Senior IT Audit Director: Cyber, AI & Cloud (Hybrid)

The Employee Connect; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Health benefits

Paid time off

Executive visibility

Job summary

The Employee Connect is seeking an IT Audit Director to lead technology audit coverage for cybersecurity, AI, and cloud in a regulated financial services setting. This role reports to senior leadership and the audit committee in a hybrid Reston environment.

The ideal candidate will have extensive IT audit experience in financial services, strong executive communication, and professional certifications such as CISA, CISSP, or CRISC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, accounting, or related field.
• Extensive IT audit or technology risk experience within financial services or consulting.
• Deep knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF and ISO 27001.
• Hands-on experience auditing public cloud environments such as AWS or Azure.
• Proven people leadership and executive-level communication skills.
• Active CISA, CISSP, CRISC, or comparable professional certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk-based internal audits of cybersecurity, cloud, and artificial intelligence programs.
• Develop the annual technology audit plan aligned to enterprise risk priorities.
• Evaluate model governance, data controls, and responsible use of AI solutions.
• Assess cloud security architecture, identity management, and third-party technology risk.
• Manage and develop a team of IT audit managers and senior auditors.
• Present audit results and emerging risk themes to executives and the audit committee.
• Coordinate with regulators, external auditors, and second-line risk partners.

Skills

IT audit

Cybersecurity

Executive communication

Leadership

Cloud security

Regulated environments

CISA

CISSP

CRISC

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

The Employee Connect is seeking an IT Audit Director to lead technology audit coverage for cybersecurity, AI, and cloud in a regulated financial services setting. This role reports to senior leadership and the audit committee in a hybrid Reston environment.

The ideal candidate will have extensive IT audit experience in financial services, strong executive communication, and professional certifications such as CISA, CISSP, or CRISC.