Security Compliance Analyst IV

Security Compliance Analyst

We are seeking a highly experienced Security Compliance Analyst to join our Enterprise IT Compliance & Governance team. This role supports the foundational elements of the Generac Information Security Management System (ISMS) and enterprise compliance operations by governing the quality, completeness, and traceability of compliance evidence; facilitating multi-framework assessments; maintaining centralized registers that ensure traceability between controls, requirements, exceptions, and corrective actions; and governing exception and remediation activities.

This role functions as a subject matter expert and partners with business, technology, risk, legal, and audit teams to develop, implement, monitor, and improve security controls and compliance programs that protect company assets and support organizational objectives.

Major Responsibilities

ISMS Operations & Governance

• Support the operation of the enterprise ISMS foundational layer in alignment with Generac's Compliance & Governance operating model.
• Govern enterprise compliance governance activities across ISO 27001, NIST CSF 2.0, NIST 800-171, TX-RAMP, and other applicable frameworks.
• Leverage authoritative outputs from Risk Management, Privacy, and Incident Response to inform governance decisions and prioritization.
• Execute complex tasks like regulatory exam execution, deep-dive risk assessments, and massive IT system audits.

Framework, Controls & Evidence Management

• Operate and maintain the common Generac Controls Framework (GCF), including control mappings, applicability logic, and evidence expectations.
• Govern the quality, completeness, and traceability of compliance evidence across all enterprise control owners.
• Maintain authoritative enterprise registers for controls, requirements, evidence, exceptions, corrective actions, and assessments.
• Support readiness assessments for emerging regulatory frameworks impacting connected products and digital systems (e.g., EU Cyber Resilience Act), including control mapping and evidence expectations.

Assessment & Audit Readiness

• Facilitate enterprise compliance assessments, readiness reviews, and surveillance activities.
• Coordinate internal and external audit activities and support auditor engagement and evidence validation.
• Ensure enterprise frameworks and evidence expectations support regulated and contractual obligations while execution remains with designated business-unit compliance teams.

Exceptions & Corrective Actions

• Govern the enterprise exception and corrective action lifecycle, including intake, approval workflows, tracking, and closure assurance.
• Monitor systemic issues, exception trends, and remediation effectiveness across the enterprise.

Reporting, Communication & Enablement

• Produce enterprise compliance KPIs, dashboards, and management review inputs.
• Provide governance guidance and communications to control owners to clarify expectations and evidence requirements.
• Contribute to enterprise security and compliance maturity assessments and trend reporting (e.g., NIST CSF 2.0), including baseline establishment and re-assessment support.
• Handle heavy cross-functional coordination managing Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) and liaising with external regulatory bodies.

Tooling, Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Operate enterprise compliance tooling and workflows.
• Support automation and AI-governance guardrails to improve scale, consistency, and auditability.

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field.

Certification / License

• No certification is required for this role.
• Foundational certifications such as ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor, CISA, or other GRC-related credentials are considered an asset.

Work Experience

• 7-10 years of highly specialized experience in/with/for regulated environments (FERC, NE RC) such as financial, federal, or defense sectors.
• Experience in security compliance, GRC operations, ISMS support, or control assurance within an enterprise environment.
• Experience actively supporting, coordinating, or facilitating compliance assessments or audit readiness activities in a governance or assurance capacity across frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST-based frameworks, or CMMC.
• Experience working within multi-framework compliance programs, including control mapping, evidence governance, and remediation tracking.
• Experience coordinating compliance activities with distributed control owners and stakeholders across multiple business units or regions.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Strong understanding of security controls, compliance frameworks, and governance practices.
• Experience with ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NIST 800-171/CMMC, TXRAMP, and related regulatory or contractual standards.
• Ability to interpret control requirements and assess the quality, completeness, and traceability of evidence provided by control owners.
• Strong documentation, analysis, and workflow or register management skills supporting auditability and traceability.
• Experience with enterprise compliance tooling, structured registers, or GRC platforms is beneficial.
• Effective communication skills for working with cross-functional stakeholders across business units and regions.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent compliance activities and deadlines in a distributed enterprise environment.
• High attention to detail with strong organization and follow-through.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a global team.
• Understanding of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their compliance and shared-responsibility considerations.
• Commitment to integrity, accuracy, and maintaining confidentiality of sensitive enterprise information.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.