Cyber Security Authorization and GRC Support Analyst
Washington, DC

Job Description

Description

Every day at Perspecta, we enable hundreds of thousands of people to take on our nation's most important work.

We're a company founded on a diverse set of capabilities and skills, bound together by a single promise: we never stop solving our nation's most complex challenges. Our team of engineers, analysts, developers, investigators, integrators and architects work tirelessly to create innovative solutions. We continually push ourselves-to respond, to adapt, to go further. To look ahead to the changing landscape and develop new and innovative ways to serve our customers.

Perspecta works with U.S. government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health care, and state and local markets. Our high-caliber employees are rewarded in many ways-not only through competitive salaries and benefits packages, but the opportunity to create a meaningful impact in jobs and on projects that matter.

Perspecta's talented and robust workforce-14,000 strong-stands ready to welcome you to the team. Let's make an impact together.

Perspecta has a need for a Cyber Security Authorization and GRC Support Analyst located in Washington, DC.

This role ensures operational security measures are implemented. Assesses and mitigates system security risks; Determines and analyzes security requirements for implementation and testing. Reviews and continuously monitors implemented security controls. Focused on providing proactive GRC integration to enable the strategy for managing our client's overall security governance, enterprise risk management and compliance with our statutory, regulatory, and contractual security requirements. A broad range of professional skills along with strong interpersonal skills will be required for problem-solving, collaboration with virtual cross-functional work groups, along with tracking and reporting of program status, compliance gaps and risks. Soft skills, technical aptitude, and security knowledge sufficient to help ensure alignment to our GRC guiding principles, strategic framework, and target state maturity goals while adjusting to an ever-changing threat landscape.

Required Experience:

* Ability to influence OCISO Delivery system stakeholders in the execution of security and compliance requirements
* Ensure GRC is leveraging best practice around tailoring baseline security controls based on risk assessment process, future effectiveness testing results, and internal/external audit trends


* Consult on tuning, modifying and hardening security policies based on risk and business strategy



Qualifications

* 5 - 7 years of Risk, Governance and IT/Security experience


* Experience as a Security consultant in Risk and Compliance


* Knowledge of the security countermeasures and overall RMF and NIST compliance


* Experience in working with security management including information governance and compliance


* Good understanding of Assurance Practices and Risk Management, hands on experience


* Experience with security processes and standards, in particular NIST 800 series and RMF


* Knowledge of security audit and accreditation processes


* Knowledge of Federal Security, industry and market trends


* Understands federal security and regulations impacting security requirements to develop strategies for supporting client operations


* One or more of the following certifications:
* CompTIA Security+ CE


* Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)


* ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)


* Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Security


* Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)





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