Remote GRC Analyst - Risk, Compliance & Audits

Ardent; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent is seeking a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Analyst to join our team in a remote capacity with travel to Tallahassee, FL. The role integrates governance, risk, compliance, and internal-audit support requirements across a multi-agency environment.

You will lead testing design, map procedures to NIST CSF and applicable rules, review evidence for accuracy, and guide OCIG and OIG staff through knowledge transfer and QA reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information assurance, audit, information systems, or related discipline.
• Proof of relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CISA, PMP, CEH, or other relevant certifications.
• 10 years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, intrusion analysis, adversary simulation, technical assessment, or audit support.
• 5 years supporting or conducting audits, compliance reviews, independent assessments, or assurance work in government or similarly regulated environments.
• Demonstrated ability to design defensible test procedures, evaluate control performance, distinguish fact from opinion, and communicate technical results to senior stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of professional auditing or assurance standards and evidence requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead ingestion and analysis of agency documentation including risk assessments, remediation plans, and prior findings.
• Direct development of the Agency Risk Understanding Memorandum, including environmental summaries, agency-specific risks, assumptions, documentation gaps, and impacts on testing priorities.
• Design the Ground-Truth and Ad Hoc Testing Strategies and approve detailed procedures defining objectives, systems, controls, access points, tools, sampling, scripts, evidence, thresholds, stop conditions, and escalation paths.
• Map procedures and results to NIST CSF DE.AE, DE.DP, PR.AC; Rule 60GG-2, F.A.C.; and the applicable approved criteria.
• Ensure testing remains within written OCIG authorization, avoids duplication of operational testing, and complies with agency-specific Rules of Engagement.
• Review evidence for relevance, reliability, sufficiency, attribution, timestamps, chain of custody, and reproducibility.
• Validate that reports accurately state procedures performed and factual results without an audit opinion; ensure advisory recommendations are distinctly labeled.
• Conduct independent QA reviews of technical deliverables not authored solely by the reviewer and document sign-off.
• Lead technical briefings, workshops, job aids, and knowledge transfer so OCIG and OIG staff can understand and reuse procedures.
• Support urgent analysis of logs, timelines, after-action reports, remediation evidence, and incident-specific control issues when directed.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Auditing

Risk assessment

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity / information assurance / audit / information systems

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

Threat-informed kill chains

Active Directory

Cloud platforms

APIs

SIEM/EDR

Vulnerability scanners

Evidence repositories

Job description

Ardent is seeking a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Analyst to join our team in a remote capacity with travel to Tallahassee, FL. The role integrates governance, risk, compliance, and internal-audit support requirements across a multi-agency environment.

You will lead testing design, map procedures to NIST CSF and applicable rules, review evidence for accuracy, and guide OCIG and OIG staff through knowledge transfer and QA reviews.