Risk Analyst - Security Governance and Assurance Verizon
Ashburn, VA

Job Description

What you'll be doing...

Creating technologies to solve the world's biggest challenges is no small task. Join our Corporate Information Security Team focused on security governance and assurance. If you are a thought leader that is looking to help drive real security change, this just may be perfect for you.

You will work with security leaders and business stakeholders to shape the security governance framework, facilitate adoption of security controls and standards and provide situational awareness to stakeholders regarding security risk management efforts. You will work independently, interact with IT, security, and business leaders, and apply sound information security risk management practices.

This role is responsible for actively assisting teams responsible for building, operating, and managing information assets to effectively manage their information security risks. Responsibilities will include:

* Effectively navigate diverse perspectives and promote an inclusive and collaborative environment to realize beneficial security governance solutions.
* Facilitate security governance conversations with diverse security, IT and business stakeholders and help ensure positive and deliberate outcomes.
* Manage project tasks with urgency and purpose to allow for swift movement in developing governance related initiatives.
* Actively participate in developing security governance framework materials (policies, controls, standards) to drive consistent security risk treatment across the enterprise.
* Deliver and report key metrics to provide stakeholders situational awareness regarding enterprise control and standards adoption.
* Consistently deliver high quality work products that fully address the criteria for which they were intended.
* Deconstruct complex security processes and solutions to identify relevant risk areas, potential control points, and provide sound recommendations for risk treatment.
* As a contributor, takes ownership for assigned areas of responsibility and effectively manages work load to meet team deadlines.
* Effectively communicates in written form and verbally to leadership and executives.

What we're looking for...

You'll need to have:

* Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
* Four or more years of relevant work experience.
* Experience in Information Security, Technology, IT Operations, or Security Risk Management.

Even better if you have:

* Degree in Information Systems, Technology, Information Assurance, Information Security or related field.
* Certifications: CRISC, PMP, CISSP, CISM.
* Knowledge of emerging technology/ regulations and the security governance implications.
* Experience implementing standards, policies and controls.
* Demonstrated understanding of cyber security risk management concepts, cybersecurity frameworks, control standards, secure coding principles, and security technologies.
* Knowledge of information security fundamentals, best practices and industry standards with responsibilities of protecting information assets.
* Solid understanding of Verizon business operations and knowledge of the foundational technologies used across environments.
* Proven expertise in security risk management while considering business drivers and implications.
* Experience preparing and providing executive level statuses and presentations using MS PowerPoint, Visio and Excel. Experience producing reference documentation for technical or business reference.
* Experience with ISO 27001-2, NIST 800-53, or other security frameworks.
* Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to thrive in a team environment.
* Ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex business issues.

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When you join Verizon...

You'll be doing work that matters alongside other talented people, transforming the way people, businesses and things connect with each other. Beyond powering America's fastest and most reliable network, we're leading the way in broadband, cloud and security solutions, Internet of Things and innovating in areas such as, video entertainment. Of course, we will offer you great pay and benefits, but we're about more than that. Verizon is a place where you can craft your own path to greatness. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, find your future at Verizon.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer- and celebrate our employees' differences,including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. Different makes us better.