Technology Governance & Compliance Specialist

Harris County Sheriff's Office; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris County Sheriff's Office is seeking an experienced Compliance Policy Analyst to support policy administration and risk-based compliance monitoring for Sheriff’s Office technology. The role emphasizes ALPR and other high-risk systems, collaborating with system owners and legal, information security and command leadership to improve controls while preserving public safety operations.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree and at least five years’ experience in compliance or policy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, criminal justice, public administration, business, auditing, compliance or a closely related field.
• Five (5) years of professional experience in compliance, internal controls, audit, technology governance, risk management or policy implementation, including at least two (2) years assessing information-system controls, user access or technology use.
• Substitutions: four (4) years of additional qualifying experience may substitute for the degree; a master’s degree or J.D. may substitute for one (1) year of experience.
• Must pass the agency background investigation, including fingerprint-based CJIS screening.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and develops proposed technology-use policies, procedures, review schedules and documented controls, beginning with ALPR.
• Coordinates review and approval through affected commands, Legal, Information Security and other designated policy authorities.
• Maintains current approved versions and review and approval history; identifies governance requirements for major system changes or deployments.
• Develops a risk-ranked review schedule and maintains a prioritized register of governed systems, their operational owners and applicable requirements.
• Conducts evidence-based reviews, within the approved work plan, of technology use, access records, policy adherence, retention practices and documented exceptions; coordinates technical log extraction with system administrators.
• Documents findings, control gaps and recommended corrective actions; supports CJIS and other authorized compliance audits.
• Coordinates responsible-use and policy training with the Academy, system owners and vendors.
• Identifies role-specific technical training needs and coordinates with, but does not replace, technical instructors and system administrators.
• Maintains training and acknowledgment records and reports gaps to supervisors for action under established policy.
• Works with operational owners and designated data stewards to document appropriate use, access, retention, sharing and data-quality requirements.
• Coordinates with Legal, Procurement, contract staff and technical owners to review vendor obligations and evidence of compliance.
• Reports material data-handling or contract concerns and tracks assigned remediation.
• Maintains a documented intake, referral and corrective-action tracking process for governance concerns and compliance findings.
• Performs preliminary policy and control assessments; promptly refers suspected misconduct, security incidents and legal concerns to the appropriate authorized unit.
• Tracks assigned owners, due dates and evidence of completion; identifies recurring control weaknesses.
• Prepares concise periodic reports on reviews, policy gaps, training, vendor issues and corrective actions.
• Provides findings and practical recommendations to Technology & Innovation management and designated command leadership.

Skills

Policy development

Compliance monitoring

Training coordination

Data governance

Audit and assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field

Tools

Spreadsheets

Reporting tools

Job description

Harris County Sheriff's Office is seeking an experienced Compliance Policy Analyst to support policy administration and risk-based compliance monitoring for Sheriff’s Office technology. The role emphasizes ALPR and other high-risk systems, collaborating with system owners and legal, information security and command leadership to improve controls while preserving public safety operations.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree and at least five years’ experience in compliance or policy