Mid-Level Risk Business Analyst

247Hire; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

247Hire in Vienna, VA seeks an experienced IT professional to lead desktop infrastructure and translate complex requirements into practical, secure solutions. You will support privileged access management, recertifications, audit readiness, and compliance reporting, while developing dashboards, SOPs, and governance materials to strengthen preventive controls and reduce manual effort.

Excellent communication, collaboration with stakeholders, and a disciplined approach to risk remediation are

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, risk or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in desktop infrastructure, access governance, and risk remediation.
• Experience with privileged access management and recertifications.
• Proficient in auditing support, policy alignment, and reporting.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and data analysis.
• Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Experience with ServiceNow and MyIT for access management reporting.
• Proven project coordination and stakeholder communication capabilities.
• Detail-oriented with strong documentation and governance focus.
• Willingness to operate in a fast-paced environment with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Support elevated access governance activities, including reviews and recertifications.
• Review access requests against business needs, policy standards and compliance.
• Develop and maintain compliance reporting, dashboards, and SOPs.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen controls and reduce manual work.
• Use Excel and reporting tools to analyze data and support risk decisions.
• Support projects and process improvements through planning and tracking.
• Build relationships with team members, management and stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Desktop infra

Access governance

Risk remediation

Audit support

Compliance reporting

Excel

Pivot tables

Automation scripting

Communication

Project coordination

End-user computing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Risk/Business

Tools

ServiceNow

MyIT

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Strong technical aptitude of desktop infrastructure; Ability to translate and communicate technical requirements and theoretical solutions
• Support elevated access governance activities, including recurring reviews, entitlement validation, recertifications, exception tracking, evidence collection, audit readiness, and remediation follow-up.
• Review access and control-related requests against business needs, security requirements, policy standards, documented risk criteria, and compliance obligations.
• Develop and maintain compliance reporting, dashboards, Standard Operating Procedures, and governance reference materials while identifying opportunities to strengthen preventive controls, reduce manual effort, and improve operational consistency.
• Use Excel, pivot tables, and reporting tools to analyze data, validate controls, and support risk-based decisions.
• Support projects and process improvements through planning, tracking, and implementation.
• Build effective relationships with team members, management, business partners, and key stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Risk Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 5+ years of IT experience formulating and supporting desktop infrastructure technical solutions for access governance, privileged access administration, risk remediation, audit support, compliance reporting, and control validation within end-user computing operations.
• Experience supporting privileged access management, workstation elevated-access provisioning, entitlement management, recertification processes, ServiceNow, MyIT, and related reporting tools.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to present status, findings, conclusions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong planning and time management skills with the ability to prioritize and execute.
• Experience leading projects through planning, execution, stakeholder coordination, process improvement, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including experience using Excel, pivot tables, and related reporting tools.
• Experience creating automation or scripting to reduce manual effort and improve reporting consistency.
• Experience supporting audits, risk remediation efforts, access reviews, status reporting, control validation, and evidence collection.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to develop action plans and present clear, practical recommendations to management.
• Self-motivated professional with a positive attitude, sound judgment, and the ability to quickly ramp up in a fast-paced environment.
• Work independently and collaboratively while handling sensitive information with professionalism and discretion.

Desired Qualifications:

• PMP or similar project management certification.