Remote GRC Analyst — Risk & Compliance Leader

Ardent; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent is seeking a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Analyst to join our team. This is a remote position with expected travel to Tallahassee, FL.

The role requires integrating governance, risk, and compliance activities with internal-audit support, maintaining traceability across documentation, and ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and agency criteria. Ideal candidates will have extensive cybersecurity and audit experience, with certifications and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information assurance, audit, information systems, or related discipline
• CISSP, CISA, PMP, CEH, or other relevant certifications
• 10 years of progressive cybersecurity experience including security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, intrusion analysis, 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, prior findings, corrective actions, inventories, and strategic plans
• 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

Auditing & assurance

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

Test design & evaluation

Incident response coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information assurance, audit, information systems, or related discipline

CISSP

CISA

PMP

CEH

Tools

Active Directory

Cloud platforms

APIs

Web applications

Databases

SIEM/EDR

Vulnerability scanners

Evidence repositories

Job description

Ardent is seeking a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Analyst to join our team. This is a remote position with expected travel to Tallahassee, FL.

The role requires integrating governance, risk, and compliance activities with internal-audit support, maintaining traceability across documentation, and ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and agency criteria. Ideal candidates will have extensive cybersecurity and audit experience, with certifications and strong communication skills.