IT GRC Analyst II

ncsecu; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

State Employees' Credit Union is seeking an IT GRC Analyst II to assess, test, document, and monitor the SECU technology ecosystem to ensure the IT control environment mitigates risks in a changing threat landscape. The role bridges technology and business with a big-picture focus and end-to-end risk management execution.

The analyst will develop, monitor, and track risk remediation plans, aggregate key risk metrics, and report to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of IT security or IT risk management experience.
• Experience in financial institutions is preferred.
• Familiarity with security standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, ISF SoGP.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, GIAC, CRISC, OSCP or similar are a plus.
• Experience in DevOps environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify, document, and monitor technology risks across internal and external environments (vendor/cloud).
• Quantify inherent and residual IT risk levels for analytics and reporting.
• Collaborate with remediation owners to establish milestones and track remediation progress.
• Execute IT risk management processes and support program design improvements.
• Perform risk and controls assessments and report to Audit/Regulatory teams.
• Partner with stakeholders to establish IT risk reporting, metrics, KRIs, and KPIs.

Skills

IT Security

Risk Management

Communication

Teamwork

DevOps experience

Vendor Risk

Job description

If you are motivated and believe in the credit union philosophy of \"People Helping People\", join our team!

Position Overview:

The IT GRC Analyst II assess, tests, documents, and monitors the SECU technology ecosystem to ensure the IT control environment effectively mitigates risks associated with an everchanging threat landscape. The IT GRC Analyst will possess a wide range of technical and interpersonal skills to bridge the gap between technology organizations and the business. Must have a big-picture perspective, ability to execute end-to-end risk management processes, and ability to quickly establish trust and build productive relationships across multiple departments. The IT GRC Analyst will require expertise to perform technology risk assessments, provide input to and/or document IT policies, standards, and guidelines, develop, monitor, and track risk remediation plans, and aggregate and report key risk metrics to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• 20% Identify, document, and monitor technology risks present across both internal and external (vendor / cloud) environments
• 20% Quantify inherent and residual IT risk levels to enhance analytics, inform prioritizations, and for use in management reporting
• 20% Work with risk remediation owners to establish remediation plans with milestones and target dates, and monitor progress towards remediation, escalating as appropriate
• 20% Execute technology risk management processes and provide input to support continuous improvement of process and program design
• 10% Perform risk and controls assessments while aggregating reporting for Audit and/or Regulatory issues.
• 10% Partner with relevant stakeholders to establish clear and consistent IT risk reporting, metrics, KRIs, and KPIs to inform decision making

Required Relevant Experience :

Minimum 5 years

Required Knowledge, Abilities, Skills:

Teamwork, collaboration, self-driven and effective communication skills - both written and verbal.

5 years of IT Security and/or IT Risk Management experience working in a mid-to-large size company

Basic proficiency or ability to learn one or more of the following:

• Risk and controls assessments
• Documenting and maintaining IT Policies / Standards
• IT Risk aggregation, reporting, KPI/KRIs
• Issues management
• Third party risk management
• Working knowledge of various industry security standards and frameworks including: NIST, ISO 27001, ISF Standard of Good Practice (SoGP), etc.

Desired Knowledge, Abilities, Skills:

• 5+ years working in a financial institution.
• Knowledge of modern enterprise and security architectures, their challenges, common approaches to overcome their challenges, and their inherent security strengths and weaknesses.
• Professional certifications such as: CISSP, CISA, CISM, GIAC, CGEIT, CRISC, OSCE, or other relevant industry certification
• Experience working within a DevOps environment

SECU provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law.

State Employees' Credit Union reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower level based on business need.