IT Risk Analyst

Georgia  ‐ Onsite
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IT Risk Analyst

Skills: IT Security, CISSP, IT Risk Analyst, identify and assess risk, GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) policies and experience

Summary:

As the IT Risk Analyst, you will be responsible for maintaining the process of identifying and assessing risk, reducing it to an acceptable level, and follow through on risk remediation. You need to be active in helping to define the governance, risk and compliance program elements and the plan to monitor for active compliance across the enterprise. You will assist in the development and maintenance of IT GRC policies, procedures, baselines, and standards, assist business and IT teams with solution vendor selection and technology selections, as required to address risk exposure, and perform information security and vulnerability assessments. This is a 6 month contract with the potential to extend. You must have the ability to work flexible hours including occasional nights and weekends. Don't miss out - our client is READY TO HIRE!

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in identifying and evaluating business and technology risks, internal controls which mitigate risks, and related opportunities for internal control improvement.
  • Coordinate risk mitigation plans.
  • Support the implementation of IT GRC tools and IT GRC projects to ensure that security controls are in place for the availability, confidentiality and integrity of Client data.
  • Effectively monitor and take action to ensure coordination and effectiveness of all components and activities and decide on issues requiring escalation.
  • Support the Security Incident and Event Management Plan.
  • Develop, implement, and enhance audit and compliance tracking processes in order to ensure adherence to IT GRC policies and guidelines as well as regulatory compliance.
  • Provide reports related to security events (Real Time, trends), security incident management tracking and follow up.
  • Apply broad in depth business and technical knowledge to establish technical direction and priorities.
  • Resolve and work on issues across multiple functional areas.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field.
  • 5-7 years of relevant IT experience, with a minimum of 3 years' experience focusing on IT security.
  • CISSP certification a plus. Other security or GRC focused certifications welcomed.
  • Working knowledge of application development, server, and/or networking architecture components preferred.
  • Strong analysis and process evaluation skills.
  • Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
  • Excellent problem solving skills.
  • Able to develop policies focused on governance and security enforcement that are in alignment with an overall GRC strategy.
  • Excellent oral, written, and presentation communications skills.
  • Able to work quickly with attention to detail including high-pressure situations.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff.
  • Ability to work flexible hours including occasional nights and weekends.

Benefits:

As an Agile consultant, you'll gain many of the advantages and benefits of being a direct hire, while experiencing the flexibility of consulting. It's the best of both worlds! Our IT consultants enjoy a wide array of benefits including: medical, dental, 401K, life insurance, Employee Assistance Program and more.

Start date
ASAP!
Duration
6 month + contract
(extension possible)
From
AGILE
Published at
28.03.2013
Project ID:
513170
Contract type
Freelance
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