This Senior IT Business/Compliance Analyst position serves as a senior resource within the Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) Agency Services for Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR), Michigan Civil Service Commission (MCSC) and Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential (MILEAP). The role provides high-level oversight, guidance, and strategic direction for completing, updating, and maintaining System Security Plans (SSPs) and Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs) for the MCSC and MiLEAP applications.
The primary duty of this position is performing as the compliance authority and liaison among business partners, technical teams, security groups, and management. The Senior Analyst ensures that requirements, processes, and documentation align with State of Michigan standards, NIST protocols, and enterprise security governance. This role guides stakeholders through complex compliance cycles, drives consistency across application areas. They will also work and collaborate with people outside of the DTMB Agency Services Compliance Team such as vendors, auditors, project managers, and analysts
Job Duties
- Provide leadership and oversight for maintaining and updating System Security Plans (SSPs), ensuring documentation accuracy, completeness, and alignment with NIST protocol and SOM compliance standards.
- Lead and coordinate the Authority to Operate (ATO) renewal process, including planning, preparing required materials, managing timelines, and ensuring successful approval and continuous compliance for all supported applications.
- Ensure all applications maintain a valid ATO on a three-year cycle and lead efforts to validate and maintain accurate security controls throughout each renewal period.
- Reviews and informs management on security risk assessment results and recommends corrective actions as necessary.
- Reviews, assesses risks and scope for high level security incidents.
- Develops new reports for management based on those collected metrics across multiple agencies: conducts trend analysis.
- Work with stakeholders to address and track Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms) and other compliance requirements, ensuring timely reporting and closure.
- Provide senior-level support across multiple business areas, MDCR, MCSC & MiLEAP, with a focus on standardized security plan updates, documentation improvements, and long-term process consistency.
- Analyze existing compliance documentation, identify gaps or risks, and guide corrective actions to meet regulatory and organizational requirements.
- Coordinate cross-functional collaboration with technical teams, business owners, enterprise security personnel, and project leadership to ensure all evidence and artifacts required for SSP and ATO processes are properly completed and maintained.
- Oversee review, updates, and remediation of security controls, ensuring issues are tracked, communicated, and resolved in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Lead efforts to identify procedural gaps, risks, or required updates during renewal cycles, ensuring consistent application of best practices across all supported systems.
- Contribute to enterprise security governance by providing guidance, maintaining accurate records, mentoring team members, and driving timely completion of compliance activities.
- Leads mid to high-level Incident Responses when working to resolve incidents.
- Serves as the Incident response specialist for cyber event detection, correlation, response, and recovery
Requirements
5 years:
- Experience providing audit evidence to comply with security standards such as NIST, PCI, HIPPA, FERPA Required
- Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years
- Experience leading meetings and making oral and written reports
- Experience working as a liaison between different business and IT areas
Bachelor’s degree in cyber security, Information Assurance, Business Analytics, or IT Related Field or 5 years experience
Preferred Advanced Degrees, Master’s in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Information Systems / IT Leadership, or an MBA with an IT or Security Concentration
Educational or professional knowledge of NIST Framework and Controls a must
Strong aptitude for written and oral communication
Strong documentation skills
Can collaborate cross-functionally
Desired Skills
2 years:
- Knowledge or experience creating supporting documentation for IT system audits
- Experience with the creation of Disaster Recover Plans, Business Continuity Plans, and Incident Response Plans
Minimum Education
Location
- Local candidates ONLY. Candidates must be located within 90 miles of Lansing, MI at time of submission.
- Position
is a hybrid schedule with NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week.
- Working hours
Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
Additional
Requirements
- Must be authorized to
work in the United States; We are unable to offer
sponsorships at this time
- Must undergo a background check
and drug screening for employment.
Employment
Terms
- This is a W2 position
- 40 hrs per week
- HYBRID schedule -NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week.
About
Zenfreed
At
Zenfreed, we are more than an IT company. We bridge the
gap between people wanting to do the work they were meant to do
and organizations needing the right talent.
We are dedicated to building a diverse,
inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited
about this role but your past experience doesn’t align
perfectly with every qualification in the job description,
we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right
candidate for this or other roles.
Benefits
We understand a comprehensive benefits package is crucial to
employment satisfaction. We offer medical, dental and vision coverage
options for all employees.