Highlights
Review vendor questionnaires, SOC reports, ISO certifications, penetration test summaries, vulnerability information, business continuity documentation, and other due diligence artifacts for completeness and risk relevance. Must Have Technical/Functional Skills Working understanding of cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, vulnerability management, audit, or third-party risk concepts.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Branchville, NJ |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
| Website | http://q1tech.com/ |
Description
Position : GRC Specialist
Location : Branchville, NJ/ Hartford, CT/ Charlotte, NC Hybrid
Duration : Fulltime
Job Description:
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
Roles & Responsibilities
Location : Branchville, NJ/ Hartford, CT/ Charlotte, NC Hybrid
Duration : Fulltime
Job Description:
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
- Working understanding of cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, vulnerability management, audit, or third-party risk concepts.
- Ability to evaluate common security evidence, identify incomplete or inconsistent information, and escalate potential risk concerns.
- Strong attention to detail, documentation discipline, and ability to manage multiple assessment or remediation activities concurrently.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize technical or control information for business stakeholders.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with GRC, vendor risk, vulnerability management, ticketing, or reporting tools is preferred.
- Experience contributing to audits, regulatory compliance activities, control testing, risk assessments, or vendor due diligence reviews.
- Familiarity with frameworks and regulations such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, NYDFS, GLBA, SOX, SOC reporting, ISO 27001, or related standards.
- Relevant certification or progress toward CRISC, CISA, Security+, CDPSE, CTPRP, or a similar certification is a plus.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Execute assigned GRC activities, including risk documentation, control mapping, exception tracking, and assessment record maintenance.
- Support policy, standard, and procedure lifecycle activities by coordinating updates, collecting input, and validating evidence of approvals.
- Prepare materials for governance forums, risk reviews, audit discussions, and compliance reporting using established templates and data sources.
- Coordinate vendor assessment intake, due diligence requests, follow-ups, and stakeholder communications through closure.
- Review vendor questionnaires, SOC reports, ISO certifications, penetration test summaries, vulnerability information, business continuity documentation, and other due diligence artifacts for completeness and risk relevance.
- Document assessment conclusions, remediation items, missing evidence, and residual risk considerations in alignment with defined TPRM procedures.
- Support vulnerability governance activities by tracking remediation status, exception requests, risk acceptance documentation, and aging issues.
- Partner with technology and risk stakeholders to validate ownership, required evidence, and remediation progress for identified vulnerabilities or control gaps.
- Contribute to recurring metrics and reporting related to vulnerability trends, overdue remediation, exception volume, and issue closure.
- Collect, organize, and validate audit evidence in accordance with defined control objectives and regulatory expectations.
- Assist with remediation tracking for audit findings, control gaps, risk acceptances, and compliance action items.
- Maintain documentation aligned to frameworks and requirements such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, NYDFS, GLBA, SOX, SOC reporting, and ISO 27001.
- Maintain and enhance routine metrics for risk assessment volume, vendor status, vulnerability remediation, open issues, and documentation completeness.
- Identify opportunities to improve templates, procedures, evidence requests, stakeholder instructions, and process consistency.
- Support process improvement efforts by documenting pain points, recommending practical updates, and helping implement approved changes.
About Company
Q1 consists of experienced and recognized experts providing the capability to respond to market demand in order to provide professional services for our clients including Enterprise software implementations, application integration and technical / functional support.
Q1 has steadily grown into a Quality IT services and solutions organization with the average experience of our team being over 10 years. We have continuously met or exceeded client expectations by delivering professional services and project implementations on time and under budget to help clients truly recognize return on investment.
