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Security Assurance & Compliance Lead - Application Assessment (Chicago, IL or Mount Olive, NJ) (Chicago, IL, US)
Chicago, IL

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Job Description

 

* Role can sit in Chicago, IL or Mt. Olive, NJ*

 

Mars IS Security Governance exists to assess, communicate, and reduce risk to the Business.  This requires deep & current expertise in the underlying technology, an up-to-date understanding of the industry & legal mandates, and strong background in securing a global enterprise.

 

Traditional Mars IS roles are only scoped for Units that buy services from Mars IS.  Security roles are scoped for all of Mars.  This includes non-traditional lines of business, such as Multi-Level Marketing, Emerging PetCare, and Veterinary Services.  Governing these “non-Mars IS” Units requires skill sets in technology that are not standard to Mars and influencing skills not required of other parts of the organization.

 

Vendor Risk Management ensures that Mars understands the security of its business partners.  With this information, Mars manages third party risk to the Mars IS landscape.  We partner with Commercial and Corporate Legal to ensure risk mitigation and legal compliance are part of our contracting practice.

 

Key Responsibilities:

* Assist with the implementation of global strategic roadmaps within security technology
* Drive project delivery by ensuring the pipeline of application assessments is managed to SLA
* Create a program for  ongoing reassessment, and programmatic reassessment of the existing portfolio of applications
* Communicate and socialize security standards, ensure global acceptance and adherence
* Support the implementation of major security technologies for Mars Inc.
* Support role for incidents related to deployed security technologies
* Ensure adoption of Mars technical security controls
* Responsible for performing security assessments for internal and external projects. The assessment must include identifying security gaps and partnering with the project teams to agree corrective actions or compensating controls to remediate them.
* Evaluate the security of vendors and hosted solutions based on approved security standards. Determine risk and potential impact based on emerging security threats
* Conduct PCI audits
* Support web application security testing.
* Input into metrics & reporting for the program

 

Context and Scope:

* Knowledge of vendor landscape and capabilities.
* Technical expertise in their functional security technologies and knowledge of Mars platforms. Strong internal relationships including platform development.
* Leverage project management skills to deliver new technologies.
* Analyse and rank risks. Schedule follow up meetings with project teams and vendors to discuss remediation and track progress.
* Document residual risk and risk acceptance        
* Produce vendor security metrics for senior management.
* Continually enhance program to protect against new threats
* Partner with commercial & Enterprise Architecture teams to identify projects requiring assessments. Work to embed security assessment in existing processes

 

Job Specifications/Qualifications:

Education & Professional Qualification:

 

* University degree (engineering/IT/computer science) or equivalent work experience, CISSP.

 

Knowledge/Experience:
* 5+ years work experience implementing IT technologies, significant experience with security infrastructure technologies and malware remediation.

 

 #LI-SG1

A mutually rewarding experience.

 

Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there’s more to being in business than just making a profit. That’s the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet.  What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.

 

Because it’s never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It’s about how you can grab everything that’s within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long-term gain. It’s about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we’ll all be a little better off. It’s that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.

 

About Mars, Incorporated 

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

 

 

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

 

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