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GRC, Compliance & Data Protection Lead in Sacramento, CA

Elegant Enterprise Wide SolutionsSacramento, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Location: Sacramento, CA
Duration: 1+ Year
Required Qualifications
Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Security, Risk Management, Business Administration, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
Professional Experience
  • 6+ years of progressive experience in information-security GRC, cybersecurity compliance, risk management, security policy, privacy, data protection, or related fields.
  • Demonstrated experience developing security policies, procedures, standards, and control documentation.
  • Experience conducting security risk assessments and control-gap assessments.
  • Experience mapping security controls to regulatory or security frameworks.
  • Experience supporting audits, assessments, and compliance reviews.
  • Experience with enterprise GRC platforms.
  • Experience with third-party/vendor security risk management.
  • Experience with data classification and sensitive-data protection.
  • Experience with DLP, encryption, access-control governance, or related information-protection capabilities.
  • Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
  • Experience working in regulated environments is strongly preferred.
Preferred Certifications:
CISSP- Enterprise security governance and broad security leadership
CISM- Security management and governance
CRISC- Risk and control management
CISA - Audit, assessment, and control evaluation
CIPP- Privacy and data-protection responsibilities

Skills

Encryption
Compliance
Risk Management

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