GRC Analyst in Santa Fe, Mexico

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Specialist

Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement, and flexible staffing.

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Specialist

Location:

Houston, TX (Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 remote) OR Chicago, IL (Remote) Duration: 6-Month Contract (Strong Extension/Conversion Potential)

Start Date:

Approximately 3 Weeks from Offer

Overview We are seeking a Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Specialist to join a growing Information Security team supporting a large-scale critical infrastructure environment. This individual will play a key role in strengthening governance, risk management, compliance, and cybersecurity processes across corporate IT, cloud platforms, and operational technology (OT) environments. This is a unique opportunity to help build and mature a cybersecurity governance program from the ground up while partnering closely with security, engineering, infrastructure, legal, procurement, and business stakeholders.

• Support and maintain the organization's governance, risk, and compliance program across IT, cloud, and OT environments.
• Develop, review, and maintain security policies, standards, procedures, and control documentation.
• Coordinate audit evidence collection for internal audits, external audits, compliance reviews, and customer assessments.
• Track audit findings, remediation plans, control deficiencies, policy exceptions, and risk acceptance activities.
• Perform control testing and compliance validation to ensure security controls are operating effectively.
• Assist with risk assessments, gap assessments, compliance readiness activities, and control maturity reviews.
• Support vendor and third-party risk management activities, including security questionnaires and risk reviews.
• Collaborate with IT, Security Operations, Infrastructure, Engineering, Legal, Procurement, Compliance, and Operations teams.
• Map security controls to frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and CIS Controls.
• Maintain risk registers, compliance calendars, control inventories, and audit repositories.
• Prepare compliance reports, dashboards, scorecards, and presentations for leadership.
• Monitor remediation efforts and work with control owners to ensure timely issue resolution.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the information security governance program.
• Stay informed on cybersecurity regulations, compliance trends, and industry best practices.

• 3+ years of experience in Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), cybersecurity compliance, IT audit, information security, or related disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of: NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS Controls.
• Experience supporting audits, evidence collection, control testing, remediation tracking, and compliance reporting.
• Ability to develop and maintain security policies, standards, procedures, and control documentation.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, gap assessments, and control reviews.
• Familiarity with third-party and vendor risk management processes.
• Strong documentation and communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business-friendly language.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across technology and business organizations.
• Knowledge of enterprise security controls including identity and access management, vulnerability management, incident response, and change management.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

• Experience with in energy, utilities, renewable energy, power generation, critical infrastructure, or industrial environments.
• Knowledge of NERC CIP, FERC, or similar industry regulations.
• Exposure to OT/SCADA environments, substations, generation assets, EMS, DERMS, or industrial control systems.
• Certifications such as: CISA, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Security+, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer.
• Experience with GRC platforms such as Service Now GRC, Archer, One Trust, Audit Board, Logic Gate, Drata, Vanta.
• Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, SOX ITGC, PCI, or customer security reviews.
• Experience creating executive dashboards, compliance scorecards, risk registers, and audit reporting.

Why Join?

• Opportunity to help build and define a new GRC function.
• High visibility within a growing Information Security organization.
• Exposure to both traditional enterprise IT and operational technology environments.
• Opportunity to contribute to the modernization of cybersecurity, risk, and compliance practices within a critical infrastructure environment.
• Strong potential for long-term conversion and career growth.

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.