IT Specialist - SR. IT Specialist - IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance Analyst

32-00669

SwRI’s cybersecurity mission is to secure the enterprise by evaluating, implementing, and operating a full suite of cybersecurity tools, services, and processes.

• Compliantly pursue selection, acquisition, and maintenance of technologies
• Apply cybersecurity frameworks and policies across the Institute and provide opportunities for remediations.
• Raise awareness of cyber risks to the Institute through the application of the risk assessment process and report to leadership for risk mitigation.
• Propose, generate, and review security metrics to demonstrate security progress and opportunities for improvement.
• Assist in contract review and third-party risk.

• Evaluating the Institute’s compliance with cybersecurity internal controls and industry frameworks.
• Authoring and tracking Plans of Actions and Milestones to bring security controls into compliance.
• Support risk management activities by operating the Institute’s IT risk management process.
• Assist in developing training, standards, and guidance to support cyber governance processes.
• Evaluating policy exception requests and make recommendations to the CISO regarding risk reduction and approval.

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance.
• 3 years:
  Experience auditing IT controls environments or conducting compliance assessments.
• 3 years:
  Experience in any of various IT and security functions (E.g., IT audit, cybersecurity, IT administration, programming, contracts management, IT GRC) is desirable.
• 3 years:
  Knowledge of information security standards,
  
  E.g., NIST 800-171 or 800-53, CIS Critical Security Controls.
• 3 years:
  Exposure to/understanding of the fundamentals of network and systems administration (e.g., Windows Server and desktop, Linux, TCP/IP, network subnetting).
• A valid/clear driver's license is required.

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.

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