Cybersecurity Audit & Compliance Specialist – REMOTE (Ottawa, ON, CA)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential global technology services organization seeking a Cybersecurity Audit & Compliance Specialist to join their Policy, Audits, and Questionnaires team on a remote basis from Ottawa, Ontario. This is a critical role supporting enterprise compliance, customer confidence, and regulatory readiness across multiple international frameworks.

Our client maintains a portfolio of cybersecurity certifications and compliance programs that span ISO 27001, SOC, Cyber Essentials, ENS (Spanish security requirements), and other global standards. You will coordinate audit lifecycles, manage evidence collection, identify compliance gaps, and partner with stakeholders across the organization to maintain audit readiness.

Responsibilities

• Support cybersecurity audit, compliance, and certification projects including ISO 27001, ENS, Cyber Essentials, SOC, and other information security frameworks
• Prepare the organization for internal and external information security audits and coordinate audit lifecycle stages
• Partner with cross-functional teams, external advisors, auditors, and vendors to collect, organize, review, validate, and present audit evidence
• Analyze cybersecurity requirements across standards, regulations, and policies and provide compliance guidance to stakeholders
• Perform requirements assessments and gap analyses to identify non-compliance or control deficiencies
• Develop and recommend corrective and remediation actions and track issues through closure
• Evaluate information security provisions in vendor and customer contracts for alignment with corporate security policies
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready compliance documentation, evidence repositories, policies, and supporting records
• Coordinate with control owners and business stakeholders to ensure timely documentation and evidence delivery
• Monitor remediation activities and follow up to ensure audit findings and compliance gaps are addressed
• Support initiatives to improve efficiency, quality, consistency, and productivity of compliance and audit processes
• Communicate audit requirements, findings, risks, and remediation status to technical and non-technical audiences

What We're Looking For

Required Experience:

• 7+ years of strong experience in cybersecurity audit, governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) activities
• 3+ years of working knowledge of ISO/IEC 27001 and associated information security controls and certification requirements
• 3+ years of experience supporting internal/external audits and security certification programs
• 5+ years of strong experience with audit evidence collection, review, validation, and documentation
• 3+ years with cybersecurity frameworks and standards such as SOC, Cyber Essentials, ENS, NIST, or similar

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to interpret security standards and regulatory requirements and translate them into actionable compliance requirements
• Experience conducting requirements assessments, control assessments, and gap analyses
• Experience tracking audit findings, corrective actions, and remediation plans through completion
• Strong project coordination and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple compliance activities and deadlines simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, control owners, auditors, vendors, and external advisors
• Excellent documentation skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for diverse stakeholder audiences
• Relevant certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CRISC, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Lead Implementer, or equivalent preferred
• Experience working within a large, global enterprise environment
• Experience supporting multiple cybersecurity certification or assurance programs concurrently
• Familiarity with reviewing cybersecurity requirements in customer and vendor contracts
• Experience using GRC, audit management, or compliance tracking platforms

How We Work With You

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Pay

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