Compliance Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Develop, monitor, and enforce governance policies within the engineering organization, concentrating on engineering operations and operational standards.

• Manage the operational lifecycle of vulnerability management and partner with engineering teams for timely remediation and minimizing infrastructure risks.

• Work alongside security architects, engineers, and stakeholders to create compliance controls and establish minimum IT control standards.

• Create and track KPIs and dashboards to ensure policy compliance, monitor open vulnerabilities, and prepare for audits within engineering.

• Facilitate collaboration among engineering, security, and audit teams by ensuring that control environment procedures are well-documented, tested, and consistently adhered to.

• Convert policies and industry frameworks, such as CIS benchmarks and NIST guidelines, into technical specifications and engineering workflows.

• Engage in post-incident reviews and threat modeling to uncover systemic compliance deficiencies and suggest structural enhancements.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of pertinent experience in policy, compliance, or technical program management in an engineering-centric environment.

• Demonstrated expertise in policy, compliance, or technical program management.

• Practical experience in designing and overseeing vulnerability management programs, tracking patch compliance, and managing remediation SLAs.

• Proficiency in engineering and operations technologies, particularly in secure software development lifecycles (SDLC).

• Familiarity with security frameworks and benchmarks, including NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and ISO 27001.

• Strong cross-functional communication skills to effectively convert policies into clear, actionable technical requirements.

• Capability to identify operational and security risks proactively before they affect platform reliability, driving accountability among engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits that support health, well-being, financial stability, and life outside of work.

• Flexible work options available through Akamai's FlexBase program: the choice to work from home, in an office, or a combination of both.