GRC Automation Engineer

Use AI-enabled tools, AI agents, low-code/no-code platforms, scripts, APIs, and integrations to streamline repeatable compliance workflows and improve consistency, traceability, and timeliness. Design, test and optimise AI-assisted workflows and prompts to increase operational efficiency.

Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify practical applications for governance, risk and compliance use cases.

Assess AI-enabled automations for security, privacy, regulatory compliance, auditability and alignment with organisational AI governance standards.

Leverage AI-assisted analysis to identify trends, risks, control gaps and remediation opportunities across security and compliance data.

Partner with Security, Engineering, Product, IT, Legal, and business teams to understand current manual processes, document requirements, and translate them into automated workflows.

Support automation across multiple compliance frameworks, including FedRAMP, CJIS, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, and CyberEssentials, including controls and governance requirements associated with AI technologies.

Support ongoing transformation from FedRAMP rev5 legacy reporting and auditing requirements to the new Consolidated New Rules (CNRs) and 20.x. This includes transforming vulnerability management (scan to tickets to reporting, modern risk analysis and scoring, trend analysis), inventory management and reporting for FedRAMP, POA&M reporting, and deviation management.

Evaluate team processes to identify automation opportunities and execute.

Develop dashboards, metrics, and repeatable reporting that help leadership understand compliance status, control health, audit readiness, risks, gaps, and remediation progress.

Grow into a trusted builder on the GRC team by learning compliance frameworks, cloud environments, secure engineering practices, and practical automation patterns.

You have 3-6 years of related experience in various development roles

You have a BA/BS in Engineering or a related field

You have hands-on experience evaluating and applying AI tools, agents or automation technologies to solve business or operational challenges.

You demonstrate curiosity and continuous learning around emerging AI capabilities and their practical application within security and compliance functions.

You have hands-on experience identifying automation opportunities and building the solutions

You communicate well with team members and customers

You are adaptable and enjoy working in a fast-paced dynamic environment

You demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines without compromising accuracy.

Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!