The GRC Process Architect

Accenture Federal Services • Arlington, VA

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About The Position

The GRC Process Architect will work in the Security Architecture & Engineering team in the CISO organization. This role is responsible for designing, optimizing, and documenting processes that integrate Security, IT Change Management, and GRC workflows. This role plays a critical part in maturing the organization’s compliance posture by enabling automated traceability between IT changes, affected environments, and required updates to compliance and security controls.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizen (required).
• 5+ years of experience in business process design or process architecture.
• Working knowledge of CMMC regulatory compliance controls (NIST 800-171).
• Strong familiarity with GRC processes and successful GRC tool implementations.
• Understanding of IT Change Management practices and data governance.
• Experience working with or designing AI-enabled or automation workflows that enhance process efficiency.

Nice To Haves

• Prior hands‑on experience with ServiceNow GRC/IRM modules.
• Relevant certifications such as CPDP, CPDE, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working within an Agile delivery or development framework.
• Background supporting Information Security and Compliance teams.

Responsibilities

• Working with Information Security to identify fragmented data points across existing processes and design integrated, end-to-end data flows
• Analyze, design and document business processes with a GRC context, with focus on traceability from Change requests to impacted environments and CMMC controls
• Build workflow designs that enrich and map data across ServiceNow modules, enabling consistent downstream impact analysis for security and compliance
• Active Collaboration with a variety of different teams within IT and IS to ensure a robust and complete solution
• Understand current Security processes and how they align to CMMC Controls
• Design workflows that will enrich data points for downstream processes and impact analysis
• Collaborate with IT development teams to translate process designs into technical implementation within the ServiceNow platform.
• Build and document end-to-end workflows to solve current gaps in Security and Compliance Processes
• Produce clear, comprehensive process documentation to support operational excellence, audit readiness, and automation.

Benefits

• Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed