"Absorb is the unique type of organization that everyone should have the opportunity to experience at some point in their career. We’re a company focused on learning, and every day brings opportunities to learn new skills and take on new challenges. What truly makes Absorb special, though, is working alongside people who are committed to being right there with you as you learn and overcome these challenges."- Aaron, COO
As a GRC Analyst at Absorb, you will participate in assessing security, risk and regulatory compliance requirements in our client vendor cyber risk management related activities and provide feedback to our governance and risk frameworks. You will run and enhance our Responsive.io platform to continually improve our response to client RFPs, questionnaires and general inquiries.
You will be part of a risk-minded team that believes in continuous progress and right-sizing our controls to best align with our business goals and objectives where security culture and mindset is key. Our team is continuously rethinking how Risk Governance can be accomplished in innovative ways.
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What you’ll do:
- Support the ongoing execution of the GRC program and initiatives
- Support evaluating effectiveness of security/privacy controls
- Perform business impact analysis and vendor risk assessments
- Support application & services risk assessments
- Support client security/privacy questionnaires
- Support the review and update information security policies, standards, processes and procedures
- Support security awareness and cultivating a risk aware culture
- Support external audit activities
What you’ll bring:
- 1 – 3 years of experience in performing activities within the GRC domain
- A basic understanding of information security and compliance frameworks including SOC 1/2, ISO, NIST, GDPR, CCPA, SOX, and SEC cybersecurity requirements.
- Strong judgment and the ability to make quick decisions when working with complex situations.
- Solid organizational skills and ability to multitask/prioritize workloads.
- Proven understanding of public cloud infrastructure and services in AWS and GCP including knowledge of cloud-native security protection measures, tools, and techniques.
- The ability to understand and influence cross-functional teams to accomplish goals as well as communicating business risk from cybersecurity issues.
Additional preferred qualifications:
- Basic knowledge of common Security frameworks such as ISO 27001/2, SOC2, NIST CSF
- Basic knowledge of common Security Standards such as NIST 800 series
- Basic knowledge of risk management principles and methodologies
- Basic knowledge of technical aspects of Information Security
- Good communication skills including ability to present technical subjects to nontechnical audiences
- Understanding of software development practices
- Basic knowledge of Privacy frameworks or principles of PII, data residency requirements and international regulatory aspects
Are you ready to become an Absorber?
What we offer:
- Fully remote-first work with flexible work arrangements
- Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits including retirement savings programs, eligibility for two different bonus plans, generous time off, comprehensive medical and dental benefits based on your country of location
- New Hire Equipment Allowance and monthly Flex Allowance to support your success
- Endless opportunity for career growth and internal mobility
- Employee driven DE&I programs
- Games room, meditation & yoga space, state of the art workplace for Absorbers in our Calgary office
Who are we?
Absorb Software is a remote-first company that provides online training solutions to leading organizations around the world. Absorb is a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) engineered to inspire learning and fuel business productivity. Our online learning platform combines forward-thinking technology built to scale as our customer’s organizations grow. We empower learners to enrich their lives, workplaces and communities.
Our values are simple:
- We achieve exceptional results by genuinely caring about each other and the work we do
- We’re united, and we grow through our commitment to elevating continual learning!
Absorb is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment for all our people. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. In the event a current Absorb employee would like to apply for this role they will inform their supervisor prior to submitting their application. Successful candidates for this position will be subject to pre-employment background screening, including a criminal record check and must be able to show proof of legal eligibility to work in the country they have applied to without sponsorship.
Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process, please indicate this on your application and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions, please contact us at accessiblecareers@absorblms.com
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