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The role will also include responsibility for Requirements Engineering and Requirements Management. You will work with stakeholders to elicit, document, manage, and validate business and technical requirements, ensuring that they are aligned with delivery goals and remain traceable throughout the project lifecycle.

In addition to Agile delivery leadership, this role includes ownership of Quality Assurance and Test Management activities. You will be responsible for test planning, triaging defects with stakeholders, coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT), and overseeing ongoing test monitoring and reporting throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Your key responsibilities:
• Facilitate and manage Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews.
• Guide Agile teams and business stakeholders through backlog creation, refinement, and prioritization.
• Collaborate closely with other product owners, scrum masters, developers, testers, and business stakeholders to ensure continuous delivery and alignment with business objectives.
• Translate business requirements into well-structured user stories and acceptance criteria that guide development and quality assurance efforts.
• Plan and coordinate all aspects of Quality Assurance, including test strategy, test planning, test case definition, and UAT coordination.
• Monitor test execution and defect resolution processes, ensuring issues are triaged, tracked, and resolved in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Provide test progress updates and quality reports to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and proactive risk management.
• Support Agile planning, estimation, and forecasting of delivery timelines and resource requirements.
• Monitor delivery progress using Agile metrics and dashboards, driving continuous improvement based on data insights.
• Coach client teams and internal stakeholders in Agile frameworks, values, and practices, adapting to various organizational maturity levels.
• Support Agile transformation initiatives by defining roadmaps, training sessions, and governance structures.
• Utilize Agile tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, and Confluence to manage projects, track progress, document requirements, and monitor test coverage.
• Contribute to internal frameworks and reusable assets that enable consistent delivery of Agile services.
• Stay current with trends in Agile delivery, quality management, and enterprise technology to guide clients through evolving best practices.

Skills and attributes for success:
• Deep understanding of Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance principles and test management practices in Agile environments.
• Experience using Agile project management and test tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, TestRail, Xray, etc.).
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills with a strong ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills to manage several projects or workstreams in parallel.
• Experience leading UAT cycles and coordinating testing across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Analytical mindset with a continuous improvement attitude.
• Ability to work both independently and within diverse cross-functional teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across business, delivery, and technical domains.

To qualify for the role, you must have:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Agile delivery environments across cross-functional teams.
• Practical experience managing Agile product backlogs and facilitating delivery pipelines.
• Proven experience in quality assurance and test management roles within Agile projects.
• Experience engaging directly with business and IT stakeholders to define and deliver solutions.
• Agile certifications such as Scrum Master (CSM/PSM), SAFe Agilist, PMI-ACP, or equivalent are desirable.
• ISTQB or equivalent test management certification is considered an asset.
• A fluent command of English (spoken and written).

What we offer

Your key responsibilities

You’re likely to spend your time on a diverse array of projects, responsibilities and tasks, supporting client engagements by participating in day-to-day interactions with team members, providing a quality work product and driving delivery of services to meet deadlines. You will support the Customer Tax Operations practice with the preparation and delivery of tax information reporting (1099/1042-S/8804), FATCA/CRS reporting, tax withholding certificate validation (Forms W-8/9) and related withholding and reporting reconcilations for engagements with banks, wealth and asset management firms and insurance companies. You’ll be working in a highly collaborative culture, where listening to and sharing information with colleagues is an essential part of the role.

Skills and attributes for success

• Timely, efficient and accurate support of the production of information reporting in a volume-driven environment within deadline-driven time frames established by governmental agencies and as dictated by the performance standards set forth by the practice’s clients
• Balancing time between multiple projects and responsibilities, working with multiple engagement teams to serve multiple clients
• Understanding of tax withholding certificates (Forms W-8/W-9) and FATCA/CRS Self Certification forms as well as information returns, including the data and information that’s required on the forms or information return for accuracy in tax reporting.
• Understanding of vendor and client systems that support an tax operations function.
• Analyzing bridged customer data and transaction information to identify potential errors and omissions and applying knowledge of basic tax concepts to make decisions and take action to modify tax reporting coding or reporting pertaining transactions and income to support accuracy in tax reporting
• Managing internal and external communications, including requesting and documenting receipt of client authorizations and instructions, as well as other correspondence that is material to the tax compliance process using the tax software, basic software applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point, and proprietary client collaboration tools
• Communicating with client tax liaisons, tax compliance teams and other stakeholders to gather required information, and obtain instruction or authorization necessary for timely, accurate production of tax information reporting.
• Support billing and collections for tax compliance and related services
• Assist engagement team with reconciliation of customer demographic date, transaction data and tax information returns to achieve complete, accurate and timely filing of those returns; including identifying and resolving reconciliation discrepancies
• Routinely communicating with immediate supervisor and colleagues to obtain guidance and instruction pertaining to performance of work, provide updates on status of work, and discuss recommendations concerning correction of data issues to support accuracy and consistency in tax reporting

