Security Operations & GRC Lead

Pasona N A, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pasona N A, Inc. is seeking a Founding Security Operations & GRC Lead for a remote, U.S.-based role. You will own security operations across cloud, enterprise tech, and third-party vendors, while driving governance, risk management, and compliance initiatives.

Responsibilities include coordinating incident response, maintaining audit-ready evidence, and enhancing cloud-security posture in AWS. 7+ years in relevant areas and strong collaboration skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in security operations, information security, vulnerability management, or GRC/security compliance.
• Hands-on experience with AWS security services and cloud-security operations.
• Experience with SIEM, MDR, EDR, vulnerability management, identity management, and ticketing platforms.
• Strong documentation, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to coordinate across technical teams, business stakeholders, and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day security operations across cloud, product, vendor, and enterprise technology environments.
• Monitor remediation of security findings from tools, cloud monitoring services, and third-party assessments.
• Review, triage, prioritize, track, and expand security alerts and security-related issues.
• Coordinate security incident response activities, including investigation support, escalation, evidence preservation, communications, and post-incident review.
• Support cloud-security posture management within AWS environments.
• Oversee security controls related to IAM, CloudTrail, AWS Config, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie, KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, backup and recovery controls.
• Maintain cloud-security documentation and evidence for audits and examinations.

Skills

Security Operations

Information Security

Vulnerability Management

GRC / Security Compliance

AWS security services

Tools

SIEM

MDR

EDR

Identity management

Job description

A newly established fintech and trust bank focused on digital payments and digital asset infrastructure.

Location: Remote, U.S.-Based

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation: $150,000-$180,000 Base Salary (Depending on Experience)

Position Overview

The Founding Security Operations & GRC Lead will serve as the internal owner of security operations execution and governance activities across cloud infrastructure, enterprise technology, product platforms, and third-party vendors.

The organization leverages specialized security, infrastructure, compliance, and advisory partners for implementation and monitoring activities; however, internal ownership of security findings, remediation tracking, risk management, control evidence, and examination readiness remains critical.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in security operations, cloud security, security governance, technology risk management, audit support, or security compliance within regulated industries.

Key Responsibilities

Security Operations

• Manage day-to-day security operations across cloud, product, vendor, and enterprise technology environments.
• Monitor and coordinate remediation of security findings from security tools, cloud monitoring services, and third-party assessments.
• Review, triage, prioritize, track, and expand security alerts and security-related issues.
• Coordinate security incident response activities, including investigation support, escalation, evidence preservation, communications, and post-incident review.
• Support cloud-security posture management within AWS environments.
• Oversee security controls related to:
  • IAM
  • CloudTrail
  • AWS Config
  • Security Hub
  • GuardDuty
  • Inspector
  • Macie
  • KMS
  • Secrets Manager
  • WAF
  • Backup and recovery controls
• Maintain cloud-security documentation and evidence for audits and examinations.

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

• Maintain security control documentation, audit evidence, risk registers, and security exception records.
• Support access governance activities, including user access reviews, privileged access certifications, and joiner/mover/leaver processes.
• Prepare and organize security evidence for internal audits, external audits, regulatory examinations, and third-party reviews.
• Assist with ongoing compliance and examination-readiness initiatives.
• Coordinate security oversight activities involving critical third-party providers and security partners.
• Review vendor security documentation, assessment results, penetration-test reports, and remediation plans.
• Track vendor-related security issues and follow up on corrective actions.

Secure Development & Vulnerability Management

• Partner with engineering and platform teams to support secure SDLC controls.
• Coordinate remediation activities for findings from:
  • Vulnerability assessments
  • Penetration tests
  • Code reviews
  • SAST tools
  • Dependency scans
  • Secrets scanning
  • Container security reviews
• Track remediation progress and ensure timely closure of identified risks.

Regulatory & Examination Readiness

Maintain organized, accurate, and examination-ready security evidence.

Support regulatory readiness activities and ensure security controls remain properly documented and defensible.

Provide regular updates to leadership regarding security risks, incidents, remediation efforts, and control effectiveness.

Qualifications

Required

7+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Security Operations
• Information Security
• Vulnerability Management
• GRC / Security Compliance
• Experience supporting security programs in regulated or audit-sensitive environments.

Strong understanding of:

• Alert triage
• Access reviews
• Vulnerability management
• Security control documentation
• Hands-on experience with AWS security services and cloud-security operations.

Experience working with SIEM, MDR, EDR, vulnerability management, identity management, and ticketing platforms.

Ability to coordinate effectively across technical teams, business stakeholders, and external partners.

Strong documentation, communication, and organizational skills.

Preferred

Experience within:

• Banking
• Fintech
• Payments
• Trust companies
• Digital asset or custody environments

Familiarity with:

• OCC examination readiness
• FFIEC guidance
• NIST CSF
• NIST 800-53
• SOC 2
• GLBA
• CIS Controls

Experience supporting AWS multi-account cloud environments.

Exposure to digital assets, blockchain, stablecoins, wallets, custody platforms, or regulated payment systems.

Experience supporting Microsoft 365, endpoint security, identity governance, EDR, or SASE technologies.

Professional certifications such as:

• CISSP
• CISM
• CISA
• CCSP
• AWS Security Specialty
• GIAC
• Security+

What Makes This Opportunity Unique

• Founding-level security leadership role with significant visibility and impact
• Opportunity to help build security operations and governance programs from the ground up
• Direct interaction with executive leadership, including CTO/CISO
• Exposure to regulatory, cloud-security, vendor-risk, and audit-readiness initiatives
• Collaborative environment supported by specialized security and compliance partners
• Remote work flexibility within the United States

Interested candidates should possess a hands-on approach, strong ownership mentality, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where security, compliance, and operational excellence are critical to success.