IT Security Specialist

USDC • Charlotte, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking a Senior Risk Mitigation Engineer for a 12+ month contract opportunity with a Global Financial Institution. This onsite role, located in Charlotte, NC or Plano, TX, focuses on identifying, evaluating, prioritizing, managing, mitigating, and resolving technology risks across enterprise productivity platforms like Microsoft 365, Exchange, and SharePoint. The position requires a blend of strong risk-management judgment and hands-on engineering knowledge to assess controls, define corrective actions, implement remediation, and prevent recurrence. The engineer will act as a senior technical authority for operational risk decisions, collaborating with project, security, compliance, engineering, and architecture teams.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant experience in enterprise technology engineering, infrastructure, operations, cybersecurity, technology risk, or a closely related discipline
• 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting enterprise productivity, collaboration, messaging, or information-protection services
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with vulnerability management, secure configuration, lifecycle management, patching, change control, incident/problem management, and production validation
• Experience supporting audits, regulatory examinations, risk committees, and formal issue-management processes
• Experience managing technology vendors and driving vendor-dependent remediation
• Demonstrated experience owning technology risks and driving remediation from identification through validated closure
• Demonstrated experience conducting risk assessments, evaluating control design, testing operating effectiveness, documenting evidence, and determining residual risk
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 and meaningful experience with at least three of the following: Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, Splunk, Email hygiene platforms, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, or Microsoft Purview
• Ability to interpret logs, alerts, configurations, technical designs, test results, and security findings
• Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to present complex technical risk to engineering teams and senior leadership
• Splunk search, analytics, monitoring, and risk reporting

Nice To Haves

• Accountability and ownership
• Analytical and systems thinking
• Sound risk-based judgment
• Ability to challenge constructively
• Executive and technical communication
• Influence across matrixed organizations
• Collaboration and conflict resolution
• Precision and evidence-based decision-making
• Adaptability in changing threat and technology environments
• Coaching, mentoring, and knowledge sharing

Responsibilities

• Manage technology risk mitigation engineering across the Productivity Engineering portfolio
• Perform risk assessments and prioritize remediation activities based on business impact and risk exposure
• Develop and execute remediation strategies that address root causes and reduce residual risk
• Evaluate and validate the effectiveness of security, operational, and recovery controls
• Help lead the implementation of engineering solutions that improve security, compliance, and operational resilience
• Help govern issue management, exception processes, and risk acceptance activities
• Establish risk monitoring, reporting, metrics, and executive governance frameworks
• Support audits, regulatory reviews, and control examinations through evidence-based validation
• Strengthen platform resilience, recovery readiness, and technology lifecycle management

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree