Tech Audit Leader: AI-Driven Risk & Controls

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Technology Audit Leader to shape and advance its internal audit capability across cybersecurity, cloud, data platforms, and software systems. You will mentor teams and oversee risk-based audits, leveraging analytics, automation, and AI to improve risk assessments and control testing.

You will collaborate with technology leaders, engineering groups, and first-line operators to assess control effectiveness, identify gaps, and guide remediation efforts while staying

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT audit, cybersecurity, technology risk, or technology control roles.
• Experience assessing technology environments such as cloud platforms, identity and access management, application security, networks, systems architecture, vulnerability management, or incident response
• Experience leveraging analytics, automation, or AI to enhance audit testing and trend analysis
• Experience performing risk-based assessments and identifying control gaps or areas for improvement
• Knowledge of technology regulations, frameworks, and standards such as NIST, CIS, SOC, or SOX technology controls
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Responsibilities

• Shape and advance Booz Allen’s internal technology audit capability.
• Mentor teammates by providing day-to-day technical input that strengthens their understanding of IT controls, emerging technologies, and contemporary audit methodologies.
• Coordinate and oversee risk-based audit and control monitoring activities across complex technical environments to identify material risks.
• Analyze system configurations, process flows, security architectures, and automated controls, reaching well-supported conclusions.
• Partner with technology leaders, cybersecurity teams, engineering groups, and first-line operators to build trusted relationships and evaluate control effectiveness.
• Help build advanced audit capabilities that employ data analytics, automation, and AI to improve audit scoping, sampling, testing depth, and reporting clarity.
• Stay current on emerging threats, evolving technologies, and industry developments, to keep Booz Allen’s audit approach innovative and strategically aligned.

Skills

IT audit

Cybersecurity

Technology risk

Technology controls

Analytics

Automation

AI in audit

Stakeholder communication

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Technology Audit Leader to shape and advance its internal audit capability across cybersecurity, cloud, data platforms, and software systems. You will mentor teams and oversee risk-based audits, leveraging analytics, automation, and AI to improve risk assessments and control testing.

You will collaborate with technology leaders, engineering groups, and first-line operators to assess control effectiveness, identify gaps, and guide remediation efforts while staying