Security engineer

Job Description

The GRC Engineer will be responsible for implementing, maintaining, and enhancing policies, standards, procedures, and internal controls to ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements, as well as information security best practices. The ideal candidate will possess a security engineer mindset, focusing on building out GRC frameworks, automation, and integrating technical controls. The GRC Engineer will proactively collaborate with key business stakeholders to assess and design controls aimed at reducing information security risk. They should be able to understand and articulate the impact of information security controls on the business and effectively communicate this to stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

Risk Assessment: Identify, assess, and prioritize risks that could impact the client's compliance, financial health, or reputation.

Compliance Management: Develop, implement, and maintain compliance programs and policies that align with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

Auditing: Conduct internal and external audits to assess compliance with regulations and identify areas for improvement.

Reporting: Prepare and analyze compliance reports, metrics, and dashboards to track progress and identify trends.

Training and Awareness: Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees about compliance requirements and information security best practices.

Incident Management: Respond to compliance incidents, conduct investigations, and implement corrective actions.

Technology Implementation: Evaluate and implement GRC software and tools to streamline compliance processes and improve efficiency.

Continuous Improvement: Explore opportunities to enhance GRC processes through automation and continuous monitoring of information security controls, risks, and exceptions, and develop reporting metrics, dashboards, and evidence artifacts.

Vulnerability Management: Assist in the development and ongoing oversight of a vulnerability management program.

Risk Remediation: Manage the remediation of risks identified through the risk register process and contribute to the improvement of risk treatment plans and the overall risk management program.

Security Exceptions: Manage the security exception process, including the completion of security exceptions, tracking, and following up on alternative mitigating action items detailed within approved security exceptions.

Audit Coordination: Coordinate and track security-related audits, including scope of audits, stakeholder engagement, and deliverable timelines; work with teams as appropriate to achieve audit readiness; provide guidance, evaluation, and advocacy on audit responses.

Vendor Risk Management: Maintain the vendor risk management program, including vendor reviews and risk assessments; improve the program with the build-out of repositories, tools, and documentation for third-party vendor risk assurance.

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Skills and Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in Information Technology, Security Engineering, Governance, Risk and Compliance, and Internal Audit management.

• Proven track record in implementing and maintaining HITRUST CSF and ISO 27001 compliance frameworks.

• Skilled in conducting risk assessments on operational processes, procedures, and policies, Interpreting audit results to evaluate the adequacy and reliability of controls; and preparing and presenting comprehensive reports.

• Experienced in reviewing risk analyses, drafting corrective action plans, and driving the risk treatment process.

• Background in working within a SaaS company environment.

• Experience in working within highly regulated industry verticals, such as healthcare.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline related to Information Technology. - Professional certifications such as CGRC, CISSP, CISA, CRISC, or similar are highly desirable.

• Proficient in designing, implementing, and managing GRC software tools and platforms (e.g., Vanta) to streamline risk assessment, compliance monitoring, and incident management processes, including the development and automation of auditing tasks.

• Adept at conducting security compliance reviews and audits of both on-premises and hosted environments, including AWS and Azure.