Security Risk Analyst III (West Columbia)

Title : Security Risk Analyst III

Duration : 12 months

Location : Columbia, SC

Partial Onsite : Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday onsite and as needed

C2 eligibility is required

Duties :

• 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.
• 20% 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.
• 20% Independently conduct formal risk analysis and self-assessments to determine effectiveness of controls and ensure creation of action plans to remediate identified risks.
• 20% 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.
• 20% Serve as an interface with external entities for governance and compliance reviews regarding information security risk across multiple business areas and controls.
• 10% Independently investigate, document and resolve Information Security Incidents. Advise senior management of critical issues that may affect organization.
• 10% 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

Requirements :

Candidates Technical Background :

Preferred / Highly Desired Skills :

Required Skills and Abilities :

Work Environment : Fast paced, multi-platformed environment which may require action and response 24X7 to support the technical business needs of the customer.

Required Education : Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related degree.

Required Degree Equivalency : 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree

Required Work Experience : 6 years of I / T experience including 4 years of IT security, risk assessment and / or compliance experience. Successful completion of Client's Entry Level Training Program (ELTP) may be substituted for 2 years of I / T experience.