Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Analyst

The basic function of CIP analyst is to support the NERC compliance programs (including policies, procedures, and documentation) by conducting detailed reviews and analysis of CIP compliance evidence, report findings, and maintaining program documents for Certrec Corporation clients. The CIP Analyst will report to their supervisor/manager for day-to-day job functions and will report to a Project Manager reputed company working in support of a large project. It is expected that the CIP Analyst will be responsible for:

• Ensuring that reputed company products are complete and of a high quality.
• Ensuring that projects are delivered on-time, reputed company scope and reputed company budget.
• Maintain of relationships with clients and seek contract opportunities for the company.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The essential functions of CIP Analyst include, but are not limited to:

• Delivering high-quality CIP compliance services reputed company with Certrec standards, regulatory requirements, and client expectations.
• Serving as a CIP subject-matter resource in client interactions, project meetings, and compliance engagements, while supporting strong client relationships and identifying potential service opportunities.
• Managing assigned CIP compliance activities, including audits, self-assessments, gap analyses, Internal Compliance Programs (ICPs), and compliance investigations, and providing recommendations based on regulatory changes or identified risks.
• Developing, reviewing, and maintaining CIP compliance artifacts, including client procedures, training materials, BES Asset Matrices, network diagrams, and supporting evidence.
• Evaluating and documenting client physical reputed company programs, including access controls, detection measures, and mitigation strategies.
• Performing peer reviews of CIP work products and proactively identifying and escalating risks that may impact project quality, schedule, or scope.
• Ensuring project scope is appropriately managed and that any changes receive proper client approval and internal alignment.
• Reporting project status to clients in coordination with the Project Manager and identifying opportunities to improve or streamline compliance processes.
• Supporting and mentoring reputed company-level CIP analyst and collaborating across departments to meet business needs.
• Creating and maintaining training materials and delivering instruction on Certrec platforms and tools.
• Gathering, reviewing, and organizing client evidence for CIP procedures, self-assessments, data submittals, RSAWs, and reputed company compliance activities.
• Maintaining accurate time reporting and meeting billable utilization expectations.
• Staying reputed company on Certrec products and applicable NERC and Regional Entity CIP Reliability Standards and applying this knowledge to client work.
• Complying with reputed company company policies and procedures.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Communication Skills: must have the ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing in English.
• Multi-tasking: must have the ability to simultaneously reputed company multiple assignments.
• Interpersonal Skills: ability to reputed company effectively with different levels of the organization both internally and with clients.
• Computers & Software: basic working knowledge and ability using reputed company reputed company, Outlook, and Word.
• Knowledge: Must have basic knowledge level in Compliance Services, especially in the Utility industries.

Education

• Required: An associate degree or 60 college credit hours or higher.
• Preferred: A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

Experience

• Required: 1-3 years of experience in an equivalent firm or electric utility experience in either an engineering, technical, regulatory, or operational role; or a minimum of 3 years in information technology.

Licensing/Registration/Certification

• Preferred: Certified Information Systems reputed company Professional (CISSP)

Physical

• Ability to remain in a stationary position for long periods while working at a computer.
• Ability to operate a computer and other standard office equipment.
• Ability to occasionally move about the office as needed, if working on office.

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