Technical consultant

Responsibilities:
• Education: bachelors degree or equivalent work experience in Accounting, Business, Statistics, Risk Management, Information Systems/Security, Finance, Economics or equivalent field.
• 7+ years of Technology Risk Management, GRC, or Audit experience
• Practical experience using industry frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL , NIST 800-53, CSA-CCM v4, Fed Ramp, CIS Benchmarks, to identify, assess, mitigate, and report information and operational risk.
• Minimum 2+ yrs. of Cloud experience (adoption, implementation) in AWS, Azure, GCP is a must (AWS preferable).
• Experience working directly in one or more of these Cloud domains - Solutions Architect, DevOps, SysOps, or Data Engineering - is highly desirable. Should have working knowledge of services such as (or equivalent to) AWS EC2, API Gateway, CodeCommit, CodePipeline, Lambda, S3, RDS, VPC, ELB, Route53, Auto-Scaling, IAM through AWS Console, and CloudFormation.
• Fundamental understanding of Cloud architectures, controls and risks from hands-on practical experience is a must.
• AWS-Certified Cloud Practitioner foundational certification (or equivalent for other Cloud platforms) is highly desired, higher certification levels a strong plus.
• AI/Machine Learning knowledge a plus
• Risk Certification preferred (i.e., CRISC, CISM, CISA, etc.)
• Demonstrated knowledge of operating in a regulated entity, preferably a bank
• Drive results and meet deadlines to reduce risks in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Analyze highly complex business issues and produce results, opinions and recommendations that are conveyed in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Strong ability to lead, partner, and influence across all leadership levels.
• Excellent communication skills, including an ability to influence stakeholders across the organization, to speak effectively in small and large-group settings, and to write clearly in internal memos, presentations and e-mails.
• Strong attention to detail in a fast-paced work environment.
• Fully accountable for timeliness, completeness, quality of projects, processes, products and services
• Remains calm and focused on goals while facing pressures, obstacles or short-term setbacks.
• Keeps up to date with external market events, pressures and regulations which may impact the organization and assesses whether similar issues exist in the organization.
• Monitors adherence to policies, regulations, processes and procedures within function and actively undertakes corrective action where necessary.
• Understands end to end processes across the organization and how processes are integrated