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Associate Information Security Consultant 🔥


Are you looking to expand your knowledge and experience within Information Security? Do you enjoy helping others and do you have a highly consultative nature?

If you also thrive in a dynamic environment, like challenges and believe work and fun are not mutually exclusive, then maybe you’re the one we’re looking for. We need team players who are smart and creative, who love IT assurance and who want to grow with a growing company.

You will work within a virtual security team reporting into a vCISO and assisting clients, (small to mid-size companies), by helping to manage all or parts of their information security initiatives. Your role will be highly client visible. You will have a great deal of autonomy and will be expected to “juggle” several clients and activities at once. Maintaining a very high standard of client responsiveness and professionalism is critical.

We expect this person will:

Risk Management and Assessment

  • Perform automated and manual IT risk assessments.
  • Implement corrective action plans to mitigate risk.
  • Monitor risk-related activity and remediation.

Compliance and Audit

  • Perform compliance reviews (for example, reviews of user access).
  • Assist in the performance of complex audits such as ISO 27001 internal audits.
    • Work with clients on privacy and other regulatory issues to advance client compliance with applicable regulations.

Policy and Program Development

  • Write and update security and compliance policies.
  • Perform compliance reviews against policies.
    • Help to develop new and existing security programs by designing and implementing controls.

Third-Party Risk Management

  • Perform assessments of client’s third parties (vendors, suppliers).
  • Monitor critical third parties for risk and compliance.
    • Respond to security questionnaires sent to clients by their own clients or customers, on behalf of the client.
  • Assist in the development of third-party risk management programs.

Analytical and Client Assistance Activities

  • Assess and opine upon new security threats and tools.
  • Provide expert advice to clients on information security questions.
  • Assist in training activities for clients.
  • Assist in presentations to clients.
  • Monitor security developments and advise clients of implications.

Requirements

The right person HAS the following characteristics (these are “non-negotiable”):

  • Personal integrity, a highly transparent nature, and a mind-set of “mutual benefit”.
  • Thrives on and is worthy of self-managing the projects they are responsible for (micro-management is a four-letter word at PPS).
  • Has very high “Self-Expectation” (self-motivated, self-aware, self –disciplined, self-improving, and self-governed). You hold yourself to a higher standard than others do.
  • Enjoys work and life, values a balance, and is looking for a company that shares those ideals (understands that you do not get a second chance to see your child’s first school play and that it does not matter if the report gets done at 3:00 PM or 10:00 PM, if it gets done).
  • Highly consultative and collaborative nature; someone who enjoys helping others achieve ambitious business and information assurance goals.
  • Effectively and proactively communicates in writing/speech both internally/externally from the server room to the board room.
  • The ability to “work from anywhere” as this role is remote/virtual in nature.
  • A good sense of humor and the ability to laugh at themselves.

The right person often has the following attributes (these are negotiable):

  • 2-5 years' experience in an information security, compliance, IT audit, or other IT role involving extensive exposure to security and compliance (networking, help desk, operations).
  • Familiarity with ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, NIST standards and the IT audit process helpful.
  • Familiarity with the Shared Assessments SIG and SIG Lite a definite plus.
  • Experience with Privacy controls or frameworks a plus.
  • Cloud experience helpful (AWS / Azure)

Certifications:

  • Security+ (or equivalent) preferred.
  • In-progress towards CISA, CISSP or equivalent preferred.
  • Cloud certifications highly valuable.

Benefits

About Pivot Point Security

We’re a small, but growing, company. So, we do our best to keep the right people at PPS (most of our team has been together for 6+ years) by aspiring to:

  • A high-performance work environment with extremely passionate, driven and experienced technical professionals. At Pivot Point Security, you will find colleagues you can respect and learn from.
  • A management system where all employees participate in establishing the company’s goals/initiatives and have ready visibility into the company’s performance. We’re working hard to create processes and metrics to measure our, *and your) success.
  • An environment where relationships are important, internally and externally. We provide the highest levels of customer service and strive to always exceed our clients’ expectations.
  • A competitive salary (more than most) with a F100 level benefits package (e.g., medical, dental, vision, HCFSA, 401K w/ company match, 529 College Savings, vacation and personal days).
  • Providing individuals, the opportunity to develop by giving them the resources required, surrounding them with great colleagues, and allowing them to take on new/big challenges.

As a Company, We:

1. Tell the Truth (Honesty is almost always the best policy)

2. Do the Right Thing (Keep commitments, over-communicate, be transparent, confident, worthy of/thrive on freedom)

3. Smile (Life is too short not to … likeability is nearly as important as competence)

4. Seek “Win-Win” (Think cooperative, not competitive - seek mutual benefit in all interactions)

5. Provide Clear and Actionable Guidance

6. Simplify

7. Are Customer Focused

At Pivot Point Security, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our clients, and our community. Pivot Point Security is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace

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