Information Security Analyst

Virginia  ‐ Onsite
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The ideal candidate will have strong strategic and integrative thinking skills as well as good organizational and communication skills to work with diverse business areas in the risk management and Information Security space.

This role involves both managing various aspects of risk and compliance management as well as an understanding and application of Information Security requirements for LOB initiatives by identifying, developing, leading and implementing corrective actions where needed. This includes enhancing and implementing consistent frameworks, performing risk assessments and managing applications and customer expectations for delivery of products. It will be crucial for the candidate to apply business, technical and industry knowledge to assess business risk, identify key controls, and perform risk based testing of IT application controls. 

Information Security Consultant Responsibilities

  • Ensure understanding of key department initiatives/projects and ensure Information Security requirements have been delivered/reviewed for the entire portfolio
  • Demonstrate ability to understand project technical requirements and provide mitigating controls to ensure adherence with Information Security policies and standards.
  • Ensure the appropriate Information Security resources are identified and aligned with department initiatives and ensure resources issues are escalated appropriately
  • Perform post validation of department projects and ensure that Information Security requirements have been met and gaps are identified and remediated Serve as key point of contact for department on matters involving Information Security Services/processes and work with business partners to improve understanding key Information Security processes
  • Assist the business in:
    o Advising on and developing risk based Big Data use cases
    o Perform hardware and software risk assessments for the entire Big Data environment. o Develop mitigation plans for managing risk in the Big Data environment.
    o Providing information security consultation and guidance for software tool selection to support and manage the Big Data Environment
    o Assist in the implementation of tools utilized for Data Management, Information Security, etc in a Big Data Implementation
    o Function as core member of an Agile Scrum team within the Big Data program, and being fungible to assist the team in completing their objectives.

Basic Qualifications: -

  • High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Certification, or Military experience - 3 Years experience in Risk Management - 2 Years experience in Information

Technology Preferred Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of IT Operations (Network ops, Hosting, Storage, etc)
  • Hands on experience with at least one of the following aspects information Security - application security, network security, identity and access management, third party security, etc. or 3 years of enterprise architecture experience
  • CISSP, CRISC, CRCM, CAMS, CISA, or CIPP Risk Management Certification
  • 2 Years experience in Project management - Bachelor's degree in related field Information Security and Risk Management is seeking an experienced, highly motivated risk manager.

The ideal candidate will have strong strategic and integrative thinking skills as well as good organizational and communication skills to work with diverse business areas in the risk management and Information Security space.

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Start date
n.a
From
SSS NC
Published at
27.03.2014
Project ID:
685580
Contract type
Freelance
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