Location: Vancouver, Washington * Type: Contract * Job #8056 Overview: ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Business Analyst position will support project management and compliance activities related to cybersecurity initiatives, firmware tracking, and vulnerability assessments. Key responsibilities include coordinating project tasks, managing documentation in SharePoint, and ensuring equipment configurations align with compliance requirements. The role will also involve conducting data analysis, assisting in audit preparations, and improving internal processes. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in project management, data analysis tools like Excel and Power BI, and experience in compliance-related activities. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA. . Pay Rate: $34.89 - $49.85 Benefits: * Paid holidays: 11 * PTO: Starting at 10 days * Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date) * EAP: Employee Assistance Program * Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%) * Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks Responsibilities: * This position will provide project management and change control associated with several NERC compliance and cybersecurity initiatives: Firmware tracking, Vulnerability assessments, and password management; as well as providing detailed analysis of the Cascade and BES (Bulk Electric System) data to determine where equipment is located and how much of a risk has for non-compliance with NERC and requirements and standards. To successfully advance the work, the BA in this position will perform the following: * Program Effectiveness: * Coordinate activities for manager-assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters. Escalate concerns to appropriate manager/federal personnel. Activities include: * Propose and monitor tasks and deadlines associated with new regulatory requirements, compliance violations, and process changes. * Build project sites, workflows, and document libraries in SharePoint. * Schedule meetings, prepare agendas, take, and distribute minutes, and track action items. * Compliance Analysis: * Monitor new and modified equipment to verify that configurations comply with North American Electric Reliability Corporation-Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) requirements. * Prepare plans to verify that compliance requirements are defined and documented, compliance plans are formally approved, and milestones are accomplished. * Interview Field personnel to identify what equipment is installed in the field, update system information as appropriate. * Design, draft, and recommend forms, reports, and tools to track progress and verify completion of mitigation activities for compliance violations. * Perform research in asset and maintenance databases to gather and organize information (i.e., recent maintenance, missing data, and trouble reports). * Assemble data from multiple sources and utilize advanced Excel, Power BI, or reporting applications to analyze data for potential violations, and to present data in a user-friendly format for evidence reviews. * Assist appropriate manager / personnel with analysis of "problem equipment" data and verify whether there is enough information to formulate solution plans. * Develop, draft, and recommend "records management" procedures and schedules for filing, protection To view the full job description,