Senior Security Analyst - Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

The Cyber Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team is looking for a Senior Security Analyst to be a key member of a critical security program responsible for security risk and compliance activities across the entire enterprise. The role will require working with various company stakeholders to build and mature the processes of preparing for how Blackbaud identifies, documents, and assesses risk across the organization and determine the strength of our control framework and implementation.
What you’ll be doing:

- Champion the cybersecurity compliance program to ensure that Blackbaud is aligned to best practice frameworks such as NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, AICPA SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria, and the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix.

- Perform root cause analysis for control deviations. Prioritize, recommend, and oversee control remediation activities.

- Articulate security risk through the development of executive level control effectiveness reports and dashboards

- Act as a key stakeholder in corporate governance forums and committees by being an active voice for cybersecurity best practices and policies.

- Partner with control owners to continuously monitor control implementations to determine effectiveness and track non-compliance.
What we'd like you to have:

- Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer engineering, management information technology, or cyber security or equivalent work experience

- 3+ year’s experience in IT audit or compliance testing

- 2+ year’s experience with best practice cybersecurity control frameworks such as NIST CSF, AICPA SOC 2, and the Cloud Controls Matrix.

- Experience with AI tools (Anthropic, Microsoft; agent development and usage)

- Experience in corporate GRC solutions (ServiceNow, Archer, etc.)

- Experience in financial services, or other highly regulated industries

- Experience working in an agile team

- Demonstrated understanding of cyber risks and controls

- Possesses effective communication and presentation skills

- Ability to handle multiple priorities and high stress situation

- Industry Certifications like: CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CISA, AWS certification(s), Azure certification(s)

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