Compliance Engineer

NV - Sparks (Prater), United States

Sierra Nevada Corporation

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is a trusted leader in innovative, advanced technology solutions and open architecture integrations in aerospace and national security.

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Do you have an eye for detail and a passion for developing innovation solutions? Join our team! We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Compliance Engineer to join our dynamic IT team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring our organization meets the requirements of the NIST framework. The Compliance Engineer role will be focused on ensuring IT assets, systems, and services meet legal and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate will be proficient in digital data gathering and analysis techniques, including expertise with computers, networks, end-point devices, various operating systems, and mobile devices. An understanding of security controls that protect an organization's systems and networks, with a focus on NIST compliance is paramount. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in general governance, compliance, and audit concepts, and will be skilled in applying risk management principles, assessments, and metrics.

As SNC's corporate team, we provide the company and its business areas with strategic direction and business support spanning executive management, finance and accounting, operations, human resources, legal, IT, information security, facilities, marketing, and communications.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborates with the Control Owner(s) for the collection of evidence in support of compliance requirements
  • Assists or implements remediations when gaps or non-compliant controls are identified.
  • Partners with Control Owner(s) and Cybersecurity Analysts to update control documentation.  
  • Establish test standards, conduct tests, and analyze results.  
  • Identify areas to improve audit gaps, productivity, and compliance, including automation opportunities.  
  • Support IT operations teams to assess and fix security vulnerabilities, gaps, and weaknesses across IT infrastructure.  
  • Assist and participates with internal and external compliance audits.

Qualifications You Must Have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field with at least 2 or more years of relevant experience
    • Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
    • Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
  • Experience participating in audits and assessments.
  • Understanding cybersecurity principles and best practices as is relates to industry compliance standards.
  • Knowledge of security protocols, encryption, and data protection.
  • Familiarity with identity management to include Microsoft Active Directory and Azure Entra
  • Experience with compliance reporting tools and methodologies.
  • Experience with Endpoint Engineering

Qualifications We Prefer:

  • Familiarity with networking and firewall solutions.
  • Familiarity with virtual machines, storage, cloud and compute solutions.
  • Familiarity with desktop and server operating systems, including MDM solutions.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances.

SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

SNC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made based on merit without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.

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Perks/benefits: 401(k) matching Health care Insurance

Region: North America
Country: United States

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