Remote Cybersecurity Risk Operations Leader

Naukri Mitra; United States; Remote; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Remote Environment

Flexible Hours

Premium Healthcare Coverage

Annual Education Budget

Wellness Programs

Work Retreats & Global coworking

Salary: $152,000

Job summary

Naukri Mitra is seeking a Remote Cybersecurity Risk Operations Manager to lead enterprise risk programs from a home office. You will own the risk assessment lifecycle, design scalable frameworks, and drive incident response across cloud and on-premises environments.

In this high-visibility role, you’ll coordinate with legal, compliance, engineering, and executive teams, deliver real-time risk dashboards, and enforce NIST, CIS, and GDPR controls to protect digital assets globally.

Qualifications

• Academic background in Information Security, IT Systems, or a closely aligned technical discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years in cybersecurity with 3+ years managing virtual risk mitigation programs.
• Expertise in SIEM tools, endpoint defense systems, and zero-trust architecture.
• Mastery of cybersecurity frameworks, including NIST CSF and CIS Controls.
• Proficiency in AWS/Azure cloud security, access governance, and identity protection.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC preferred; forensic and penetration testing background.
• Experience with GRC platforms such as Archer or OneTrust.

Responsibilities

• Lead Risk Management Operations.
• Develop, implement, and optimize enterprise-wide risk mitigation frameworks.
• Oversee remote auditing and threat evaluation protocols across cloud and hybrid systems.
• Strategize Across Functions and collaborate with legal, compliance, engineering, and cloud security teams.
• Support executive decisions with actionable vulnerability assessments.
• Maintain Threat Intelligence and Regulatory Compliance.
• Continuously monitor global threat landscapes.
• Enforce NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliance in distributed systems.
• Deliver Real-Time Risk Intelligence and executive dashboards.
• Lead stakeholder briefings and executive security planning.
• Incident Management and coordinate virtual response teams during breaches or alerts.
• Deploy recovery playbooks and document lessons learned.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Risk management

SIEM tools

Zero-trust

Cloud security

NIST CSF

CISSP/CISM/CRISC

Forensic testing

GRC platforms Archer/OneTrust

Identity protection

Education

Information Security degree

Tools

Archer

OneTrust

Job description

Naukri Mitra is seeking a Remote Cybersecurity Risk Operations Manager to lead enterprise risk programs from a home office. You will own the risk assessment lifecycle, design scalable frameworks, and drive incident response across cloud and on-premises environments.

In this high-visibility role, you’ll coordinate with legal, compliance, engineering, and executive teams, deliver real-time risk dashboards, and enforce NIST, CIS, and GDPR controls to protect digital assets globally.