GRC Specialist — IT Security & Compliance

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking a Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Specialist to join our Information Security team. You will strengthen governance, risk management, and compliance across IT, cloud, and OT environments, building a mature cybersecurity program in partnership with multiple stakeholders.

The role involves developing policies, coordinating audits, mapping controls to frameworks, and supporting vendor risk processes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Governance, Risk & Compliance or related fields.
• Knowledge of NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS Controls.
• Experience supporting audits, evidence collection, control testing, remediation tracking, and compliance reporting.
• Ability to develop and maintain security policies, standards, procedures, and control documentation.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, gap assessments, and control reviews.
• Familiarity with third-party and vendor risk management processes.

Responsibilities

• Support governance, risk, and compliance program across IT, cloud, and OT environments.
• Develop, review, and maintain security policies, standards, procedures, and control documentation.
• Coordinate audit evidence collection for internal and external audits and customer assessments.
• Track audit findings, remediation plans, control deficiencies, policy exceptions, and risk acceptance activities.
• Perform control testing and compliance validation to ensure security controls operate effectively.
• Assist with risk assessments, gap assessments, compliance readiness activities, and control maturity reviews.
• Support vendor and third-party risk management activities, including security questionnaires and risk reviews.
• Collaborate with IT, Security Operations, Infrastructure, Engineering, Legal, Procurement, Compliance, and Operations teams.
• Map security controls to frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and CIS Controls.
• Maintain risk registers, compliance calendars, control inventories, and audit repositories.
• Prepare compliance reports, dashboards, scorecards, and presentations for leadership.
• Monitor remediation efforts and work with control owners to ensure timely issue resolution.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the information security governance program.
• Stay informed on cybersecurity regulations, compliance trends, and industry best practices.

Skills

GRC

NIST CSF

ISO 27001

SOC 2

CIS Controls

Audit support

Risk assessments

Vendor risk

Cross-functional

Tools

ServiceNow GRC

Archer

OneTrust

AuditBoard

LogicGate

Drata

Vanta

Job description

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking a Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Specialist to join our Information Security team. You will strengthen governance, risk management, and compliance across IT, cloud, and OT environments, building a mature cybersecurity program in partnership with multiple stakeholders.

The role involves developing policies, coordinating audits, mapping controls to frameworks, and supporting vendor risk processes.