What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Audit Director position at TranSquared inc?
Hi,
Title: IT Audit Director
Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid – 3 days onsite and 2 days REMOTE)
Duration: LONG TERM
Employment Type: FULL TIME
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced IT Audit Director to lead complex technology and cybersecurity audit initiatives across a large organization. This role will oversee audit planning, technical testing, risk assessment, reporting, and executive-level discussions while managing and developing a small audit team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end IT audit engagements, including planning, scoping, fieldwork, testing, and reporting.
- Conduct audits covering cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, AI technologies, IT risk, and operational resiliency.
- Evaluate technology controls, risks, processes, and governance frameworks.
- Assess emerging risks associated with AI and agentic AI solutions.
- Develop audit findings, recommendations, and executive-level reports.
- Present audit results and risk insights to senior technology and business leaders.
- Partner with technology, security, risk, and compliance teams to address identified risks.
- Use data analytics, Python, and data visualization techniques to enhance audit testing and reporting.
- Manage, coach, and develop a small team of IT audit professionals.
- Ensure audits are completed in accordance with internal standards, policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications
- 8 years of experience in IT audit, technology risk, information security, or a related field.
- Proven experience leading complex IT/cybersecurity audits.
- Formal people management experience with the ability to coach and develop audit professionals.
- Strong understanding of IT controls, risk management, cybersecurity, cloud, and technology governance.
- Experience communicating audit findings and recommendations to senior/executive-level stakeholders.
- Strong written, verbal, analytical, and presentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience auditing AI/ML solutions and emerging technology.
- Knowledge of agentic AI risks and controls.
- Hands-on experience using Python for audit analytics or testing.
- Experience with data visualization and audit data analytics.
- Professional certification such as CISA, CISSP, CIA, or CISM is a plus.
- Experience within a large or highly regulated organization is preferred.
Zafar Khan
Technical Recruiter