their most pressing challenges. At Partner Forces, we take our employees’ well-being and growth as seriously as we do our mission. You will be challenged every day, but we know that business and individual growth go hand-in-hand, so we offer a wide array of benefits that support the well-being and personal and professional development of our employees.
What We’re Looking for:
Partner Forces is seeking a collaborative, strategic, and mission-driven Senior Consultant, Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure to support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This role is ideal for someone who understands cybersecurity and critical infrastructure but is passionate about applying that expertise in a consulting environment. Rather than serving as a hands-on technical operator, you’ll advise clients, facilitate collaboration, solve complex challenges, and help drive strategic initiatives that strengthen the security and resilience of our nation’s critical infrastructure. The ideal candidate is energized by fast-paced environments where priorities evolve quickly, enjoys bringing people together to solve difficult problems, and is excited to work alongside government leaders, technical experts, and private sector partners. You are intellectually curious, adaptable, low ego, and motivated by meaningful mission impact.
What You Will Do as a Senior Consultant:
• Support strategic cybersecurity and critical infrastructure initiatives for DHS and CISA clients.
• Advise government leaders on complex mission challenges and develop actionable recommendations.
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and working groups with government, industry, and technical stakeholders.
• Develop executive briefings, reports, strategic plans, white papers, and other client deliverables.
• Translate complex cybersecurity concepts into clear, actionable information for technical and executive audiences.
• Coordinate multiple client priorities while maintaining exceptional quality and responsiveness in a fast-moving environment.
• Conduct research and analysis on emerging cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, and national security topics.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients, teammates, and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to business development initiatives, thought leadership, and internal corporate projects.
• Mentor junior consultants through Partner Forces’ apprenticeship model and foster a collaborative team environment.
What We Are Looking For
• Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills with experience developing communications for executive and external audiences.
• Demonstrated experience managing stakeholder or membership-based relationships and building trusted partnerships.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities, deadlines, and competing demands.
• Experience working directly with senior leaders and executives in a professional advisory capacity.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality work products.
• Ability to build relationships, collaborate across teams, and work effectively in a dynamic client environment.
• Self-starter with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset and a willingness to take ownership of projects from start to finish.
Qualifications
• US Citizenship required
• Ability to obtain DHS Suitability.
• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of experience supporting cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, homeland security, or national security initiatives.
• Experience supporting federal government clients, preferably within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), or related agencies.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity principles, cyber risk management, and the critical infrastructure landscape.
• Experience managing or supporting strategic initiatives in a client-facing consulting or advisory environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings, building consensus, and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Ability to think strategically while remaining adaptable to changing client priorities and emerging mission needs.
• Willingness to work onsite in the Washington, DC metro area.
The Company
Partner Forces, LLC., is a WOSB focused on helping homeland security partners with their most pressing and complex challenges and opportunities. The company provides management consulting services for the homeland security and national security enterprise. We offer clients holistic and integrated solutions to their current and emerging homeland security requirements related to program development and analysis, stakeholder engagement and outreach, strategic planning, technology implementation, security and preparedness assessment, and business process design and improvement.
Partner Forces values a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is the policy of Partner Forces to comply with all federal and state laws concerning the employment of persons with disabilities and to act in accordance with regulations and guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state agencies. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at recruiting@partnerforces.com.
At Partner Forces, we consider many factors when making compensation decisions, reflecting the unique skills and experiences each candidate brings, as well as organizational and contractual needs. An estimate of the salary range for this role is included here. We believe that salary is just one component of your total compensation package. Our goal is to support your growth and reward your contributions in a meaningful way. We look forward to exploring this further with you during the interview process.
Annual Salary Range
$120,000—$150,000 USD
The Company
Partner Forces, LLC is a management consulting firm specializing in helping homeland security partners tackle their most pressing and complex challenges. We provide holistic, integrated solutions across the homeland and national security enterprise, offering expertise in program development and analysis, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, technology implementation, security and preparedness assessment, and business process improvement.
Partner Forces is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are committed to fostering a workplace where all employees feel valued and respected. If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at recruiting@partnerforces.com.
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