Sr. Systems Engineer - GRC Platforms (REMOTE)

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams.  We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.

If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!

OVERVIEW:

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Sr. Systems Engineer - GRC Platform is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) technology ecosystem. This role partners closely with security, risk, compliance, and privacy teams to ensure that controls, workflows, data, and integrations support effective risk management and regulatory compliance. In addition, the engineer will support privacy engineering initiatives, ensuring that privacy-by-design principles, data handling requirements, and privacy controls are embedded into systems and processes.

Software Development

Drive development of existing software and contribute to development of new

software by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement.

Develop software that is fast, secure and reliable to meet defined requirements.

Software Maintenance

Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully

functioning software, leveraging the support and skill of more junior teammates.

Design and Conceptualization

Produce multiple concepts and prototypes to design digital products/services.

Technical Developments Recommendation

Research and suggest ways to optimize solutions to better meet user and/or

business, performance, quality needs.

Software Roadmap

Drive maintenance road map to facilitate software development and ensure the

development work is prioritized in line with business requirements.

Faults Diagnosis and Correction

Find root cause and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.

Work Scheduling and Allocation

Assign short-term work schedules to a team based on storyboarding/backlog in

order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.

Ongoing Learning and Development

Develop own and more junior team member capabilities by participating in

assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal

training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best

practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading

specialist media.

Program/Portfolio Management Support

Contribute to work within an established program management plan to achieve

specific goals.

Technical Persistence Layer/Legacy Database Design/Development

Guide and deliver the design distribution of basic database resources and

provide physical modeling and design services to tune database solutions for

optimum performance.

Functional/Technical Requirements

Support the collection functional requirements using document analysis and

workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and

goals.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and cloud-native security tooling.

• Experience supporting audit, SOX, or risk program requirements.

• Certifications such as:

• GRC / Security: CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CGEIT

• Privacy: CIPP, CIPM, CIPT

• Platform-specific: ServiceNow CSA/CSM/GRC, Archer certifications, OneTrust certifications

Ability to partner effectively with non-technical stakeholders.

Strong documentation and requirements-gathering discipline.

Bias toward automation and designing scalable systems.

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

Tech Savvy

Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology

applications. For example, investigates technologies to learn some cutting-edge

best practices. Uses digital/social media to benefit the team and add value to the work being done; understands how to avoid misuse of these tools.

Courage

Steps up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said. For example,

shares own ideas and points of view openly, regardless of potential criticism or

risk; shows conviction when faced with adversity and challenges; raises difficult

topics to be sure they are addressed.

Decision Quality

Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. For example, knows when to act independently and when to escalate issues.

Integrates various inputs, decision criteria, and trade-offs to make effective

decisions. Typically makes good independent decisions.

Action Oriented

Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high

energy, and enthusiasm. For example, takes timely action on important or

difficult issues. Identifies and pursues new opportunities that benefit the

organization.

Collaborates

Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared

objectives. For example, readily involves others to accomplish goals; stays in

touch and shares information; discourages "us versus them" thinking; shows

appreciation for others' ideas and input.

Instills Trust

Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and

authenticity. For example, demonstrates integrity, upholding professional codes

of conduct. Instills trust by following through on agreements and commitments

despite competing priorities and by being honest and straightforward.

Customer Focus

Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions. For example, keeps in contact with customers to ensure problems are resolved, or to improve customer service. Studies customer feedback and emerging customer needs and uses these to determine some creative new ideas.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent level preferred

• General Experience: Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 3 years to 6 years)

• Managerial Experience: Basic experience of coordinating the work of others (4 to 6 months)

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VIRTUAL REQUIREMENTS:

At DICK’S, we thrive on innovation and authenticity. That said, to protect the integrity and security of our hiring process, we ask that candidates do not use AI tools (like ChatGPT or others) during interviews or assessments.

To ensure a smooth and secure experience, please note the following:

• Cameras must be on during all virtual interviews.

• AI tools are not permitted to be used by the candidate during any part of the interview process.

• Offers are contingent upon a satisfactory background check which may include ID verification.

If you have any questions or need accommodations, we’re here to help. Thanks for helping us keep the process fair and secure for everyone!