Cyber Security Governance Analyst | Remote, USA

Governance Operations & Coordination

• Support AFC governance processes, standards, operational activities, onboarding, service transitions, and readiness initiatives.
• Coordinate governance meetings, working sessions, action items, follow-ups, dependencies, deliverables, and decision records.
• Maintain governance calendars, task lists, initiative documentation, and assigned-action tracking to support timely completion.

Stakeholder Support & Requirements Documentation

• Partner with stakeholders to gather business, technical, content, access, workflow, and operational requirements.
• Document needs, current-state challenges, process steps, dependencies, decisions, outcomes, and implementation notes.
• Translate and validate requirements into user stories, process maps, forms, workflows, templates, and platform updates.

Tool & Platform Support

• Provide administrative, content, and user support for AFC platforms including SharePoint, Jira, Smartsheet, Forms, Teams, Power Automate, and Microsoft 365.
• Maintain sites, lists, libraries, pages, forms, boards, trackers, templates, permissions, and team resources according to procedures.
• Support workflow configuration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, content cleanup, and platform adoption.

Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Draft, edit, format, and maintain governance standards, procedures, playbooks, job aids, process maps, knowledge articles, presentations, and communications.
• Translate cybersecurity, technical, and operational information into clear, concise, actionable documentation using approved templates and terminology.
• Manage document libraries, metadata, ownership, review dates, version history, publication status, reviews, feedback incorporation, and final publishing.

Cybersecurity Program & Operational Support

• Build working knowledge of managed cybersecurity programs, service delivery models, AFC terminology, security platforms, and operational workflows.
• Apply cybersecurity context across documentation, requirements, workflows, stakeholder communications, and discussions involving threat operations or technical dependencies.

Process Improvement & Workflow Execution

• Document current- and future-state processes, identify gaps, manual steps, duplication, standardization opportunities, and automation candidates.
• Support development, testing, stakeholder feedback, implementation, and adoption of approved forms, workflows, templates, and process improvements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Program Management, Engineering, Threat Management, Advisory, and Governance stakeholders to support shared objectives.
• Promote clear communications and consistent use of governance tools, documentation, and processes across AFC teams.

Key Competencies

• Governance operations, stakeholder coordination, organization, attention to detail, task management, problem solving, and collaboration.
• Cybersecurity terminology literacy and ability to communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Advanced Microsoft 365 proficiency with strong technical writing, editing, formatting, and presentation-development skills.

Preferred Knowledge Areas

• Cybersecurity operations, managed security services, SOC terminology, and service delivery models
• Security platform operations, threat monitoring, detection, and incident workflows
• Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Jira, Smartsheet, Forms, Teams, and Power Automate
• Business requirements, technical documentation, knowledge management, and workflow design

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting governance, cybersecurity, program management, knowledge management, or related business functions.
• Experience gathering stakeholder input and converting it into structured requirements, documentation, or platform updates.
• Experience supporting SharePoint, Jira, Smartsheet, Forms, or similar platforms while managing multiple assignments with limited supervision.

Success Measures

• Timely completion of governance coordination, follow-ups, assigned actions, and stakeholder communications.
• Clear, organized documentation of requirements, decisions, workflows, repositories, forms, and operational content.
• Consistent collaboration with AFC stakeholders using sound cybersecurity and operational context.

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Salary Range Description

$82,700.00 - $110,200.00 Annual The Hiring Range provided for this role is informed by (but not limited to) various factors including responsibilities of the position, work experience, education/training, internal peer equity, geography, as well as other market influences when extending an offer. The disclosed range has not been adjusted for these factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a variable incentive-based bonus plan. Optiv offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, of which salary is a component.

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• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
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• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)