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Job#: 3034496
Job Description:
Third-Party Risk Management Consultant
Location: Remote
Employment Type: 2+ Month Part-time Contract (20 hours per/week)
Rate: $35-$40 per/hr W2
Role Overview
We are seeking a Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Consultant to support internal-facing cybersecurity risk assessments. This role focuses on evaluating medical devices and applications before they are introduced into the organization's environment. The consultant will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to assess risk, recommend controls, and contribute to governance processes within an established TPRM program.
Key Responsibilities

• Review and assess requests for medical devices and software prior to network onboarding.
• Evaluate whether solutions interact with ePHI or other sensitive medical data.
• Analyze request forms and network diagrams to understand system architecture.
• Perform cybersecurity risk assessments of devices and software within the context of the enterprise environment.
• Identify risks, control gaps, and security deficiencies such as those related to patching, hardening, and segmentation.
• Recommend and propose compensating controls to mitigate identified risks.
• Contribute to risk ratings and documentation as part of the formal TPRM process.
• Participate in or provide input for weekly risk review meetings to discuss findings and risk ratings.

Required Qualifications

• Experience performing cybersecurity risk assessments for medical devices, healthcare IT systems, or other network-connected technologies.
• Ability to interpret network diagrams.
• Familiarity with ePHI, healthcare security considerations, and risk-based decision-making in regulated environments.
• Understanding of security controls, including patching, hardening, and segmentation.
• Ability to operate within a structured TPRM process and communicate findings to cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare or other regulated environments.
• Exposure to formal risk frameworks such as NIST, HITRUST, or ISO.
• Prior experience supporting internal technology onboarding reviews.

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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