Cyber Security Governance Analyst | Remote, USA

Summary

Optiv is seeking a Cyber Security Governance Analyst to support cybersecurity governance operations and project delivery. The role coordinates governance activities, gathers and documents stakeholder requirements, supports cybersecurity platforms and workflows, and produces clear operational documentation for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support AFC governance processes, standards, operational activities, onboarding, service transitions, and readiness initiatives
• Coordinate governance meetings, working sessions, action items, follow-ups, dependencies, deliverables, and decision records
• Maintain governance calendars, task lists, initiative documentation, and assigned-action tracking to support timely completion
• Partner with stakeholders to gather business, technical, content, access, workflow, and operational requirements
• Document needs, current-state challenges, process steps, dependencies, decisions, outcomes, and implementation notes
• Translate and validate requirements into user stories, process maps, forms, workflows, templates, and platform updates
• Provide administrative, content, and user support for AFC platforms including SharePoint, Jira, Smartsheet, Forms, Teams, Power Automate, and Microsoft 365
• Maintain sites, lists, libraries, pages, forms, boards, trackers, templates, permissions, and team resources according to procedures
• Support workflow configuration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, content cleanup, and platform adoption
• Draft, edit, format, and maintain governance standards, procedures, playbooks, job aids, process maps, knowledge articles, presentations, and communications
• Translate cybersecurity, technical, and operational information into clear, concise, actionable documentation using approved templates and terminology
• Manage document libraries, metadata, ownership, review dates, version history, publication status, reviews, feedback incorporation, and final publishing
• Build working knowledge of managed cybersecurity programs, service delivery models, AFC terminology, security platforms, and operational workflows
• Apply cybersecurity context across documentation, requirements, workflows, stakeholder communications, and discussions involving threat operations or technical dependencies
• Document current- and future-state processes, identify gaps, manual steps, duplication, standardization opportunities, and automation candidates
• Support development, testing, stakeholder feedback, implementation, and adoption of approved forms, workflows, templates, and process improvements
• Collaborate with Program Management, Engineering, Threat Management, Advisory, and Governance stakeholders to support shared objectives
• Promote clear communications and consistent use of governance tools, documentation, and processes across AFC teams

Skills

• The Governance Analyst will have senior technical writing expertise and an eye for detail to document processes within governance frameworks
• Possess the ability to maintain proper methodology for purposes of consistency and efficiency
• Requiring an ability to advise from a Governance perspective as well as create and present documentation for client stakeholders
• Governance operations, stakeholder coordination, organization, attention to detail, task management, problem solving, and collaboration
• Cybersecurity terminology literacy and ability to communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Advanced Microsoft 365 proficiency with strong technical writing, editing, formatting, and presentation-development skills
• Cybersecurity operations, managed security services, SOC terminology, and service delivery models
• Security platform operations, threat monitoring, detection, and incident workflows
• Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Jira, Smartsheet, Forms, Teams, and Power Automate
• Business requirements, technical documentation, knowledge management, and workflow design
• Experience supporting governance, cybersecurity, program management, knowledge management, or related business functions
• Experience gathering stakeholder input and converting it into structured requirements, documentation, or platform updates
• Experience supporting SharePoint, Jira, Smartsheet, Forms, or similar platforms while managing multiple assignments with limited supervision

Qualifications

Must Haves

• The Governance Analyst will have senior technical writing expertise and an eye for detail to document processes within governance frameworks
• Possess the ability to maintain proper methodology for purposes of consistency and efficiency
• requiring an ability to advise from a Governance perspective as well as create and present documentation for client stakeholders
• Governance operations, stakeholder coordination, organization, attention to detail, task management, problem solving, and collaboration
• Cybersecurity terminology literacy and ability to communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Advanced Microsoft 365 proficiency with strong technical writing, editing, formatting, and presentation-development skills

Nice to Haves

• Cybersecurity operations, managed security services, SOC terminology, and service delivery models
• Security platform operations, threat monitoring, detection, and incident workflows
• Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Jira, Smartsheet, Forms, Teams, and Power Automate
• Business requirements, technical documentation, knowledge management, and workflow design
• Experience supporting governance, cybersecurity, program management, knowledge management, or related business functions
• Experience gathering stakeholder input and converting it into structured requirements, documentation, or platform updates
• Experience supporting SharePoint, Jira, Smartsheet, Forms, or similar platforms while managing multiple assignments with limited supervision

Benefits

• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through its Employee Resource Groups.
• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)