Sr Cybersecurity Engineer

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Cybersecurity Engineer

Location-Onsite full time/Peoria, IL, Irving, TX, or Nashville, TN

Interview-1 round virtual interview

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

• Facilitate risk acceptance and awareness discussions with senior leadership; translate technical risks into business terms.
• Develop executive-ready presentations and proactively anticipate leadership questions and data needs.
• Maintain and track the cyber risk register, including follow-up on remediation actions and acceptance decisions.
• Perform qualitative risk analysis (likelihood and impact) using scenario-based models.
• Evaluate control effectiveness and compensating controls; provide risk-based recommendations.
• Support and contribute to the design and improvement of the cyber risk management program and associated processes.
  
  

Typical task breakdown:

• Facilitate risk acceptance and awareness discussions with senior leadership; translate technical risks into business terms.
• Develop executive-ready presentations and proactively anticipate leadership questions and data needs.
• Maintain and track the cyber risk register, including follow-up on remediation actions and acceptance decisions.
• Perform qualitative risk analysis (likelihood and impact) using scenario-based models.
• Evaluate control effectiveness and compensating controls; provide risk-based recommendations.
• Support and contribute to the design and improvement of the cyber risk management program and associated processes.
  
  

Interaction with team:

Work environment:

Full-time contract, on-site in Peoria, IL, Irving, TX, or Nashville, TN. No relocation provided.

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelors degree with 5 years experience in this capacity
• No degree , they must have at a minimum of 7 years in this capacity.
  
  

Required Technical Skills

(Required)

• 5 years in cyber risk, IT risk, or information security risk (consulting or Big 4 experience preferred).
• Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to engage senior leadership.
  
  

Ability to translate technical concepts into business risk language.

• Experience managing risk registers and tracking remediation activities.
• Technical understanding of systems, controls, and risk scenarios.
• Proactive, organized, and able to anticipate stakeholder needs.
• Experience contributing to risk program design or process improvement
  
  

Nice to Have:

• Experience with qualitative risk analysis methodologies in cybersecurity or IT environments.
• Prior experience with FAIR (Factor Analysis of Information Risk).
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with ServiceNow IRM or similar GRC platforms.
• Relevant certifications (CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC).
  
  

Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications:

• Consistent job hopping/ choppy tenure
  
  

If candidate is not local but open to relocation on their own dime, please make sure that is clear on the resume or they will be DQ