Sr. Compliance Analyst

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sr. Compliance Analyst based in the United States. The Senior Compliance Analyst will lead the implementation, certification, and ongoing management of an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Information Security Management System (ISMS). In this remote role, you will drive security compliance initiatives, coordinate certification audits, and strengthen risk management practices across a cloud-based software environment. You will collaborate with teams across information security, engineering, IT, legal, HR, and finance to embed effective controls and maintain continuous audit readiness. Combining hands-on compliance expertise with strong project management skills, you will oversee remediation plans, streamline evidence collection, and improve governance processes. You will also help align ISO 27001 requirements with existing SOC 2 controls and other relevant security frameworks. This is an opportunity to take ownership of a critical security program while contributing to the reliability, transparency, and trustworthiness of technology solutions serving public-sector organizations. Accountabilities: You will own key compliance initiatives from implementation through certification and ongoing monitoring, ensuring that security controls, documentation, and risk management practices remain effective and audit-ready. Your responsibilities will include: • ISO 27001 Implementation and Certification: Lead the end-to-end implementation and certification of the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 program, establishing implementation plans, milestones, deliverables, and stakeholder responsibilities. • Gap Assessments and Remediation: Assess existing practices against ISO 27001 requirements, identify compliance gaps, coordinate remediation activities, and track progress against established timelines. • ISMS Management: Define and maintain the ISMS scope, objectives, and Statement of Applicability (SoA), ensuring that the management system remains aligned with organizational and certification requirements. • Audit Coordination: Coordinate external certification, surveillance, and recertification audits, including preparation, evidence collection, stakeholder interviews, and resolution of audit findings. • Risk Management and Controls: Conduct and maintain information security risk assessments, risk registers, and risk treatment plans. Work with control owners to implement, document, assess, and monitor applicable controls. • Internal Audits and Continuous Improvement: Coordinate internal audits, management reviews, corrective actions, and ongoing improvement activities. Evaluate control effectiveness and ensure identified weaknesses are addressed. • Policies and Documentation: Develop and maintain information security policies, procedures, standards, and supporting ISMS documentation. Ensure records are accurate, current, appropriately approved, and readily available for audits. • GRC Platform Administration: Maintain requirements, risks, controls, evidence, and remediation activities within the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform, including Drata or comparable tools. • Evidence Management and Automation: Map existing controls and evidence to ISO 27001 requirements, establish clear ownership and monitoring processes, and leverage automation to streamline evidence collection and compliance reporting. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Information Security, IT, Engineering, HR, Legal, Finance, and other stakeholders to integrate compliance requirements into business processes and drive accountability across teams. • Framework Alignment: Reuse existing SOC 2 controls and evidence where appropriate and support alignment with other frameworks, including GovRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, and PCI DSS. • Program Reporting: Provide regular updates to the GRC Manager on certification readiness, milestones, risks, dependencies, compliance gaps, and remediation progress. Requirements: The ideal candidate brings substantial hands-on experience in information security compliance, a strong understanding of ISO 27001, and the ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives independently. Key qualifications include: • Professional Experience: At least 5 years of experience in governance, risk and compliance (GRC), information security compliance, security assurance, or a related field. • ISO 27001 Implementation: Demonstrated experience leading or substantially owning an ISO/IEC 27001 implementation and certification initiative. • Standards and ISMS Expertise: Strong knowledge of ISO/IEC 27001:2022 requirements, ISMS operations, risk assessment and treatment, control implementation, and audit processes. • Audit Readiness: Experience preparing for and coordinating external certification audits, including evidence management, stakeholder coordination, and remediation of audit findings. • Policies and Control Documentation: Proven ability to develop and maintain compliance policies, procedures, risk assessments, control documentation, and supporting records. • GRC and Automation Tools: Hands-on experience with a GRC or compliance automation platform, such as Drata or an equivalent solution. • Project Management: Strong organizational, analytical, and project management skills, with the ability to independently manage complex initiatives, competing priorities, milestones, and deadlines. • Communication and Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication skills, including the ability to translate technical security requirements into practical business processes and communicate expectations clearly to diverse stakeholders. • Cross-Functional Influence: Ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and drive accountability across teams without direct reporting authority. • Professional Certifications: ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, CISA, CGRC, or