An employer is looking for a Senior Cyber Risk Analyst for a remote, contract-to-hire opportunity. The client is an enterprise grocery store chain, and the Sr Risk Analyst supports the IT Risk Management practice, which ensures risk is proactively identified, decisioned, communicated and monitored. The primary responsibilities of the IT Risk Analyst are to perform assessments of potential risk exposures and prepare actionable risk reporting. In this role, it is critical to foster strong working relationships with leaders in other areas of the enterprise to perform evaluations of the enterprise risk posture and to offer independent advice regarding ways to reduce risk in line with established risk appetites.
The successful candidate thinks strategically, is intellectually curious and is comfortable working in undefined problem spaces. As a member of a growing enterprise, the IT risk analyst will be expected to shape and further refine the risk program and will have the opportunity to operate with both autonomy and empowerment from senior leadership.
5-10+ years' experience in governance, risk and compliance
Risk management experience: previous experience working and reviewing cyber risk assessments
Experience with GRC-type implementations at a large/enterprise company
Familiarity with cyber security frameworks, such as, NIST-CSF
Experience with risk tools (administrative, power user, user) and compliance management software such as Archer, ServiceNow, MetricStream, etc.
Strong statistics experience as it pertains to Security & Risk: ex. Inherent vs Residual Risk, Monte Carlo Analysis, etc.
Facilitate cyber risk communications, cyber risk lifecycle task completion and cyber risk aware decision making with technical and non-technical audiences; able to communicate with all levels of an organization
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.