Security Compliance Specialist

This is an excellent opportunity for a cybersecurity compliance professional who has experience with security risk assessments, control assessments, audits, policy governance, and regulatory compliance and wants to help mature an enterprise cybersecurity program. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs.

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Security Compliance Specialist in Los Angeles, CA. Summary: We're seeking a Security Compliance Specialist to support a leading healthcare organization's cybersecurity Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)/Information Assurance program. This is an excellent opportunity for a cybersecurity compliance professional who has experience with security risk assessments, control assessments, audits, policy governance, and regulatory compliance and wants to help mature an enterprise cybersecurity program. What You'll Do:

• Support cybersecurity governance, risk management, compliance, and control assurance activities
• Conduct and coordinate security risk assessments and control reviews across systems, applications, processes, and initiatives
• Partner with control owners to collect evidence, validate security controls, identify gaps, and track remediation
• Support internal and external audits, including evidence collection, findings, management responses, and corrective actions
• Develop and maintain Information Security policies, standards, procedures, and governance documentation
• Map security requirements and controls to frameworks including HIPAA, NIST CSF, and HHS 405(d) HICP
• Maintain cybersecurity risks, findings, exceptions, and remediation plans and escalate significant or overdue items when needed
• Develop KRIs, KPIs, and compliance metrics that demonstrate control effectiveness and program maturity
• Support cybersecurity awareness, education, and training initiatives
• Partner across Cybersecurity, IT, Privacy, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit, and business teams
• Help transition compliance activities from point-in-time audit exercises toward continuous, measurable, risk-based control assurance

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, IT, Risk Management, Business, Healthcare Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
• 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information security compliance, GRC, risk management, audit, information assurance, or a related discipline
• Experience supporting cybersecurity compliance or risk management in a regulated environment
• Hands-on experience with cybersecurity risk assessments, control assessments, audits, evidence collection, and remediation tracking
• Experience interpreting cybersecurity policies, controls, regulations, and security frameworks
• Experience developing or maintaining security policies, standards, or procedures
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills

Highly Preferred:

• Healthcare cybersecurity experience
• Experience with NIST CSF
• Experience developing cybersecurity compliance KRIs/KPIs
• Security awareness or training experience
• Strong knowledge of HIPAA
• Familiarity with HHS 405(d)/HICP