Director Information Technology Audit (Cybersecurity, Cloud & AI)

TechMind RPO Pvt. Ltd.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TechMind RPO Pvt. Ltd. seeks an experienced IT Audit leader to drive complex technology audits from planning through reporting. You will perform hands-on testing, assess AI and cloud risks, and articulate clear audit findings to technology leadership.

The role blends strategy with technical execution and requires mentoring a lean audit team. Hybrid work requires three days in-office weekly with close collaboration with tech stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years in IT audit, IT risk management, or information security.
• Hands-on audits of complex technology environments.
• Deep tech expertise in cybersecurity, AI, cloud, or IT architecture.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms and strong leadership.
• Excellent communication with technical and business stakeholders.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and lead audit professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex IT audits across cybersecurity, AI, cloud, and resiliency.
• Develop scopes, risk assessments, testing strategies, and reports.
• Perform hands-on technical audit testing and risk analysis.
• Present findings to management and tech stakeholders.
• Mentor auditors and strengthen technical capabilities.
• Apply analytics and AI tools to improve audit effectiveness.

Skills

IT Audit leadership

Cybersecurity

Cloud infrastructure

AI risk assessment

Data analytics

Python

Power BI/Tableau/Plotly

Project management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree/MBA

CISA

CISSP

CEH

CRISC

CISM

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Plotly

Seaborn

SciPy

NumPy

PySpark

Job description

We are seeking an experienced IT Audit leader with deep technical expertise across cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, and emerging technology risks.

This is a highly hands-on leadership position within a lean audit team. The successful candidate will lead complex technology audits from planning through reporting while remaining directly involved in technical testing and risk assessment. You will work closely with technology leaders, business stakeholders, audit professionals, and technical subject-matter experts.

The role requires someone who can operate at both the strategic and technical levels: developing audit strategies and emerging-risk perspectives while also understanding the underlying technology well enough to challenge technical teams and perform sophisticated audit procedures.

This is a hybrid position requiring at least three days per week in the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex IT audits involving cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, technology resiliency, systems architecture, and related emerging technologies.
• Develop audit scopes, risk assessments, testing strategies, project plans, and reporting deliverables.
• Perform hands-on technical audit testing across complex technology environments.
• Identify significant technology risks and evaluate their potential business impact.
• Participate in annual audit planning and help establish priorities around emerging technology and IT risks.
• Lead walkthroughs, evaluate controls and processes, document conclusions, and develop clear audit findings and recommendations.
• Present audit results and risk insights to management and technology stakeholders.
• Develop perspectives and points of view on emerging areas such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and resiliency.
• Manage audit projects while providing direction, coaching, and constructive feedback to other auditors.
• Mentor team members and help strengthen their technical, analytical, and audit capabilities.
• Build productive relationships with technology leaders and business partners.
• Apply data analytics, automation, and AI tools to improve audit effectiveness and efficiency.
• Identify innovative approaches to technical testing and help advance audit methodologies.
• Stay current with rapidly evolving technologies, architectures, and associated risks.

Required Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in IT Audit, IT Risk Management, or Information Security.
• Significant hands-on experience auditing complex technology environments.
• Deep technical expertise in one or more of the following: cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, systems architecture, or information security.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services.
• Strong project management and audit leadership capabilities.
• Previous experience coaching, mentoring, and providing feedback to audit professionals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with highly technical audiences.
• Strong critical-thinking and risk-assessment capabilities.
• Experience developing and implementing data visualizations and analyzing complex datasets.
• Experience with analytics and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Plotly, or Seaborn.
• Programming/data analytics experience using Python and related libraries or platforms such as SciPy, NumPy, or PySpark.
• Experience applying AI solutions to improve audit execution and efficiency.
• Demonstrated experience assessing AI solutions and associated risks.
• Understanding of agentic AI architectures and their related risks.
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies while assessing their associated risks and controls.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT Audit, IT Risk Management, or Information Security.
• 5+ years of dedicated IT Audit experience.
• Experience performing internal audit within a large, complex organization.
• Experience in a Director or Manager-level IT Audit, infrastructure audit, cybersecurity audit, or related leadership position.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Master's degree or MBA in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• Professional certification such as CISA, CISSP, CEH, CRISC, or CISM.