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Title

Cloud Cybersecurity Compliance Engineer

Client

Montgomery County Government

Closing Date/Time

March 27, 2024 - 5:00 PM

Start Date

ASAP

Duration

For approximately 2000 hours with the option to extend

Location

UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE TASK ORDER MANAGER ALL WORK MUST BE PERFORMED ON SITE (County's Facilities) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE REFERENCED CONTRACT.

Scope of Work

The contractor will provide technical staff to take a leading position in the County's Cloud Cybersecurity Compliance program. Their primary focus will be to identify and prioritize cloudrelated risks enterprise-wide, executing comprehensive risk assessments and control gap analyses in line with established information security policies and widely recognized risk management frameworks applicable to a range of public cloud environments.

2) Contractor Staff will be responsible for conducting thorough reviews of legal contracts and agreements relevant to cloud services, including service level agreements (SLAs), data processing agreements (DPAs), and vendor contracts. This involves interpreting complex legal language and terms to ensure compliance with information security and privacy requirements, identifying potential risks or areas of non-compliance, and articulating these findings in a clear, comprehensible manner to business units and legal counsel. The contractor will liaise closely with County attorneysand business stakeholders to provide actionable insights, ensuring that contractual obligations align with the County's governance, risk, and compliance frameworks and standards.

3) Contract Staff will work side-by-side with County staff and play a lead role on the Governance, Risk, Compliance team having responsibility for the following: Designing, implementing, and continuously improving the County's cloud information security/privacy compliance program based on applicable policies, local/state/federal laws/regulations and adopted risk management frameworks. Designing, implementing, leading cloud-based risk assessments and control gap analysis procedures, activities, documents, and communication plans Leveraging NIST 800-53/FedRAMP assessment experience, technical, and program management skills to lead, plan, track, collaborate and report on the cloud governance, risk compliance program deliverables, including scheduling/leading meetings, assigning/tracking action items, and developing status reports. Performing cross functional interviews with business, technical and information security partners to determine if information security/privacy controls are implemented correctly, operating as intended, and producing the desired results. Communicating program controls, measurements, metrics, and assessment results confidentially, professionally, and effectively, in both written and verbal formats, with business, technical, and third-party stakeholders.

4) Contractor will provide candidate(s) with the following experience: 5+ years-experience applying governance, risk, compliance principles to public cloud ecosystems such as AWS (Amazon), Azure (Microsoft) and/or (GRC) Google 5+ years-experience designing/implementing cloud-based information security/privacy polices mapped to industry standards and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, PCI, HIPAA etc.) Designing, implementing, and performing cloud-based risk assessments and control gap analysis; identifying, analyzing, and evaluating cloud security/privacy risks through analysis of vendor-provided SOC2 and other cloud security control documentation. Proven ability to communicate confidentially, professionally, and effectively, in both written and verbal formats, with business, technical, and third-party stakeholders. Developing monitoring, gathering, and analyzing information security and compliance metrics for management for the cloud environment. 5) Contract staff will report directly to Governance, Risk, Compliance Team Le d.

Special Instructions

The Task Order Proposal must include the following: Resume(s) of proposed staff Documentation/evidence of any job-related credential or certification claimed on resume Time and Materials quote according to contract Statement of understanding of scope of services