Strategic IT Audit Remediation Lead

AssurIT; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Assurit seeks an IT Audit Remediation Analyst to coordinate remediation activities for audit findings and control gaps across technology processes and systems. You will drive workstreams, surface risks to leadership, and coordinate with control owners, auditors, and system teams with minimal oversight.

The role focuses on developing practical remediation plans, tracking actions to completion, validating new controls, and reporting status.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in IT audit remediation or related field.
• CISA, CISSP, or similar IT cert required (IAT II or equivalent).
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, or related field, or 4 years relevant experience.
• Experience leading remediation efforts for audit findings, control deficiencies, or compliance gaps.
• Familiarity with FISCAM, NIST, and FFMIA and IT general controls.
• Ability to develop remediation plans with root-cause analysis, owners, and target dates.
• Ability to assess design and operating effectiveness of controls.
• Experience coordinating with IT, security, finance, and external auditors.
• Strong knowledge of IT control domains (access, change, configuration, SDA, interfaces).
• Experience preparing status updates, dashboards, and governance materials.

Responsibilities

• Track and support remediation of NFRs and CAPs.
• Coach system teams to develop CAPs and validate closures.
• Plan and support off-site NFR workshops.
• Document MOUs between client and internal roles across audit support functions.
• Develop and maintain SOPs for Audit Liaison activities and RMF alignment.
• Support metrics reporting for audit controls testing progress.
• Manage FIAR scoping forms and ICOFR system lists.
• Assist with data quality and interface control testing.
• Document and validate compensating controls.
• Support IT control rationalization playbooks and implementation playbooks.

Skills

Remediation leadership

Audit remediation

Cross-functional coordination

IT controls knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems or computer science

Tools

SailPoint

CyberArk

AWS

Azure

Splunk

Job description

Assurit seeks an IT Audit Remediation Analyst to coordinate remediation activities for audit findings and control gaps across technology processes and systems. You will drive workstreams, surface risks to leadership, and coordinate with control owners, auditors, and system teams with minimal oversight.

The role focuses on developing practical remediation plans, tracking actions to completion, validating new controls, and reporting status.