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor degree (Accounting, Business, Finance or equivalent degree preferred)
• 1–2 years of experience
• Proficient in basic computer software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and ability to learn other software applications
• Working knowledge of 1099/1042-S reporting systems
• Working knowledge of tax compliance and information reporting rules
• Ability to work effectively both independently and with a team, and assist with a variety of projects of varying degrees of complexity
• Leverage knowledge gained through education and on-the-job experience as well internal and external training and coaching to perform essential functions of the job
• Assist with training less experienced team members on administrative tasks and tasks supporting the tax compliance process
• Excellent organizational and verbal/written communication skills
• Ability to follow a standardized process and ask questions when needed
• Prioritization of assignments to achieve appropriate workflow and timely production of client deliverables
• Commit to periodic travel (5%–10%)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in a professional services environment
• A proven record in information reporting and withholding tax laws and concepts required to prepare US federal and state information and withholding tax returns
• Experience with tax withholding validation and complete tax withholding certificates
• Experience with FATCA/CRS reporting templates
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• The ability to adapt your work style to work with both internal and client team members
• A proficiency in trust tax software

What we look for

We’re interested in tax professionals with a genuine interest in providing outstanding services to some of the world’s most influential people. Working with people from all backgrounds, from executives and entrepreneurs to investors and families, you’ll use your experience and status as a trusted advisor to maintain and further our reputation for excellence.

Job Title: Backend Engineer – Service Delivery Senior Analyst

As an FSO Technology Analyst, you’ll be based in our Service Delivery Center, which is made up of high-performing US-based colleagues who work closely with our experienced advisory professionals. We deliver Technology project-based work and managed services to our clients. Here, you’ll work as part of a project team and will be responsible for the design, build/configuration, testing, analysis, delivery and support of Technology solutions. This position is fast-paced and ever-changing, which means you’ll need to be a flexible self-starter and be able to manage changing priorities and learning new and rapidly changing technology solutions.

Your Key Responsibilities

The goal is to support our clients to transform their business problems through engineering solutions. You will assist engagement teams through the analysis of specific business requirements, design, develop, integrate, test, and deploy distributed software applications. You will deliver high qualify systems with focus on reliability and excellent customer experience.You will demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge.

Skills and attributes for success

• Prior fullstack software product development experience with a preferred understanding of DevOps and its supporting services and tools

• Deliver engineering solutions through all phases of the project lifecycle, including requirements definition, engineering design, development, integration, and testing; based on a proven agile methodology.
• Demonstrate hands-on technical capabilities inmultiple programming languages.
• Effectively work with client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds fostering an innovative and inclusive work environment.
• Demonstrate understanding of current technology environment and industry trends and provide recommendations for engagement and client service issues.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other related field

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in technology software development
• Back-end experience using modern technologies like Java, Python, Node.js, REST, NoSQL, Microservices, Serverless, and Cloud technologies like AWS, or Azure
• Front-end development with modern frameworks and practices like React, Angular, or Responsive web design
• Experience in designing, building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Hands-on experience building applications/platforms with cloud native/Microservices architecture. Includes experience with IaaS, PaaS, container deployment.
• Experience with modern collaborative development tools (e.g. Git, CI/CD pipelines)
• Experience working with testing frameworks and tools for unit and integration testing and knowledge of TDD or BDD software development techniques
• Comfortable working in an Agile and TDD environment

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with the following technologies
• Akka/Scala
• Kafka/RabbitMQ
• ElasticSearch
• AngularJS/ReactJS
• Hadoop/Spark/Flume
• Mongo/Cassandra/Any NoSQL DB

What we look for

We’re interested in intellectually curious people with a passion for finding new and innovative ways to make things better. You’ll also need to be a self-starter and quick learner with a strong background in computer science from both theoretical and practical points of view. If you’re ready to be the future of the group and make your mark in a growing business, this role is for you.

As an OT Defects Senior Architecture & Governance professional, you will be responsible for providing operational support for the overall issues management and associated defects creation, monitoring and tracking against the client's current referenced architecture, overseeing and governing operational technology (OT) systems to enhance security and ensure overall compliance. You support the manager and work within a team of experts to ensure that OT architectures align with organizational goals and industry standards, promoting secure and efficient operations.

