Healthcare Security GRC Specialist

Kforce, Inc; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce is seeking a Security Compliance Specialist in Los Angeles, CA to support a healthcare organization's cybersecurity GRC program. The role emphasizes risk assessments, audits, policy governance, and regulatory compliance to mature an enterprise security posture.

You will work with control owners, audits, evidence collection, and remediation tracking, and help shift activities from point-in-time audits to continuous, risk-based assurance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, IT, Risk Management, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information security compliance, GRC, risk management or audits.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity compliance in a regulated environment.
• Hands-on experience with risk assessments, control assessments, audits, evidence collection, and remediation tracking.
• Experience interpreting policies, controls, regulations, and security frameworks.
• Experience developing or maintaining security policies, standards, or procedures.
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Healthcare cybersecurity experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Support cybersecurity governance, risk management, compliance, and control assurance activities
• Conduct and coordinate security risk assessments and control reviews across systems, applications, processes, and initiatives
• Partner with control owners to collect evidence, validate security controls, identify gaps, and track remediation
• Support internal and external audits, including evidence collection, findings, management responses, and corrective actions
• Develop and maintain Information Security policies, standards, procedures, and governance documentation
• Map security requirements and controls to frameworks including HIPAA, NIST CSF, and HHS 405(d) HICP
• Maintain cybersecurity risks, findings, exceptions, and remediation plans and elevate significant or overdue items when needed
• Develop KRIs, KPIs, and compliance metrics that demonstrate control effectiveness and program maturity
• Support cybersecurity awareness, education, and training initiatives
• Partner across Cybersecurity, IT, Privacy, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit, and business teams
• Help transition compliance activities from point-in-time audit exercises toward continuous, measurable, risk-based control assurance

Skills

GRC familiarity

Risk assessment

Audit support

Policy governance

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Job description

Kforce is seeking a Security Compliance Specialist in Los Angeles, CA to support a healthcare organization's cybersecurity GRC program. The role emphasizes risk assessments, audits, policy governance, and regulatory compliance to mature an enterprise security posture.

You will work with control owners, audits, evidence collection, and remediation tracking, and help shift activities from point-in-time audits to continuous, risk-based assurance.