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Security Risk and Compliance Management Specialist V - US

Job Summary: You’ll create and perform global IT Risk and Compliance audits. You’ll have the opportunity to assist in development and execution of information security, compliance, and risk best practices globally through audits, and policymaking.

Work Location: Remote

Key Responsibilities:

Primarily responsible keeping the Rackspace Government Services (RGS) organization compliant with both NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP security control frameworks.
Communicates and collaborates with a wide range of operations and support teams to establish, implement, and document Rackspace control, implementation(s).
Governs the internal FedRAMP control activities to ensure management, technical, and operational controls are being executed without exception.
Executes Continuous Monitoring program requirements and prepares artifacts to submit to authorizing officials.
Observes, tests, and verifies control implementation across a cloud platform and where necessary orchestrates and monitors remediation and improvement projects and tasks.
Collect compliance evidence artifacts and present to auditors, customers, and federal agency key stakeholders.
Serve as an internal subject matter expert on compliance control scope, design, and interpretation to internal teams.
Prepares for annual assesments, Significant Change Requests, and customer requested audits.
Serves as the Rackspace primary Point of Contact (POC) for engaging with external assessors and audit teams.
Manages risk remediation activities and associated Plan of Action and Milestone (POA&M) documentation.

Qualifications:

8+ years of auditing and compliance experience. To include experience leading IT Audits.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Studies, Information Technology, Information Security, or a related field.
Advanced understanding of NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP security control frameworks and associated control families and requirements.
Experience with drafting policies and procedures, and system security plans (SSP’s).
Familiar with virtualization tools and cloud technologies.

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Federal Investigation

This role will be supporting our Federal Customers and new hires will undergo an investigation from the US Government.
US Citizenship is required.

For applicants working in California, Colorado, Washington, or New York City, we are excited to share the base salary ranges for this position exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonus. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.

The anticipated starting pay range of California, Washington state and New York City applicants for this role is $149,500-$219,230
The anticipated starting pay range of Colorado applicants for this role is $128,300-$188,210

Unless already included in the posted pay range and based on eligibility, the role may include variable compensation in the form of bonus commissions, or other discretionary payments. The discretionary payments are based on company and/or individual performance and may change at any time. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location.

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About Rackspace Technology

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