JOB SUMMARY:

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented
OT Senior Architecture & Governance Issues/Defect Solution Analystto join our Operational Technology (OT) team. This role is pivotal in driving architectural integrity, governance compliance, and effective defect and issue resolution across OT environments.

• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that OT systems are secure, compliant, and continuously improved through structured governance and defect management processes.
• In the role of OT Defects Senior Architecture & Governance, you will support the OT manager by providing defects/issues tracking and monitoring, architecture oversight and approvals for OT systems, VLANs, and controls, ensuring that all designs and implementations meet security, compliance, and operational requirements. Additionally, you will assist in overall operations, reporting focusing on processes, milestones, and deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validate OT system designs for alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Maintain and evolve governance frameworks, SOPs, and documentation.
• Support change review boards and architecture decision forums.
• Defect & Issue Management
• Lead defect intake, triage, and remediation cycles.
• Track and report on new and existing defects, accepted risks, and remediation progress.
• Facilitate weekly defect review meetings and ensure timely follow-ups with stakeholders.
• Collaboration & Communication
• Partner with OT architects, system owners, cybersecurity teams, and DECA to resolve issues.
• Provide guidance and support to site teams on governance and defect-related matters.
• Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Continuous Improvement
• Identify gaps in current documentation and propose updates.
• Contribute to the development of standard work and LEAN process improvements.

• Provide architecture oversight for OT systems, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry standards.
• Review and approve architectural designs and implementations for OT solutions, focusing on security, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Establish governance frameworks and best practices for OT architecture and design processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess architectural designs and provide recommendations for improvements.
• Facilitate decision-making processes related to OT architecture, ensuring stakeholder alignment and buy-in.
• Conduct risk assessments and impact analyses for proposed changes to OT systems and architectures.
• Stay current with emerging trends, technologies, and regulatory requirements in the OT space to inform governance practices.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to OT architecture standards, guidelines, and governance processes.

Technical Skills

• Experience and knowledge on Operational Technology (OT) environments and governance
• Experience with end-to-end issues management and exception/defects
• Experience with defect intake, exception review, and change request workflows.
• Ability to build and manage SOPs, trackers, and reporting templates
• Strong familiarity, background, and/or and understanding of manufacturing, shopfloor, ICS, building management, or other OT environments - and their associated safety, quality, and production considerations
• Experience with Security architecture design and assessment of technologies such as SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, AI/ML, ZTA etc.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks, including NERC CIP, NIS, CIS, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, ISA/IEC 62443
• Ability to apply these frameworks to OT environments and defect resolution processes
• Security controls, such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, encryption, and access management.
• Risk-based Mindset, to include remediation and migration planning and tracking
• ServiceNow and AuditBoard usage experience

Soft Skills

• Ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to assess complex OT architectures and defect patterns, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions. Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams including cybersecurity, engineering, and product owners to align on defect resolution and architecture decisions.
• Precision in tracking defects, remediation and or mitigation, documenting architecture standards, and ensuring compliance reporting
• Ability to lead calls with Product Owners and client stakeholders and clearly articulate review reasoning and rationale

As a Senior Consultant in Offensive Security within our Service Delivery Center, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our clients' security posture through proactive threat assessments and vulnerability management. You will lead and collaborate with a team of cybersecurity professionals to implement and manage offensive security initiatives, ensuring that security measures are integrated throughout the software development lifecycle while optimizing service delivery processes.

In this role, you will manage and execute penetration testing, red teaming, and security assessments for our clients. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify vulnerabilities, develop mitigation strategies, and ensure that security practices align with industry standards. Your expertise will drive the team’s efforts in automating security processes and help our clients build a more secure working world.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead, scope, and execute penetration testing projects, including web applications (including black box, white box, and gray box assessments), networks, cloud environments, hardware, and firmware.
• Develop and execute red team and purple team scenarios to identify gaps in organizational security postures and provide actionable recommendations.
• Perform in-depth penetration testing results create comprehensive reports detailing findings, exploitation procedures, risks, and recommendations.
• Stay current with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices, and promote continual learning within the team.
• Assist in configuring, handling, patching, and updating penetration testing software an supporting infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and security.
• Contribute to the creation and updating of operational metrics for client meetings, providing insights into tool performance and security findings.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Proven experience in penetration testing and offensive security practices, with a minimum of 5+ years of related work experience.
• Strong knowledge of automation tools and processes, particularly in the context of offensive security and application security.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple security projects simultaneously.
• Effective communication skills to liaise with clients and internal stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into understandable terms.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in incident response or performing penetration tests; or a minimum of one (1) year working in an electric utility in the area of generation, or transmission & distribution performing penetration tests
• Extensive experience with manual attack and penetration testing, including web applications, networks, and cloud environments.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation of security tasks.
• Knowledge of Windows, Linux, Unix, and other major operating systems.

