GRC Specialist
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Robert Half
Austin, TX (In Person)
Full-Time
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Description GRC Specialist Hybrid | Austin, TX | 6-month Contract We are looking for a GRC Specialist to provide hands-on support for audit readiness, compliance activities, and third-party risk efforts in Austin, Texas. This 6-month contract position is ideal for someone who can manage documentation, coordinate assessment materials, and help strengthen governance, risk, and compliance practices across multiple workstreams. The role will contribute to ongoing audit support, policy refinement, and security review processes while helping identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct vendor security reviews using established assessment frameworks and document findings clearly.
- Prepare, organize, and submit audit evidence through designated customer and compliance portals.
- Assist with a range of compliance examinations by tracking requests, gathering materials, and supporting follow-up actions.
- Update draft policies and procedures to reflect current control expectations and business needs.
- Review customer security questionnaires for completeness and accuracy before internal spot-checks.
- Analyze compliance-related workflows to uncover duplicate efforts and recommend practical process improvements.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to maintain organized records that support governance and audit readiness. Requirements
- 4+ years of demonstrated experience in compliance, risk, or governance-related roles within an IT or security environment.
- Working knowledge of audit support for information systems and common compliance assessment practices.
- Familiarity with vendor due diligence and third-party security review processes.
- Ability to manage documentation carefully, including evidence collection and portal submissions.
- Experience contributing to policy and procedure updates in regulated or compliance-focused settings.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to handle multiple priorities across concurrent audit activities.
- Understanding of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) concepts and supporting eGRC-related processes (ISO, SOC 2, Fed
RAMP, CMMC
).- Big plus - someone who can help identify maturity gaps, recommend improvements, and help automate GRC processes.
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