Company Summary

First American (India) is a GCC (Global Capability Center) of the First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies. FAI is a proud member of the FORTUNE 500 companies and has been amongst the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eight consecutive years. First American Financial Corporation provides comprehensive title insurance, closing/settlement, property data and technology solutions. First American (India) creates quality solutions for its customers by combining software, back office, and knowledge processing operations to fulfill First American's business requirements. Our priorities are our employees, customers, and shareholders - in that order. First American (India) has been ranked amongst India's Best Companies To Work For™ 2023: Listed amongst the Top 100 by Great Place To Work® India, FAI is also certified Best Workplaces for Women and Workplace with Inclusive Practices. Software Services helps build First American's product suite that encompasses the best in class Title Insurance, Settlement and Mortgage solutions platforms. Leverages technology product stack across Microsoft platform predominantly to develop, enhance and maintain the best in class applications. The R & D division delivers solutions for the title insurance industry leveraging the best of NLP, AI and ML.

Job Summary

Job Summary:

The Senior Security Engineer – Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) is responsible for supporting the execution and continuous improvement of Information Security GRC activities, with a primary focus on information security control assessments and control testing.

 

The role will work closely with the U.S. GRC team, Information Security control owners, technical subject matter experts, and business and technology stakeholders to assess control design and operating effectiveness, evaluate risk, document results, and support remediation and governance processes.

 

The ideal candidate combines strong information security controls assessment experience, practical risk assessment skills, familiarity with security policies and standards, and working knowledge of industry frameworks such as NIST and ISO.

Responsibilities:

•       Perform information security control assessments, including design effectiveness and operating effectiveness testing, for First American Information Security controls.

•       Develop and execute control test procedures, identify appropriate evidence requirements, evaluate control populations and samples, and document clear assessment conclusions.

•       Review policies, standards, procedures, system-generated evidence, reports, screenshots, tickets, and other artifacts to determine whether controls are designed and operating as intended.

•       Partner with control owners and Information Security subject matter experts to clarify control execution, obtain evidence, validate exceptions, and communicate assessment observations and gaps.

•       Support Multi-Brand Entity (MBE) control assessments by evaluating control implementation and evidence across applicable entities and documenting assessment results.

•       Support execution of the Policy Exception Request (PER) process, including review of exception information, coordination with stakeholders and SMEs, risk assessment inputs, follow-up, tracking, and closure activities.

•       Perform and support information security risk assessments, including evaluation of inherent risk, likelihood, impact, residual risk, and relevant mitigating controls using established methodologies.

•       Interpret Information Security policies, standards, and control requirements and apply them consistently during control and risk assessments.

•       Apply and reference industry frameworks and standards such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), ISO/IEC 27001/27002, and other applicable regulatory or control frameworks as required.

•       Maintain audit-ready assessment workpapers and support tracking of control gaps, remediation actions, due dates, reporting, process improvements, data quality, automation opportunities, and other GRC initiatives as assigned.

•       Collaborate effectively with U.S. and India-based stakeholders and provide timely, concise, and well-supported inputs for GRC leadership and Information Security governance activities.

 

Qualifications: (Skills, Knowledge, and Experience)

•       Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Risk Management, or equivalent professional experience.

•       7+ years of Information Security experience, with relevant experience in Governance, Risk & Compliance, security controls, audit, or assurance activities.

•       Hands-on experience performing information security control assessments or control testing, including assessment of control design and operating effectiveness.

•       Good understanding of control testing concepts, including evidence evaluation, sampling, control populations, test procedures, exception identification, and documentation of conclusions.

•       Working knowledge of information security risk management concepts, including risk identification, likelihood, impact, inherent risk, residual risk, mitigating controls, and risk treatment.

•       Experience interpreting and applying Information Security policies, standards, procedures, and control requirements.

•       Familiarity with NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), ISO/IEC 27001/27002, related security control frameworks, and common Information Security domains such as IAM, vulnerability management, network security, endpoint security, data security, logging and monitoring, incident response, business continuity, and third-party security.

•       Experience supporting policy exception, risk acceptance, issue management, remediation tracking, or similar governance processes is preferred.

•       Experience with GRC, workflow, ticketing, or evidence-management tools; familiarity with ServiceNow or similar platforms is preferred.

•       Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, documentation, and attention-to-detail skills.

•       Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical SMEs, control owners, business stakeholders, and U.S.-based teams.

•       Ability to manage multiple assessments and GRC activities, follow defined methodologies, meet timelines, and escalate issues appropriately.

•       Relevant certifications such as:

• • CISA, CRISC, CISSP, ISO/IEC 27001, or equivalent Information Security / GRC certification

FAI is committed to create an environment that respects, supports and inspires all individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and age. At FAI, we celebrate diversity and believe that an inclusive workforce benefits employees, the organization and our community. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information about our company and dedication to putting People First, check out https://firstam.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/faicareers.