IT Audit Director Cyber AI and Cloud

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: IT Audit Director – Cyber, AI and Cloud
Location: Reston, Virginia / Washington, DC
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Minimum 3 days/week in office
Employment Type: Full Time

The IT Audit Director – Cyber, AI and Cloud will lead complex, hands-on IT audits focused on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, resiliency, and related technologies within our   complex technology environment.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in IT Audit, IT Risk Management, or Information Security. 
• Expert knowledge of at least one of the following: 
  • Cybersecurity 
  • Artificial Intelligence 
  • Cloud Infrastructure 
• Strong project management skills. 
• Prior experience coaching and providing feedback to audit staff . 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical experts. 
• Strong critical-thinking skills. 
• Strong data analytics capabilities, including: 
  • Data visualization 
  • Power BI, Tableau, Plotly, Seaborn, or similar 
  • Python 
  • SciPy, NumPy, and/or PySpark 
• Experience using AI solutions to improve audit effectiveness and efficiency . 
• Demonstrated experience auditing AI solutions and related risks . 
• Knowledge of agentic AI architectures and associated risks . 
• Ability and curiosity to learn and responsibly apply emerging technologies. 

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT Audit, IT Risk Management, or Information Security experience. 
• 5+ years of IT Audit experience . 
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. 
• Master's degree and/or MBA in: 
  • Computer Science 
  • Information Systems 
  • Cybersecurity 
  • Mathematics 
  • Related field 
• One or more of the following certifications: 
  • CISA  
  • CISSP  
  • CEH  
  • CRISC  
  • CISM  
• Experience performing internal audit within a large, complex organization . 
• Experience in large financial institutions, major technology companies, pharmaceutical organizations, or similarly complex enterprises.