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Apex Systems is looking for a NERC-CIP candidate in the Columbus, OH area! If you are interested, please send your resume to Taylor at !
Assist in ensuring that the NERC CIP compliance standards are applied to the Energy Delivery Operations (EDOps) business unit by collaborating with process experts and AEP business unit partners. Develop, maintain, and perform EDOps internal controls for access and system account management, change and configuration management, protection of information, and vulnerability management. Work with moderate direction from senior team members. When abnormalities are found, you will gather, investigate, and analyze the issues, determine root causes, and develop mitigation plans to ensure the issues do not reoccur.
Essential Job Functions & Tasks:
• Perform and document daily, weekly, monthly tasks to validate the health of baselines of installed software, accounts, ports, and services.
• Develop and support mitigation and remediation plans, new processes, polices, and controls.
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts on requests for changes to systems that must be performed within defined parameters and do not cause risk to the environment. Use Excel to verify expected results of change implementations to systems. Communicate any anomalies that occur.
• Communicate with Process Experts on current and future changes to CIP program and procedures.
• Must be detail oriented and deadline driven. Be able to express when gaps in processes cannot be met and how the issues will be resolved.
• Collaborate with department Process Experts and other business units to build process improvements.
• Escalate concerns when issues are not being resolved in a timely manner.
• Create and give presentations for small and medium audiences consisting of peers and different levels of management.
• Assist in the creation of evidence of compliance and audit readiness.
• Understand NERC CIP requirements and how they apply to the business.
Additional Information:
• Demonstrate the highest standards of ethical behavior and support the Company's Corporate Compliance policy.
• Strong skills in communication, issue resolution, organization, and facilitation are essential.
Basic Qualifications :
Education requirements:
Bachelor's degree in IT related field ( business administration, computer science) OR Associates degree with 2 years IT related field experience OR High School Diploma/GED with 4 years experience in compliance and/or IT.
Work Experience:
Minimum of three (3) years of experience in Information Technology, Operational Technology, or Cyber Security.
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