Specifications:
Job Title: Assessment and Audit Support Analyst
Location: Onsite - Fort Collins, CO
Department: Program Engineering
Job Type: Full Time - Hourly
Rate: $20-$25 commensurate with experience and expertise
Reports to: Project Manager
Company Introduction:
Ardalyst’s primary goal is to deliver cybersecurity and digital transformation solutions that help our clients protect their business and expand their competitive edge. Ardalyst is a combination of the words ardent and catalyst, as we are passionate change agents looking to uplevel our whole industry. By challenging common wisdom, sharing best practices, and looking at problems differently, the Ardalyst team helps educate public and private institutions on how best to mature workforces, processes, and technologies to thrive and succeed in a rapidly changing environment.
Job Summary:
Fit for the Role: We’re?looking for a motivated Assessment and Audit Support Analyst to join our dynamic team. In this role,? you’ll?support customers undergoing compliance audits and assessments by applying your technical and analytical skills to a variety of preparation tasks as well as participating directly in assessment and audit interviews. Responsibilities include but aren’t limited to preparing the evidence needed to pass a C3PAO assessment, developing evidence binders for filing and submission, answering assessor questions during interviews, and evaluating the quality of evidence to ensure it demonstrates compliance, as well as maintaining customer artifacts in between assessments. This?position?provides hands-on exposure to customer success, implementation activities, and the day-to-day operations of a fast-moving start-up environment.?An ideal opportunity for recent graduates or individuals with early professional experience looking to launch their career.?Depending on your experience, you will begin the role with?a 3-month training period with the potential to move into a?full-time?salaried position with us. Applications with C3PAO experience and CyberAB certifications will be strongly considered.
Fit for the Culture:
Speak your mind – Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do and our belief in diversity of people supports our goal for diversity in thought. Ardalysts (that’s just what we call ourselves) come ready to contribute and find solutions.?
Act with independence – If you see a problem that needs solving, give a statement in the form of “I intend to (do this)”, then, get feedback, and carry out a solution.
Do research – When faced with uncertainty, take initiative to consult official documentation and reputable online resources. Summarize your findings and share them with the team to ensure clarity and alignment.
Prototype – The best solution is the fastest, minimally viable solution done against the principles defined for the goal. Create something quick, check in often, and iterate from there.
Focus On Your Strengths – We invest in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each employee so that you can shine at what YOU do best.?
See Yourself Grow – Ardalysts have cited being encouraged to take educated risk, kick-start progress, and advance their skills as one of their favorite things about working at Ardalyst and we’re determined to keep it that way.?
Bootstrapper– you can create new things, not just manage existing ones. You work well individually and as a team. You don't let fear of failure get in your way and keep trying until you have a breakthrough.
Innovator – once you have something built, you can systematize it, make it repeatable, and iterate on it to create improvement.
Geek– you crave the details, can't stop learning, and love to teach others.
To help understand our culture and operating model, we recommend you read Patrick Lencioni's "The Advantage" and David Marquet's "Turn the Ship Around!"
Potential Duties/Responsibilities:
Understanding of artifacts enough to discuss them in an assessment
The completion and gathering of document-based artifacts necessary for assessments
Meet with customers to discuss assessment requirements
The automation/scripting of configurations to customer M365/Azure environments
The automation/scripting of the creation of?document-based?artifacts or diagrams
Utilize Scrum methodologies to assign and delegate tasks to ensure that the team’s work aligns with?priorities,?ensuring that the team is fully deployed and not idle.
Use AI to help automate processes and create AI agents.
Requirements:
Ability to manage time effectively, prioritize tasks and proven ability to meet deadlines
Ability to stay up to date with customer communications
Support implementation, configuration, or deployment activities
Prepare status updates and post-project documentation
Ability to self-study documentation, including compliance and regulatory documentation such as:
Goldratt’s Rules of Flow
Goldratt’s Mastering Flow
The CMMC Assessment Guide
The CMMC Scoping Guide
Qualifications:
1-3 years of assessment or audit experience.
Knowledge of Microsoft software.
Superior attention to detail.
Aptitude for learning new software and systems.
Ability to work independently or in a team environment.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Ability to work quickly and efficiently.
Benefits:
401(k) Retirement Plan?
Health, Dental, Vision and Life insurance
Short Term and Long-Term Disability insurance?
Monetary assistance with training and certifications?
Flexible Hours
Physical Requirements:
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Occasionally going up and down stairs carrying ~10lbs.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ardalyst Holdings, LLC and their operating companies are EOEs that empower employees, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic—to meet and exceed customer expectations and thrive in a collaborative and dynamic work environment.