Senior Information Risk Consultant

Highmark Health

This job works closely with infrastructure architecture/engineering/operations, compliance, privacy, business teams and other areas necessary to identify risks to the business and drive solutions ranging from education and awareness to the adoption of new/existing policies, standards, processes, controls and technologies. The scope of this position is to proactively test for compliance with security policies and procedures and to recommend potential new approaches.

This position is required to comply with all HM Health Solutions Corporate Policies and Information Security Policies, Standards and Procedures. Mentor team members.

• Lead in conducting information risk assessments as assigned to the team. Request and analyze documentation necessary to perform appropriate assessment and conduct necessary interviews in order to collect and review relevant materials necessary to produce results of the assessment.
• Clearly and concisely document and communicate risk assessment results with requester, security architects and management, as appropriate.
• Conduct and formulate appropriate risk scoring, as it relates to threat, vulnerability, likelihood, impact, security controls/countermeasures, etc.
• Understand and contribute to inventory of risk register tracking, scoring and associated risk statements.
• Perform follow up activities related to assigned risks, ensuring mitigation activities stay on track.
• Communicate risk treatment methodology, risk avoidance, risk acceptance, risk transference and risk mitigation to appropriate groups.
• Take lead role in partnering with multiple projects and initiatives to apply security architecture requirements, develop architecture solutions, integrate security into solution designs, access risks of security gaps, and develop architecture remediation.
• Take lead role with enGen teams in developing and maintaining appropriate procedural documentation which meets relevant compliance standards, such as Payment Card Industry
  - Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS), Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001.
• Prepare and present solution decks to different levels of management and varying technical experience.
• Lead in assuring compliance to required standards, procedures, guidelines and processes.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.

Bachelor’s Degree
- Information Security, Information Systems, Information Assurance, Computer Science or related field

At least 10 years' experience in Information Security, Governance, Risk and/or Compliance

Master’s Degree – Computer Science, Information Security or related field

• 7 - 10 years' experience in Information Security and/or Information Risk Management and/or Information Technology
• 5 - 7 years' experience within Information Security Governance, Risk and/or Compliance functions and activities
• 7 - 10 years’ experience developing, communicating and presenting Information Security and Risk Management concepts to varying audiences
• Familiarity with technologies such as intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), firewalls, endpoint protection, web/email filtering, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), digital rights management, encryption, Security Event and Incident…