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Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Specialist

Starlink Qatar
Doha, QAT
Full Time
Senior
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ISO 27001PCI DSSNISTCIS BenchmarksRisk AssessmentCompliance Monitoring
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Job Overview

  • The IT Security Audit & Compliance Specialist manages information security audits, compliance programs, cybersecurity governance, and risk management.
  • The role ensures compliance with security standards, regulatory requirements, data protection policies, and internal governance frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain comprehensive IT security audit and compliance programs.
  • Plan, coordinate, and execute information security audit activities.
  • Define audit scope, objectives, methodologies, and work plans.
  • Develop and implement audit test plans for systems, applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
  • Conduct security compliance audits for critical systems, networks, and applications.
  • Maintain audit schedules, documentation, evidence collection, and reporting processes.
  • Ensure timely closure of audit findings, non compliance issues, and remediation activities.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, contractual obligations, and security standards.
  • Monitor cybersecurity maturity and compliance posture across operational and technical environments.
  • Build and maintain controls matrices aligned with multiple security and compliance frameworks.
  • Identify security risks, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps, and recommend corrective actions.
  • Conduct vulnerability and compliance assessments and coordinate remediation activities.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Risk Management, or related discipline.
  • 5–8 years of experience in Information Security Governance, Risk Management, Compliance, Internal Controls, Audit, or Cybersecurity.
  • Hands on experience in implementing, managing, or maintaining ISMS based on ISO/IEC 27001.
  • Experience in Qatar NIA framework implementation, compliance monitoring, control assessment, and audit readiness.
  • Experience in PCI DSS compliance and certification implementation.
  • Knowledge of Data Privacy and Protection requirements.
  • Proven experience conducting information security risk assessments, risk treatment planning, and maintaining risk registers.
  • Experience supporting or coordinating ICOFR reviews, audits, control testing, and remediation activities.
  • Experience coordinating internal audits, external audits, certification audits, and regulatory assessments.
  • Knowledgeable in reviewing audit evidence from various technology platforms.

Technical Knowledge

  • Strong understanding of information security frameworks and standards (ISO 27001/27002, NIST, CIS Benchmarks).
  • Mandatory hands on knowledge of cloud security environments, IAM and PAM technologies, DLP solutions, and enterprise productivity and collaboration platforms.

Preferred Certifications

  • CISA, CISSP, CISM, CGEIT, cloud security certifications, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or equivalent.

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