Security Assurance & Compliance Analyst, IV

University of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 64,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Utah CHPC Security Assurance & Compliance Analyst, IV leads the operational assurance and compliance lifecycle for CHPC environments, handling documentation, assessment readiness, and remediation tracking for regulated research. Works with technical teams and university partners to interpret requirements, ensure evidence sufficiency, and keep environments assessment-ready across frameworks like NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, HIPAA, and contractual obligations.

Location: Campus.

Qualifications

• Requires formal education plus substantial directly related work experience.
• Security and compliance documentation experience essential.
• Familiarity with NIST, HIPAA, and regulatory frameworks preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile security documentation and control materials.
• Lead preparation for security assessments, audits, and sponsor reviews.
• Evaluate evidence and ensure traceability to requirements.
• Coordinate evidence requests with technical SMEs and manage remediation tracking.
• Draft and maintain policies, standards, and governance documentation.
• Research regulatory requirements affecting CHPC environments.
• Maintain GRC workflows and remediation tracking across platforms.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent + 8 years

Master's degree or equivalent + 6 years

CISA

CGRC

CRISC

CISSP

Tools

Hyperproof

Job description

Job Summary

The Security Assurance & Compliance Analyst, IV serves as an advanced individual contributor within the CHPC Security & Compliance team. This individual owns and will be the primary builder of the operational assurance and compliance lifecycle for CHPC environments supporting regulated and sensitive research. The position is responsible for compliance documentation, assessment readiness, control and evidence management, findings and remediation tracking, GRC workflows, governance documentation, and continuous improvement.

The Analyst works with technical teams and University partners to ensure applicable requirements are accurately interpreted and documented, controls are supported by sufficient and traceable evidence, findings are managed to closure, and environments remain assessment-ready. Applicable requirements may include NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, HIPAA, University information security requirements, federal contractual obligations, and other sponsor or regulatory requirements in relation to Linux and/or Windows.

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Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile System Security Plans, POA&Ms, control implementation statements, findings, risks, and related compliance documentation.


• Lead preparation for mock audits, security assessments, sponsor reviews, and other compliance evaluations.


• Evaluate security evidence for sufficiency, currency, relevance, and traceability to applicable requirements.


• Coordinate evidence requests and control validation with CHPC technical subject‑matter experts.


• Track findings and remediation activities, including owners, milestones, dependencies, target dates, and closure evidence.


• Draft and maintain security policies, procedures, standards, organizationally defined parameters, and other governance documentation.


• Research and interpret cybersecurity, regulatory, contractual, and institutional requirements affecting CHPC regulated environments.


• Maintain operational compliance workflows within Hyperproof or other GRC platforms, including controls, evidence, assessments, findings, and remediation tracking.


• Perform quality reviews to identify inconsistencies among security documentation, control records, evidence, policies, and actual practices.


• Develop compliance and assurance reporting for assessment readiness, evidence status, open findings, remediation progress, and upcoming requirements.


• Coordinate complex compliance matters with University Information Security, GRC, Privacy, Research Security, IRB, Legal, contracting offices, and other institutional partners.


• Provide compliance and documentation support following security incidents or significant control changes.


• Provide subject‑matter guidance and peer collaboration to other team members as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Information Systems Auditor, IV: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.

Demonstrated Ability To

• Independently research and interpret security and compliance requirements.


• Develop and maintain professional security and compliance documentation.


• Evaluate security controls and supporting evidence.


• Utilize strong project and workflow discipline, including the ability to manage multiple findings, evidence requests, assessments, remediation activities, owners, dependencies, and compliance deadlines concurrently.


• Communicate and knowledge share effectively with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.


• Feel comfortable exercising independent judgment in complex or ambiguous compliance matters.

Preferences

• Experience with NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-171A, CMMC, NIST SP 800-53, HIPAA, or comparable security and privacy frameworks.


• Experience preparing for or coordinating cybersecurity audits, mock audits, assessments, sponsor reviews, or compliance evaluations.


• Experience developing or maintaining SSPs, POA&Ms, security policies, control narratives, governance documents, assessment evidence, or continuous‑compliance programs.


• Experience with Hyperproof or another governance, risk, and compliance platform.


• Experience supporting higher education, research computing, high-performance computing, regulated research, government, or federally sponsored research environments.


• Experience translating technical security implementations into clear, defensible compliance documentation and evidence requirements.


• Professional certification such as CISA, CGRC, CRISC, CISSP, Security+, or a comparable cybersecurity, audit, risk, or compliance credential.

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN46655B

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Work Schedule Summary: Monday – Friday 8am-5pm

Department: 00640 - CHPC Ctr for High Perform Computing

Location: Campus

Pay Rate Range: $64,122 - $124,278

Close Date: 01/29/2027

Open Until Filled