Security Engineer - Risk & Controls

TekWissen LLC

Atlanta, GA
1 day ago

$55.71

Highlights

The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, operations, architecture, risk, audit, and control partners to ensure security risks are effectively managed and that security controls are appropriately designed, implemented, and operating effectively. This role is responsible for identifying and assessing technology and security risks, driving remediation efforts, strengthening control frameworks, and partnering with engineering teams to implement secure and compliant solutions.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Atlanta, GA
Industry	Computer/IT Services
Salary	$55.71
Company Size	100 to 499 employees
Year Founded	2009
Website	http://www.tekwissen.com/

Description

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is an American multinational information technology services and consulting company and is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses.

Job Title: Security Engineer Risk & Controls
Location: Atlanta, GA
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Hybrid

Job Description:

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Position Summary

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Security Engineer Risk & Controls to join our team. This role is responsible for identifying and assessing technology and security risks, driving remediation efforts, strengthening control frameworks, and partnering with engineering teams to implement secure and compliant solutions. The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, operations, architecture, risk, audit, and control partners to ensure security risks are effectively managed and that security controls are appropriately designed, implemented, and operating effectively. The role combines hands-on security expertise with risk management, governance, and control oversight responsibilities across blockchain, cloud, and enterprise platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct security risk assessments and identify control gaps across applications, infrastructure, cloud, and blockchain environments.
Drive remediation of security findings, vulnerabilities, audit issues, and control deficiencies through closure.
Design, implement, and assess security controls to ensure effectiveness and regulatory compliance.
Partner with engineering, architecture, and operations teams to integrate security and controls into system design and delivery processes.
Perform threat modeling, security reviews, and vulnerability assessments to proactively identify risks.
Support identity and access management, secrets management, encryption, and key management practices.
Participate in architecture and solution reviews to ensure alignment with enterprise security standards.
Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, and compliance assessments, including evidence collection and issue remediation.
Develop security policies, standards, procedures, and control documentation.
Monitor risk, remediation, and control effectiveness metrics and provide reporting to management.
Evaluate security technologies and recommend solutions to strengthen the organization's security posture.
Provide security and risk guidance to stakeholders and promote a strong security and control culture.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, information security, risk management, or controls governance.
Experience conducting security risk assessments and control evaluations.
Experience driving remediation activities and managing security issues through closure.
Strong understanding of security frameworks such as:
- NIST
- ISO 27001
- CIS Controls
- COBIT
- Similar industry standards
Understanding of cloud security principles and common cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Knowledge of identity and access management, secrets management, encryption, and key management practices.
Experience supporting audits, regulatory assessments, or compliance reviews.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of blockchain technologies, smart contracts, cryptography, and distributed ledger platforms such as:
- Ethereum
- Hyperledger Besu
- Canton
- Solana
- Polygon
Experience with secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) and DevSecOps practices.
Experience with vulnerability management and security testing programs.
Experience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platforms such as:
- Archer
- ServiceNow GRC
- MetricStream
Experience developing risk metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native security controls.
Professional certifications such as:
- CISSP
- CISM
- CRISC
- CISA
- CCSP
AWS Security Specialty (or equivalent).

Top 3 Required Skills

Security Risk & Controls
- Risk Assessment
- Control Evaluation
- Security Governance
Risk Remediation & Compliance
- Remediation Management
- NIST / ISO 27001
- Cloud Security
- Audit & Compliance
Advanced Security Technologies
- Blockchain Security
- IAM
- Cryptography
- DevSecOps / SSDLC
- Vulnerability Management
- GRC Tools
- CI/CD Security

Years of Experience:

16 Years of Experience

What are the top 3 skills required for this role:

Security Risk & Controls, Risk Assessment, Control Evaluation
Remediation, NIST/ISO 27001, Cloud Security, Audit & Compliance.
Blockchain Security, IAM, Cryptography, DevSecOps/SSDLC, Vulnerability Management, GRC Tools, CI/CD Security.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About Company

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.