This is a 6 month contract to hire fully remote position for a SECURITY ANALYST

No Corp to Corp and No outside vendors- must have proper work authorization and no sponsorship

Overview

The Risk & Compliance team is essential to the success of Information Security Program.

We’re all about risk and strategy: We start with a risk based approach to understand what to take action on and why; Build organizational alignment and communicate the standardized approach to address risk; Mobilize risk remediation by identifying, coordinating and applying the resources (people, process, and technology) needed for action; Then we formalize the new and enhanced controls to help us understand the effect of change on risk so that we can continue to iterate and improve.

Responsibilities:

Proactively monitors the threat landscape and current controls to evaluate the effectiveness of the security tools and works with internal and external stakeholders to implement appropriate safeguards and controls.

Develop and implement security controls to reduce the likelihood and impact of security incidents.

Assists in performing risk assessments of internal and external applications/solutions to determine their adherence to security controls, policies, standards and industry best practices, and maintains ongoing safeguards and access controls.

Performs audits on processes to ensure compliance with security policies, procedures and best practices.

Assists in updates to enterprise information security policies, technical standards, guidelines, and procedures necessary to support information security in compliance with established company policies, regulatory requirements, and generally accepted information security controls.

Makes recommendations on IT security administration issues, coordinating with users to determine requirements, and ensuring system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored, finding ways to increase efficiency.

Assesses current and planned applications and systems, identifying security protection issues and proactively identifying and modifying controls to protect against sophisticated cyber- attacks.

Collaborates across the organization and with external parties to remediate security gaps.
Communicates security risks and solutions to business partners and IT staff as needed.
Stay up-to-date on the latest security threats and trends.
Formulate security configuration and operational standards for IT systems/applications.
Design and develop internal controls to mitigate security risks and related opportunities for internal controls improvement.
Work with other IT staff to ensure the security of the organization's systems and data.
Provide assistance in security incidents resolution.

Qualifications:

3+ years of experience in security risk analysis or a related field
Strong understanding of security principles and best practices
Experience with security tools and systems
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Compliance and Audit experience is a plus

Preferred

● Experience in IT security in a healthcare environment.

Must pass background and drug screen

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