Information Protection & Compliance Advisor

The Cigna Group; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

The Cigna Group is seeking an Information Protection Advisor to support federal compliance programs and ensure systems meet evolving cybersecurity and regulatory requirements. You will partner with business, technology, cybersecurity, and control teams to maintain audit-ready security documentation and drive quality across compliance processes.

This role emphasizes collaboration, meticulous documentation, and timely remediation of gaps to support audits, certifications, and readiness activities,

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of risk management, compliance, audit, and security control documentation practices.
• Experience interpreting NIST requirements and translating them into actionable documentation and compliance activities.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with system owners, control owners, engineering teams, and subject matter experts to validate control implementations, system boundaries, and security documentation.
• Track documentation updates, open items, remediation activities, and evidence requirements through completion.
• Gather, organize, and maintain control evidence and supporting artifacts in approved repositories.
• Support compliance assessments, audits, and certification activities by coordinating documentation, responding to requests, and monitoring deliverables.
• Identify documentation gaps, inconsistencies, and potential compliance concerns, escalating issues when appropriate.
• Maintain compliance artifacts including POA&Ms, policies, procedures, control mappings, assessment records, and remediation documentation.
• Support CMMC readiness efforts through control mapping, evidence collection, gap assessments, issue tracking, and remediation follow-up.
• Assist with defining and maintaining compliance scope, system boundaries, inventories, and asset populations supporting federal operations.
• Contribute to templates, procedures, and quality reviews that improve consistency, efficiency, and documentation standards across the compliance program.
• Communicate project status, risks, and priorities while managing multiple deliverables and deadlines.
• Support additional security, regulatory, contractual, and audit-related initiatives as business needs evolve.

Skills

Information security

Regulatory compliance

Documentation

Communication

Independent work

Collaboration

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Experience in lieu of degree

Job description

The Cigna Group is seeking an Information Protection Advisor to support federal compliance programs and ensure systems meet evolving cybersecurity and regulatory requirements. You will partner with business, technology, cybersecurity, and control teams to maintain audit-ready security documentation and drive quality across compliance processes.

This role emphasizes collaboration, meticulous documentation, and timely remediation of gaps to support audits, certifications, and readiness activities,