IT Audit Director Cyber AI and Cloud

Job Title: IT Audit Director – Cyber, AI and Cloud

Location: Reston, Virginia / Washington, DC

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Minimum 3 days/week in office

Employment Type: Full Time

The IT Audit Director – Cyber, AI and Cloud will lead complex, hands‑on IT audits focused on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, resiliency, and related technologies within our complex technology environment.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in IT Audit, IT Risk Management, or Information Security.
• Expert knowledge of at least one of the following:
  • Cybersecurity
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cloud Infrastructure
• Strong project management skills.
• Prior experience coaching and providing feedback to audit staff .
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical experts.
• Strong critical‑thinking skills.
• Strong data analytics capabilities, including:
  • Data visualization
  • Power BI, Tableau, Plotly, Seaborn, or similar
  • Python
  • SciPy, NumPy, and/or PySpark
• Experience using AI solutions to improve audit effectiveness and efficiency .
• Demonstrated experience auditing AI solutions and related risks .
• Knowledge of agentic AI architectures and associated risks .
• Ability and curiosity to learn and responsibly apply emerging technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT Audit, IT Risk Management, or Information Security experience.
• 5+ years of IT Audit experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Master's degree and/or MBA in:
  • Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Cybersecurity
  • Mathematics
  • Related field
• One or more of the following certifications:
  • CISA
  • CISSP
  • CEH
  • CRISC
  • CISM
• Experience performing internal audit within a large, complex organization .
• Experience in large financial institutions, major technology companies, pharmaceutical organizations, or similarly complex enterprises.