Governance, Risk and Compliance Specialist (Remote) id-9339

May 23, 2025

About the position

The Governance, Risk and Compliance Specialist at CrowdStrike plays a pivotal role in the Commercial Compliance team, which is dedicated to achieving, maintaining, and continuously enhancing the company's information security compliance program. This position is crucial for managing a compliance portfolio that includes various frameworks such as SOC 2, CSA STAR, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, PCI-DSS, C5, and others. The primary responsibility of the Governance, Risk, and Compliance Specialist is to support the audit and assessment functions related to these compliance frameworks, ensuring that CrowdStrike adheres to the highest standards of information security.

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Responsibilities

Facilitate internal and external compliance audits from third-party auditors and/or assessors.

Communicate with stakeholders within CrowdStrike on control requirements and expectations of control implementation.

Support an information security program by creating repeatable and scalable processes.

Identify opportunities for improvement within the organization and lead efforts to address and correct these opportunities.

Perform other duties within the scope of governance, risk, and compliance as needed.

Requirements

3 years of information security program management experience.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field (or equivalent experience).

Practical experience with certifications and frameworks like SOC 2, CSA STAR, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, PCI-DSS, C5, IRAP, and NIST Special Publication 800-53.

Practical experience with continually improving an organization's compliance program.

Ability to build rapport and maintain relationships across various functions within an organization.

Fundamental technical understanding of key technologies such as operating systems, networks, application development, databases, virtualization, and cloud infrastructures.

Nice-to-haves

Program management experience in scoping audits and/or assessments, maintaining a compliance program, and leading project initiatives.

Ability to think strategically about a uniform compliance program.

Experience with cloud environment platforms and CrowdStrike's Falcon platform products and services.

Security+/AWS CCP/CISA or other certification(s) demonstrating cloud/SaaS knowledge.

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