Ideally, you’d also have

• Certifications such as CCSP, CSSLP, OSCP, OSWP, GPEN, GWAPT, OSCE, OSEE, GXPN, CISSP, CISM, etc.

• Contributions to the security community, including research, public CVE disclosures, bug bounty acknowledgments, and open-source project involvement.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and communicate it effectively.
• Active interest in staying updated on the latest cybersecurity threats and trends, promoting continual learning and adaptation.

What We Offer

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to succeed in high performing teams.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

As an OT Senior Network Security Architecture & Governance professional, you will be responsible for providing operational support for the client's current referenced architecture, overseeing and governing operational technology (OT) systems to enhance security and ensure overall compliance. You support the manager and work within a team of experts to ensure that OT architectures align with organizational goals and industry standards, promoting secure and efficient operations.

JOB SUMMARY:

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented
OT Network Security (Senior) Architecture & Governance Cyber Solution Analystto join our Operational Technology (OT) team. This role is pivotal in driving architectural integrity, governance compliance, and effective defect and issue resolution across OT environments.

• In the role of OT Senior Architecture & Governance, you will support the OT manager by providing architecture oversight and approvals for OT systems, VLANs, and controls, ensuring that all designs and implementations meet security, compliance, and operational requirements. Additionally, you will assist in overall operations, reporting focusing on processes, milestones, and deliverables.
• The primary purpose of this role is to operationalize existing processes and develop standard work supporting best practices around OT Cybersecurity. In addition, you will help establish governance frameworks and best practices that guide the development and deployment of OT solutions in adherence to regulations and inertial audit efforts. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess architectural designs, provide recommendations, and facilitate decision-making processes that enhance the overall security and efficiency of OT environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validate OT system designs for alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Maintain and evolve governance frameworks, SOPs, and documentation.
• Support change review boards and architecture decision forums.
• Collaboration & Communication
• Partners with OT architects, system owners, cybersecurity teams, and DECA to resolve issues.
• Provide guidance and support to site teams on governance and defect-related matters.
• Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Continuous Improvement
• Identify gaps in current documentation and propose updates.
• Contribute to the development of standard work and LEAN process improvements.

• Provide architecture oversight for OT systems, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry standards.
• Review and approve architectural designs and implementations for OT solutions, focusing on security, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Establish governance frameworks and best practices for OT architecture and design processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess architectural designs and provide recommendations for improvements.
• Facilitate decision-making processes related to OT architecture, ensuring stakeholder alignment and buy-in.
• Conduct risk assessments and impact analysis for proposed changes to OT systems and architectures.
• Stay current with emerging trends, technologies, and regulatory requirements in the OT space to inform governance practices.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to OT architecture standards, guidelines, and governance processes.

Technical Skills

• Experience and knowledge on Operational Technology (OT) environments and governance
• Strong familiarity, background, and/or and understanding of manufacturing, shopfloor, ICS, building management, or other OT environments - and their associated safety, quality, and production considerations
• Experience with Security architecture design and assessment of technologies such as SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, AI/ML, ZTA etc.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks, including NERC CIP, NIS, CIS, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, ISA/IEC 62443
• Security controls, such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, encryption, and access management.
• Strong familiarity with networking concepts: TCP/IP networking (Network segmentation, VLANs, network tapping/RSPAN, L2/L3 protocols, encryption, VPN, etc.)
• Familiarity with equipment for internal and external access (H/W servers, switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, HSM, etc.) from various manufacturers (HPE, Lenovo, Cisco, Fortinet, Checkpoint
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management concepts (e.g., PAM, AD, PKI), Zero Trust, infrastructure security, etc.
• Familiarity with endpoint protection including application whitelisting
• Technical background and familiarity with different types of technologies across multiple domain areas (database, cloud, application management, etc.)
• Risk-based Mindset
• ServiceNow and AuditBoard usage experience

Soft Skills

• Ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
• Ability to work directly with Product Owners, explain technical architecture requirements, and answer technical architecture questions
• Ability to lead calls with Product Owners and client stakeholders and clearly articulate review reasoning and rationale
• Multitasking between multiple projects (tickets) at once and being able to close in a timely manner based on priorities.