Senior GRC Security Analyst - NIST / ATO Compliance

PROLIM Global Corporation (www.prolim.com) is currently seeking Senior GRC Security Analyst - NIST / ATO Compliance for location Lansing, Michigan, United States for one of our Top clients.

Job Description:

• 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.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in cyber security, Information Assurance, Business Analytics, or IT Related Field

• OR: 5 years of 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

Skills:

• Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) -3+ years
• Experience providing audit evidence to comply with security standards such as NIST, PCI, HIPPA, FERPA
• 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
• 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
• Keylight experience strong desired

Apply online for immediate consideration, please send your updated resume, and contact info via email praful.salunkey@prolim.com

About PROLIM Corporation

PROLIM is a leading provider of end-to-end IT, PLM and Engineering Services and Solutions for Global 1000 companies. They understand business as much as technology, and help their customers improve their profitability and efficiency by providing high value technology consulting, staffing, and project management outsourcing services.

Their IT and PLM consulting offerings include; Advisory, PLM Software/Services, Program Management, Solution Architecture Training/Staffing, Cloud Solutions, Servers/Networking, Infrastructure, ERP Practices and QA Services. Engineering services include Data Translation, CAD/CAM/CAE, Process & Product Engineering, Prototyping, and Testing/Validation within a wide range of markets and industries.