Hybrid GRC Analyst – Security Governance, Configuration

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About the role

  • GRC Analyst enhancing governance, risk, and compliance practices within Sword, focusing on cybersecurity standards and configuration management.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and document a Configuration Management Plan aligned to recognised standards such as NIST.
  • Define and document roles and responsibilities across the 2nd Line of Defence, ensuring clarity and accountability.
  • Support the rollout of configuration management processes, including communication, stakeholder engagement, and adoption.
  • Document secure configuration policy principles, translating technical requirements into clear, accessible guidance.
  • Review, refine, and communicate security policies to ensure alignment with organisational and regulatory expectations.
  • Gather and interpret configuration compliance reports from monitoring tools to support governance activities.
  • Enhance change management processes, including contributing to Change Advisory Board (CAB) inputs.
  • Work closely with business change and communications teams to embed new processes effectively.
  • Simplify complex security concepts into practical guidance for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Maintain clear, structured documentation that supports ongoing governance and audit requirements.

Requirements

  • Experience working with cyber security standards such as ISO 27001 or NIST frameworks (e.g. NIST 800-53).
  • Understanding of secure configuration principles and cyber security policy development.
  • Experience writing policies, procedures, or governance documentation within a security context.
  • Strong documentation skills, with the ability to produce clear, structured, and usable outputs.
  • Ability to understand and map process flows, including defining roles and responsibilities (e.g. RACI models).
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business-friendly language.
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including security, change, and communications.
  • Experience developing or implementing a Configuration Management Plan.
  • Exposure to governance within large-scale transformation or regulated environments.
  • Familiarity with compliance reporting and monitoring tools.
  • Experience supporting change management processes or governance forums such as CAB.

Benefits

  • Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
  • Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
  • A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.

Job title

GRC Analyst – Security Governance, Configuration

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