Senior Governance, Risk & Compliance Specialist
Remote - USA
About Zscaler
We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.
RoleWe are looking for a Senior Governance, Risk & Compliance Specialist to join our Technology Risk & Compliance team. This is a remote U.S. role with a preference for a hybrid schedule near San Jose, CA, reporting to the Director Technology Risk and Compliance. You will support the implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of integrated GRC frameworks for FedRAMP and DoD authorizations. Your work will directly influence business strategy by ensuring compliance activities are integrated into broader business processes while supporting our mission as a global cloud security leader.
What you’ll do (Role Expectations)- Implement, maintain and enhance integrated GRC frameworks for FedRAMP and DoD authorizations, with a focus on continuous monitoring activities
- Play a key role in the execution of ongoing significant change and annual assessment activities
- Collaborate and communicate GRC requirements to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- Own and maintain the Plan of Action and Milestone deliverable, keeping relevant stakeholders informed on risks to the system
- Monitor relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards to understand impacts on authorized services and adjust processes or technical controls as needed
- You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
- You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
- You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
- You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.
- 5+ years of experience supporting FedRAMP and DoD compliance programs
- U.S. citizenship is required; an active U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance is preferred
- Experience with processes and tools required for automating continuous monitoring activities
- Expertise in assessing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS cloud offerings with a clear understanding of shared control responsibilities
- Experience assessing containerized applications in Kubernetes and understanding security best practices for AI/ML technologies