Senior Security Consultant - Eden Prairie, MN - Georgia IT Inc.
Eden Prairie, MN
About the Job
Job Title : Senior Security Consultant
Location : Eden Prairie, MN
Rate : DOE (1099/W2/C2C)
Position Type : Contract to Hire
Interview : Phone
(US Citizens/ GC preferred)
C2C Available
Job Description:
What is the specific title of the position?
What Project/Projects will the candidate be working on while on assignment?
If so, please describe the team? (Name of team, size of team, etc.)
What are the top 5-10 responsibilities for this position? (Please be detailed as to what the candidate is expected to do or complete on a daily basis)
What software tools/skills are needed to perform these daily responsibilities?
What skills/attributes are a must have?
What skills/attributes are nice to have?
Location : Eden Prairie, MN
Rate : DOE (1099/W2/C2C)
Position Type : Contract to Hire
Interview : Phone
(US Citizens/ GC preferred)
C2C Available
Job Description:
What is the specific title of the position?
- Sr. IT Security Consultant - Vendor Information Security Risk Assessment (VISRA)
What Project/Projects will the candidate be working on while on assignment?
- Supporting Health Care Company's accelerated approach for assessing high risk critical vendors
If so, please describe the team? (Name of team, size of team, etc.)
- Reporting to the VISRA Team, the individual will act as a liaison & SME for internal departments & vendors to successfully perform Onsite Risk Assessments in USA.
- We leverage HITRUST CSF Version 7.0 for our program.
What are the top 5-10 responsibilities for this position? (Please be detailed as to what the candidate is expected to do or complete on a daily basis)
- Perform and manage Onsite Risk Assessments as per process documents
- Ensure vendor compliance to the business agreement, policies, procedures, & regulations along with ability to map controls and compliance requirements
- Review vendor supplied policies & procedures, internal/external assessment reports, agreements and provide feedback
- Provision assessment reports and executive summaries with recommendations & direction regarding remediation efforts and disposition of the third party
- Communicate, escalate, and track vendor progress on assessment remediation activities
- Act as a liaison & SME for internal departments & vendors to successfully manage Vendor Risk Assessment
- Understand information security risks that are inherent to a business and articulate those risks in business terms
- Maintain current knowledge on information security topics and their applicability program requirements
- Engage VRO regarding any delays/deviations during remediation
What software tools/skills are needed to perform these daily responsibilities?
- Advance level experience in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint etc.
What skills/attributes are a must have?
- Experience working with senior levels of management
- Good follow-up skills and detail oriented
- Security expertise including knowledge on different security risk assessment frameworks (NIST/Octave), standards (ISO27001/HITRUST/ITIL/Cobit), and act such as (HIPAA/GLBA).
- Experience in examining the SSAE 16 Audit report
- Knowledge and understanding of different security products (web/email filtering, disk encryption, IDS/IPS, antivirus, DLP, firewall etc.)
- Knowledge of software development methodologies, application security, and OWASP Top 10 guidelines
- Ability to document assessment work papers and preparing assessment report
- Ability to manage vendor assessment independently with minimal supervision
- Strong Communication and Presentation Skills
What skills/attributes are nice to have?
- Possess good project management skills
Source : Georgia IT Inc.