Information Security Specialist

Job description

Resource 1 is in need of an Information Security Specialist for a 6-12 month remote contract position for our client that is located in downtown Chicago.

• Responsibilities:
• Manage IT security policies and procedures
• Manage, document, and communicate compliance requirements, timelines, and roadmap to supporting teams and leadership
• Develop metrics and reporting to demonstrate compliance status and engagement
• Review and enforce IT security policies and procedures
• Conduct annual security check-ups, tests, audits (up to 20 a year), and write new security policies
• Drive IT security policy, procedures, and disaster recovery (DR) plans
• Manage an outsourced SOC provider
• Incident response and data loss prevention
• Enforce third-party vendor policies
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• Qualifications:
• 6-8 years of experience within Information Security & Compliance
• 5+ years of security audit experience
• Expertise in IT security systems and processes
• Strong understanding of NIST, ISO 27001, SOC2, etc.
• SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)
• Expert understanding of cloud controls and environments (AWS preferred)
• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) is a plus