Security Specialist Readiness Team

Job Posting End Date 09-21-2026 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

The Security Readiness Specialist serves as a primary cybersecurity engagement partner for technology initiatives, business operations, vendor evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and major change efforts. This role helps ensure cybersecurity and compliance considerations are identified early, coordinated effectively, and incorporated into solution planning and delivery. The specialist works across business, technology, project, vendor, and cybersecurity teams to assess risk, route work to the right subject matter experts, document findings, coordinate remediation, and support secure delivery from idea through implementation.

We are seeking a Security Readiness Specialist to help build cybersecurity and compliance into technology initiatives from the earliest stages of planning through implementation and business operations. This role is ideal for a collaborative security professional who can assess risk, coordinate across teams, guide stakeholders through security requirements, and ensure initiatives receive the right level of cybersecurity engagement. The successful candidate will bring strong communication, risk management, and execution skills, along with the ability to translate cybersecurity expectations into practical guidance for business, technology, vendor, and project teams. What you’ll do: Essential Job Functions & Tasks Key Responsibilities Serve as a single point of contact for cybersecurity readiness across assigned portfolios, projects, business operations, and non-project initiatives. Perform initial cyber and compliance risk assessments during portfolio planning, project scoping, demand intake, RFI/RFP activity, and proof-of-concept evaluation. Partner with Portfolio BSAs, project managers, business unit partners, technology teams, vendors, and cybersecurity functional teams to right-size security engagement based on risk, scope, and complexity. Review project charters, requirements, user stories, design documents, statements of work, vendor materials, third-party risk inputs, and existing security findings to identify required security involvement. Coordinate cybersecurity and compliance readiness activities across security teams, including ownership, effort, timelines, dependencies, communications, and deliverables. Provide guidance on cybersecurity policies, standards, compliance requirements, cloud patterns, generative AI governance, infrastructure changes, vendor reviews, and secure solution design. Identify, assess, document, and manage project-related security findings and risks, including legacy findings that apply to current initiatives. Support mitigation and remediation planning for vulnerabilities, penetration testing observations, policy deviations, operational findings, and security assessment outcomes. Facilitate timely cybersecurity engagement through approved request channels, including ServiceNow Cyber Security and Compliance catalog requests and ARCS risk project activities where applicable. Coordinate cyber kickoff activities, engagement surveys, risk determinations, and evidence of security review, including Cyber Security Risk Review deliverables or limited/no engagement confirmation when appropriate. Triage security and compliance requests, answer general security questions, route inquiries to the appropriate teams, and escalate issues when specialized expertise is required. Support non-project initiatives such as mobile app reviews, browser extension reviews, Partner Banner requests, Intune mobile app requests, proof-of-concepts, vendor evaluations, RFP reviews, and other role-based security requests. Maintain clear communication with stakeholders regarding security expectations, risk decisions, remediation status, open issues, and required follow-up actions. Promote early security engagement to reduce delivery delays, improve compliance outcomes,