NYC Department of Social Services ยท 2 months ago
GOVERNANCE, RISK & COMPLIANCE LEAD
The NYC Department of Social Services is responsible for protecting the integrity of social services programs and ensuring compliance with standards. The Governance, Risk & Compliance Lead will develop and maintain cybersecurity programs while managing compliance issues and risks within the agency.
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Responsibilities
Develop, implement and maintain cybersecurity programs, policies, plans and processes which align with Citywide and regulatory cybersecurity policies
Identify, manage and maintain the work products required to implement cybersecurity programs, policies, plans and processes
Flag and communicated Agency compliance issues and areas of risk ODSM management
Work with CISO, allocate and manage funding for all information security activities
Work with GRC Manager measure and monitor cost, schedule performance against the information security plan
Work with AO staff on internal and external security audit responses
Work with GRC manager to develop track and manage Agency Cybersecurity Training and awareness
Develop and expand Agency vendor third party risk process
Liaise between Agency Privacy Officer and Legal Offices
Aid in incident response for compliance related issues and flag areas which may be beyond the Agency risk appetite
Qualification
Required
APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE COMPUTER SPECIALIST (SOFTWARE) CIVIL SERVICE TITLE
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two (2) years of satisfactory full-time software experience in designing, programming, debugging, maintaining, implementing, and enhancing computer software applications, systems programming, systems analysis and design, data communication software, or database design and programming, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory software experience as described in '1' above, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project
A satisfactory combination of education and experience that is equivalent to (1) or (2) above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in (2) above on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience
A masters degree in computer science or a related computer field may be substituted for one year of the required experience in (1) or (2) above
All candidates must have a four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, plus at least one (1) year of satisfactory full-time software experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project
In order to have your experience accepted as Project Leader or Major Contributor experience, you must explain in detail how your experience qualifies you as a project leader or as a major contributor
Experience in computer operations, technical support, quality assurance (QA), hardware installation, help desk, or as an end user will not be accepted for meeting the minimum qualification requirements
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV, in addition to the Qualification Requirements stated above, individuals must have one year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project in data administration, database management systems, operating systems, data communications systems, capacity planning, and/or on-line applications programming
Preferred
Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks and standards including but not limited to SOC 2 Type 1 and 2, ISO 27001 and ISO 27002, CISA and NIST 800-53, PCI, FTI and HIPPA
Experience or knowledge of compliance and regulatory environment related across industries and geographies such as SOC, PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA, SOX
Experience developing, championing, and managing internal compliance and security awareness programs
Knowledge of risks, vulnerabilities, controls and how risks impact production environment and ways to mitigate such risks
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Experience identifying, quantifying, assessing, and mitigating potential risk
Knowledge of general IT security and IT acceptable use policies
Cybersecurity auditing
Benefits
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Company
NYC Department of Social Services
The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS).
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