IS Security Risk Analyst III

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina•Columbia, SC

About The Position

Plan and perform compliance and risk assessment activities for information systems and related processes. Communicate and escalate compliance and risk issues to the appropriate department and/or level of management. Act as a change agent to influence the I/S and corporate compliance culture.

Requirements

Bachelor's in a job related field Or an additional 4 years of job related work experience Or Associate's and an additional 2 years job related work experience
6 years of I/T experience including 4 years of IT security, risk assessment and/or compliance experience.
Successful completion of BCBSSC I/S Entry Level Training Program (ELTP) may be substituted for 2 years of I/T experience.
Good understanding of Systems Development Life Cycle methodologies.
Subject Matter Expert in government or private risk frameworks and control implementations.
Good understanding of risk management, information system security and compliance standards.
Excellent analytical and decision-making skills.
Proven ability to interpret and apply knowledge of regulatory/accreditation requirements.
Ability to independently solve problems often spanning multiple environments and business areas.
Ability to effect change and bring security, risk and compliance knowledge to the organization through the use of positive influence.
Understanding of infrastructure and networking architecture WANs, LANs, Internet, intranets and communication protocols.
Strong communication skills in presenting results both verbally and in writing.
Possess excellent collaboration skills with a wide variety of internal matrix and management staff.

Nice To Haves

Prior Intelligence System Support Office (ISSO) experience
5+ years of GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance)
CISSP, ITIL Foundations V3, NIST, ARS, RMF, FedRamp

Responsibilities

Independently monitor remediation of new and outstanding issues, including Information Security Risk Exception process, to ensure identification of areas of non-compliance.
Utilize tools to track and report on compliance posture.
Independently conduct formal risk analysis and self-assessments to determine effectiveness of controls and ensure creation of action plans to remediate identified risks.
Facilitate development, implementation and documentation of Information Security policies, procedures, processes and programs to guide organization toward continuous compliance.
Independently analyze and interpret security regulations and controls to advise on security compliance at a broad perspective across multiple business areas.
Consult on organizational impacts of compliance and risk management decisions.
Serve as an interface with external entities for governance and compliance reviews regarding information security risk across multiple business areas and controls.
Independently investigate, document and resolve Information Security Incidents.
Advise senior management of critical issues that may affect organization.
Research emerging security topics, threats and capabilities to create/update policy and governance.
Promote organizational security awareness by developing security training, Security Council bulletins, security policies, standards and best practices.