Senior Federal Security Compliance Analyst

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This position is for a Senior Federal Security Compliance Analyst on the Okta Security GRC team. This team’s mission is to strengthen Okta’s position as the leading Identity-as-a-Service solution through a security-first approach to compliance. This team is largely focused on working with internal and external stakeholders to maintain our FedRAMP authorizations for our Okta government systems. 

As a Senior Federal Security Compliance Analyst on this team, you will support security initiatives by engaging various process owners in the design, documentation, implementation, monitoring of the appropriate controls in our computing environments. This candidate will also work with internal and external stakeholders to improve our compliance posture, security controls, and compliance related processes. 

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with the technical implementation or evaluation of FedRAMP Moderate, High, DoD Impact Level 4 and Level 5 controls in cloud-based environments using tools such as Okta, AWS, ServiceNow, JIRA, and others.  This position requires a unique set of skills including project management, technical competency, knowledge of federal compliance frameworks, and an eye towards future standards and regulations that will impact federal service offerings.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with internal and external stakeholders to support FedRAMP and DoD audits of the company’s federal cloud offerings
• Collaborate with team members and engineering stakeholders to manage continuous monitoring program across all federal environments, including internal and external reporting on vulnerabilities and developing continuous monitoring presentations
• Work with process and control owners to help them understand the control requirements, audit results, and provide advisory around remediation options
• Interpret requirements across multiple compliance frameworks (specifically FedRAMP), and provide clarification to engineering teams seeking compliance advice 
• Assess security and compliance impact of changes to the federal systems and applications. Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high impact changes are handled appropriately
• Coordinate with multiple distributed teams to communicate requirements and gather necessary artifacts and information to support compliance audit requirements
• Lead efforts to analyze gaps between current status and future compliance framework needs for new products 
• Collaborate with private sector compliance teams (SOC, PCI, HITRUST, etc.) to maintain and expand a common controls framework for Okta 
• Work with cross functional teams to ensure alignment between GRC, Security, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, and Product 
• Assist with development of compliance and security documentation, including system security plans, information security policies, and risk assessment procedures

Minimum REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or Management Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems, or equivalent experience
• Strong working experience and understanding of industry/regulatory security compliance frameworks - primarily NIST SP 800-53 and FedRAMP
• At least 4 years of experience working with the FedRAMP control framework
• Strong understanding of NIST 800-53 security controls and experienced in applying NIST 800-53 controls to a wide range of systems and applications 
• In-depth knowledge in IT security frameworks and best practices, such as NIST-800 publications, FedRAMP, CoBIT, CCM, and Trust Principles and Criteria
• Expert knowledge of terms and concepts used in information security, privacy, and risk assessments
• Possesses technical understanding of how systems and applications work in a cloud environment. The candidate should understand how various infrastructure components (IaaS provider, networking components, operating systems, databases) work with and support a cloud application. 
• Understanding of information systems processes