IT Risk Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of IT risk. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for recommendations to management and evaluate management responses to address IT Risk findings; and, ensure that remediation plans and tasks adequately address identified gaps.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary to work with minimal supervision, edit and prepare documentation, prepare and present reports and proposals to senior leadership
• Current understanding of IT GRC best practices and industry trends
• Recommend information technology strategies
• Experience with global application development, implementation and support
• Provide guidance, planning and direction for business unit(s), maintain budgets and proactively allocate resources and time for the business units or functions supported
• Support team members grow and help to build a high performing team
• Plan, coordinate, manage and design all activities of the IT department, provide direction and support for IT solutions that enhance business operations
• Work closely with decision makers in other departments to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective technology solutions

I am excited to be applying for the position of IT risk. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for leadership with strategic and tactical direction and consultation on information security risk and compliance based on known threats and application risk findings/weakness across the enterprise.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Industry designation for cyber (e.g., CompTIA, CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CISM, CEH, GSEC)
• Proficiency in ServiceNow, Remedy, clarity, and other project and operations monitoring tools
• Security frameworks - NIST, COBIT, ISO2700
• Vendor risk assessment experience - creating and revising them
• Audit, Risk and compliance knowledge
• Security and GRC tools
• Excellent interpersonal management and relationship building skills
• Basic experience with IT infrastructure, allowing effective management of the IT Security team and overall engagement with IT Management

I am excited to be applying for the position of IT risk. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for priority and recommendations for outstanding issues based on understanding of the Enterprise IT architecture and environment to enable teams to meet business demands while reducing risk.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Ensure compliance with current standards for server, desktop, laptop, network security
• Negotiate with technology vendors to achieve high cost-effectiveness
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure, application architecture and distributed knowledge
• Experience with complex technical concepts and development and management of global applications
• Provides technical consultation to the business units that they support
• Possess demonstrated work experience within technical discipline
• Expertise in technology architecture, system development life cycle, agile development methodology, technology audit
• Knowledge of programming methodologies, languages, databases and networking (Oracle, Java, Middleware, Big data and Cloud)

Please consider me for the IT risk opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for reporting support for all Risk based reporting by IT, including the Quarterly Enterprise Risk Committee report, and the Quarterly FCM Risk report.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• General IT Knowledge is preferred over specific technical knowledge
• Programming skills in statistical packages such as R, Python, SAS , Matlab and S+, Java, C# and database systems such as Sybase
• Market Risk - general concepts
• Risk and solution centric mindset
• Possesses an understanding of audit, risk, and/or IT Program Management
• High level of proficiency with Sharepoint, is preferred
• Experience performing third party risk management activities such as supplier security assessments/reviews, contractual terms analysis, and ongoing monitoring of supplier adherence to security commitments
• Current knowledge of compliance trends, issues and regulations, preferred

I am excited to be applying for the position of IT risk. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for reports to IT management and other stakeholders on the PCI Program Status on a regular basis.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Expert understanding of enterprise data governance in a large, data-driven firm, and experience in managing data governance risks
• Expert understanding of the Information Security/Cybersecurity risk domain, and related concepts/frameworks
• Previous experience communicating and influencing at senior executive and board levels
• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of enterprise and regulatory controls
• Oversee designing tests that accurately measure effectiveness, in accordance with Corporate Risk Management requirements
• Understanding and remediation for IT risk assessments, IT Security assessments
• Experience assessing IT risks and IT security issues as part of system development life cycle
• Assisting in the development and implementation of risk processes and procedures