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The Lansing Board of Water & Light has an opening for a Critical Infrastructure protection (CIP) Compliance Analyst in Lansing, MI.

Job Type: Full - Time

Starting Salary Range: $72,500 - $87,100.00

Position Summary:

Plans and coordinates NERC CIP compliance activities to meet the obligations of the Operations Technology (OT) Division. This position is responsible for managing activities to ensure and demonstrate compliance with all NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) requirements.

Essential Functions:

• The position coordinates and manages all CIP compliance activities within the BWL for maintaining compliance and capturing all required evidence to demonstrate compliance. The position is also responsible for providing support, for self-certifications, audit preparation, self-reports, and mitigation plans, and the submission of Technical Feasibility Exceptions (TFEs), among other activities.
• Coordinates with NERC Compliance team to promote an understanding of compliance responsibilities for OT Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and facilitate education, information, and training to achieve and sustain compliance success creating a collaborative Culture of Compliance.
• Application-Administrator of the configuration compliance monitoring environment.
• Participate in industry working groups and task forces, etc., and encourage other team members to do so to acquire information on best practices that can be implemented in OT as it relates to CIP compliance.
• Maintain a complete understanding of present NERC CIP standard requirements, measures, and compliance reporting, quickly develop working knowledge of future revisions, and be a SME on these standards for the BWL.
• Serves as an interface between team members, business units, support groups, corporate areas, contractors, and vendors to ensure appropriate communication and problem resolution as it relates to NERC CIP compliance.
• Serves as a Technical Writer who facilitates the management of BWL OT Compliance documents including Policies, Procedures, and other technical compliance documentation.
• Identifies, resolves, and escalates, as needed, complex project issues to management and/or customers.
• Uses critical thinking and problem-solving skills to interpret, execute, define, and provide continual improvement of internal CIP compliance processes and procedures.
• Provides BWL OT compliance-related customer support to vendors and contractors to assist them in navigating vendor-onboarding compliance requirements.
• Proactively tracks the CIP compliance tasks being performed by the SMEs to ensure that the tasks are being performed as required and provides compliance metrics to management.
• Develop, maintain, and collect evidence to demonstrate compliance; and coordinate audit responses with all internal and external vendors (auditors) related to compliance and regulatory auditing.
• Maintains awareness of NERC standards relevant to the OT department and assists subject matter experts as necessary.
• Responsible for developing, maintaining, and periodically reviewing the Reliability Standards Audit Worksheets (RSAWs) to support mock audits and RF CIP audits.
• Develop, implement, and report on the OT NERC CIP compliance program and internal control framework and metrics.
• Actively participate and conduct management testing of key controls and evaluate LBWL readiness to meet NERC CIP compliance requirements.
• Predictable and reliable attendance.
• Expected to comply with all BWL policies and work rules.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Why Should You Apply?

Competitive salary, employee develo