It Risk Analyst

This is a 6 month contract to hire.

Hybrid onsite schedule - Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday onsite in Spring, Texas. JOB DESCRIPTION A global maritime classification company is seeking a Cyber Security Risk Analyst to join their Risk and Vulnerability organization in the Spring/Woodlands, TX area.
The risk assessor will be responsible for ensuring information security best practices relating to issues such as: collaborate in the development of IT standards and policy for systems; conducting/coordinating information security risk assessment and analysis; establishing reasonable information security guidelines; assisting with monitoring and management of systems security vulnerabilities; conducting/coordinating information security audits (Assessment and Authorization processes) and oversight of the exception process, conduct information security reviews of third parties in the supply chain and assist in providing responses to questions from other departments and third parties about the company's security posture and controls.
Based on education and working experience, the pay rate can range from $52-73/hr.
while on contract and between $110 - 150K upon conversion. REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 5+ years of experience in IT Security Risk Management / Assessor related roles Experience with compliance frameworks and policies such as: NIST, DFARs, ITARUnderstanding of basic network concepts such as TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalls, and other network administration protocols Experience working with a GRC tool Experience with third party risk assessment activities NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE IT Security industry certifications such as SANS, ISC2, etc.