Beacon Technologies is seeking a Security Analyst III for our client partner.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Well qualified candidate will have broad knowledge of information security and experience application development, technical architecture, contracting, audit, or vendor management.
• Be familiar with NIST or another recognized framework.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems, convey both oral and written instruction, and handle multiple task interruptions while providing services in a professional and courteous manner.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with customers to solve business challenges while balancing the need for confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering a diverse working environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, as part of a team of peers, and also to support and contribute to a multidiscipline team environment.

Goals and Worker Activities:

• Integrate security into program operations.
• Partner with organizational leaders to incorporate information security best-practices into technical and operational development.
  Provide recommendations on how to improve the information security posture of programs and reduce risk.
• Communicate risks in simple and comprehensible terms. Provide options to mitigate risk considering business impact.
• Draft security requirements to be included into charters, scope documents, procurements.
• Document and communicate analysis. Answer clarifying questions.
• Escalate to ISS leadership if an acceptable level of risk cannot be achieved.
• Act as a liaison between the program area and the Information Security Section.
• Be a solutions-focused advocate.
• Intake projects and other program initiatives and champion them through the appropriate ISS workstream.
• Gather information as needed so that security team can perform thorough analysis.
• Communicate workstream deliverables to the customer. Verify that the deliverable meets the customer need, follow-up on any clarifications.
• Coordinate across ISS meeting their security-focused needs.
• Coordinate with other program staff as needed in order to arrive to an outcome.
• Support audit, assessment, incident response, and other regulatory activities.
• Responsibility and authority will vary based on the use case and customer need.
• Request and/or gather artifacts demonstrating compliance.
• Schedule/facilitate communications between auditor/incident response, vendors, technical teams, and other program stakeholders.
• In partnership with ISS, assess audit results and develop corrective action plans/plans of action and milestone.
• Provide oversight to the resolution, test for compliance, and request authority to close.
• Respond to regulatory inquiry and draft documents as needed.
• Participate and support Program Integration related activities.
• Back-up other security liaison roles.
• Draft and deliver status reports.
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders.
• Establish and documents standard operations for job-related activities.
• Support Vulnerability Management.
• Foster transparency, accountability, and timely resolution of vulnerabilities.
• Support in adhering to state and federal regulations and Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines (PPSGs) related to vulnerability management.
• Draft and monitor plans of action and milestones for non-compliance.
• Support transition from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) compliance requirements known as the Minimum Acceptable Risk Standards for Exchanges (MARS-E) to the new requirements known as Acceptable Risk Controls for ACA, Medicaid, and Partner Entities (ARC-AMPE).
• In partnership, conduct GAP analysis to support transition, implementation, and maturation.
• Draft the ARC-AMPE System Security and Privacy Plan (SSPP) and keep it current.
• Draft and monitor plans of action and milestones for non-compliance.
• Support in completing software reviews, cloud brokerage reviews, and AI Use Case reviews.

About Beacon Technologies

Are you looking to advance your career in information technology? Beacon Technologies offers career advancement opportunities, extensive training, and excellent benefits including paying for health and dental premiums for salaried employees. In addition to providing interesting opportunities, Beacon Technologies provides that old fashioned, personal touch, so you feel like a part of the Beacon team.

Beacon Technologies, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer with a functioning Affirmative Action Plan. It is the policy of Beacon Technologies, Inc. to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, ethnicity, ancestry, disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Beacon Technologies, Inc. prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.