Hybrid IT Vendor Risk Management Analyst

at Eversource Energy

• Job title: IT Vendor Risk Management Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $119,100 - $132,330 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, United States

About the role

• Vendor Risk Management IT Security Analyst at Eversource responsible for managing third-party vendor risk in compliance with IT controls and regulations. Evaluating vendor security protocols and implementing risk management strategies.

Responsibilities

• Developing, implementing, and validating IT control standards and procedures for third‑party vendors.
• Conducting detailed vendor risk assessments, identifying potential control gaps, and recommending remediation actions or enhanced control designs.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of existing vendor controls through scheduled testing based on vendor criticality tiers and documenting results in accordance with established risk and compliance frameworks.
• Overseeing policy, standards, guidelines, and control monitoring and testing for Vendors.
• Conducting process design, analysis, documentation, implementation and testing activities.
• Analyzing communication and recommending updates.
• Participating in the testing and evaluation of new products and processes.

Requirements

• Four-year college degree from an accredited institution; Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Risk, IT, or related field with focus on information systems or related experience.
• Five (5) or more years of related experience with a minimum of two years of relevant work experience in Risk Management.
• Strong knowledge of IT general controls related to operations, information security and change management of systems software, application source code, network, and system database technologies.
• Experience testing automated and manual application controls; security testing experience required.
• Risk assessment ability and internal audit experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; good report writing skills.
• Knowledge of IT security and infrastructure.
• Knowledge of operating system platforms.
• Excellent analytical skills.

Benefits

• Eversource offers a competitive total rewards program.
• Check out our careers site for an overview of our benefits programs.