GRC Security Architect Advisor, Federal
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Are you looking to combine your passion for technology with your penchant for strategic problem solving? Appian Customer success is obsessed with great customer outcomes. We deliver mission-critical business impact fast, and are directly responsible for partnering with our customers to bring their best ideas to life. Joining the Customer Success team will provide you with the support and growth you need to strengthen and evolve your skills within the consulting field.
Appian’s Customer Success organization works closely with our federal customers, advising and supporting them on how to architect and secure Appian based-solutions. To support this goal, Appian Customer Success, is looking for a Governance Risk & Compliance Security Analyst, Senior Advisor to help our federal customers establish the strategy and overarching designs for their private cloud and on-premise implementations, and to guide them through the government’s IT security authorization process.
The security analyst will have experience with architecting cloud base hosting solutions for DoD and/or IC customers, using Amazon Web Services and/or Microsoft Azure. Additionally, the candidate will have the experience needed to guide the customer through the design of a government provided end-to-end managed services, including solutioning core operational and governance processes. The candidate will possess a deep understanding of NIST’s Risk Management Framework (RMF), providing the government guidance across all RMF processes and support the development of System Security Packages (SSP).
To be successful in this role, you need:
- The Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC) Senior Analyst involves performing comprehensive risk and control assessments to identify, assess, treat, and monitor cybersecurity risks for customers using Appian.
- Lead the development of documentation (e.g. SSPs and ICDs) and evidence in support of security controls review
- Leading the RMF implementation of ATO FedRAMP authorization services enabling customers to achieve authorization on Appian.
- Maintain expertise of relevant federal government cloud security regulations, directives and industry trends, including FedRAMP, Zero-Trust, 800-53, DoD and NIST/FISMA requirements, and serve as Appian’s resident expert on IL4-6 and FedRAMP High requirements.
- Identify, define and document system security requirements, diagrams, and recommend solutions
- Review results of CVE scans and penetration test results and identify POA&Ms
Basic qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in any Engineering discipline, Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Technology, or similar work
- Experience with the FISMA RMF processes including Impact Level 4 to 6 requirements, FedRAMP and DoD CSO
- Current or ability to immediately achieve a Certified Authorization Professional (CAP) or equivalent CISSP, SSCP, CCSP, CAP, CSSLP or HCISPP certification
- An Active Government Clearance (Top Secret and above, without any limitations) is required for this opening
- Ability and interest to maintain an Active TS:SCI Clearance (CI or FLS), with the ability and willingness to perform work within cleared facilities (SCIF work is required)
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