Principal Specialist, Cybersecurity & Risk Management (Remote)

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8d • Remote

About The Position

Principal Specialist, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, a member of the Global Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) organization, reporting to a Compliance Leader. Roles and responsibilities include supporting and communicating compliance activities for internal organizations as well as supporting internal and external audits with regulators. This role will also include providing certifications and status of compliance to customers. This individual will work remotely anywhere within the United States. No regular travel is anticipated for this role.

Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum 5 years of experience, or an Advanced Degree and a minimum 3 years experience.
• 3+ years experience with IT cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., CMMC, ISO 27001, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, etc.)
• Experience supporting cybersecurity risk and compliance assessments
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in regulations and directives including CMMC, GDPR, Cyber Essentials, etc.
• Security certifications (i.e., Security +, etc.)
• IT Governance and Risk Management certifications (i.e., CISA, CRISC, etc.)
• Industry Experience working with/for US DOD, commercial airlines, and aerospace OEMs.
• Ability to work collaboratively with remote team members
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and proactive, critical thinking skills.
• Ability to build and maintain customer relationships; strong team player, able to meet deadlines and adjust to changing priorities

Responsibilities

• Maintain a baseline understanding of relevant IT specific frameworks referenced in customer requests or customer requests are based upon.
• Manage customer cyber compliance requests, prioritize actions, and provide timely responses to meet customer needs.
• Create and maintain a tracking mechanism to allow for consistent customer responses, limit rework, and report metrics to stakeholders
• Support and facilitate various internal & external audits
• Partner, manage communication, and function as a liaison with external auditors and business units
• Assess compliance with policies, standards, and regulations through the performance of compliance assessments, risk assessments, and controls testing
• Identify any non-compliance with regulations, bring them to management attention and work with others to manage remediation
• Work with control owners, business partners, Enterprise Cyber teams, and Legal to ensure controls are well defined and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Monitoring remediation activities, report progress, and support the publishing of metrics
• Recommend and implement new processes, policies, standards or operating plans in support of strategies
• Manage small projects or processes
• Regularly provide SME support to the business unit teams

Benefits

• Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs.
• Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees