Public Sector Compliance Specialist

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Summary

Adobe is seeking a dedicated and innovative person to further mature and scale our compliance program. We are looking for a Public Sector Compliance Specialist role for Adobe’s Technology GRC (TechGRC) group. The role will be based out of Adobe’s Lehi, New York City, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, or Washington, D.C. location. The person will own an expanded portfolio of both FedRAMP compliance and emerging Public Sector compliance for Adobe.

What You Will Do

• Work under the supervision and guidance of the TechGRC manager and drive technology compliance activities across Adobe including service readiness for public sector and federal security compliances/regulations.
• Serve as a leader with vision within Adobe to help guide business, operational, and security organizations to navigate existing and newly emerging compliances/regulations.
• Develop compliance program workflows for new certifications such as CMMC.
• Draft compliance reports to summarize the compliance objectives, key findings, and work with teams to remediate key findings.
• Continuously identify internal controls issues, ensure they are well-defined and root causes are identified.
• Build deep trust across federal and public sector industries by aspiring to continuously maintain Adobe’s existing FedRAMP authorizations and drive initiatives to acquire new FedRAMP authorizations.
• Own the ongoing relationship with external auditors and government agencies to help them gain confidence with regard to Adobe’s security compliance program.
• Perform compliance mappings and gap analyses against compliance frameworks to identify level of effort of compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-53.
• Collect and detail technical architecture, operational processes and security policies from multiple internal engineering teams.
• Supporting internal teams in implementing new initiatives that emphasize security and compliance.

What You Need to Succeed

• To follow US Federal government requirements, US citizenship is required.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science; or equivalent degree required.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in FedRAMP, FISMA, and/or NIST-related compliance frameworks required.
• Hands-on experience with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF).
• Experience in pursuing a new certification from beginning to end (business use case approval, pre-assessment, assessment, certification, and continuous monitoring).
• Hands-on experience with AWS & Azure environments.
• Knowledge of Core IT processes / services such as SDLC, Identity/User Access management, Backup and DR processes.
• Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. It is essential that the candidate is a team-player and possesses strong organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to communicate with both business and IT technical staff including IT and Business management.
• Ability to grasp new technologies and concepts and understand how they can impact the business.

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least 12:01 AM Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $106,300 -- $223,000 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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