GRC Specialist

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom TEKsystems Full time

TEKsystems are currently engaging with a global company, to source a GRC specialist to help them with their UK client base. The chosen candidate will help empower the organisation and lead customer-facing security conversations, supporting contract negotiations, and working with cross-functional teams to maintain and enhance their security posture.

Location: Remote based role in the UK, but supporting the client and Client stakeholders globally

Travel requirements: Frequent travel is not anticipated for this role. Minimal travel may be requested for infrequent internal meetings.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Develop and operationalize enterprise-level security, risk and privacy policies, processes, and controls to mitigate risk, comply with applicable regulations and contractual obligations
  • Partner with operational departments to enhance policies, controls and acceptable evidence in compliance with applicable regulations and contractual obligations
  • Review security, audit, privacy and other relevant terms (as required) in customer contracts and support Legal and Sales with customer-facing discussions
  • Lead audit programs for our enterprise and services against industry standards, e.g., ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, SSAE 16/18, and SOC1/2
  • Maintain relationships and contracts with external assessors, auditors, and vendors
  • Oversee audits and third-party risk assessments including maintenance of risk/issue tracking registry and corrective action plans to address non-compliance and audit findings
  • Build and lead a team of security, risk and privacy professionals to support our colleagues, services and customers
  • Train all employees, contractors and consultants on their policies, industry frameworks and regulations, and contractual obligations on an ongoing basis
  • Develop, maintain and distribute relevant KPIs and reporting data relevant to the GRC programs and initiatives

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Expertise in managing compliance programs for industry standards, e.g., ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, SSAE 16/18, and SOC 1/2
  • Experience analyzing common regulations that impact security programs and contracts to determine applicability, e.g., CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, APRA, EBA, FCA Guidelines, and UK DPA and Privacy Shield
  • Familiarity with industry frameworks, e.g., CVSS scoring, and NIST 800-53, OWASP, and SANS
  • Working understanding of security controls at the systems, network, and application level and how to apply with cloud-based services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and multi-task on parallel projects
  • Can act like an owner and be accountable for solutions, including building basic capabilities if required

Job Title: GRC Specialist

Location: England, UK

Rate/Salary: GBP Daily

Job Type: Contract

Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at

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