Project Scope: The Client is looking for IT Auditor 2
Roles/Responsibilities:
- Review vendor contracts SLAs and other IT and cybersecurity contractual requirements to confirm compliance with contractual obligations.
- Evaluate the design and implementation of vendor cybersecurity controls against contractual and industry standards.
- Collect and analyze evidence such as security policies system configurations logs and access records.
- Conduct interviews with vendor personnel to assess security practices and governance.
- Perform control testing and sampling to verify the effectiveness of technical and administrative safeguards.
- Identify gaps deficiencies or non-compliance in vendor controls and assess associated risks.
- Prepare audit reports summarizing findings risks and recommended corrective actions.
- Track remediation efforts and validate closure of audit findings.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure vendor risks are communicated and addressed.
Mandatory Skills:
- 5 year of experience: Cybersecurity frameworks and compliance: Proven experience auditing controls against NIST ISO 27001 PCI-DSS or SOC 2 standards with working knowledge of current data protection laws regulatory compliance and third-party risk management practices.
- 5 year of experience: Technical IT auditing: Strong ability to evaluate security controls such as network protection identity access management endpoint security and incident response across modern IT environments.
- 5 year of experience: Communication and reporting: Experienced in drafting audit reports presenting findings to executive and legal stakeholders and engaging vendors constructively.
- 5 year of experience: Analytical and investigative thinking: Demonstrated ability to identify security gaps assess risk impact and make sound evidence-based recommendations.
- 4 year of experience: Third-party/vendor risk auditing: Hands-on experience conducting cybersecurity audits of external vendors including due diligence contract compliance and risk assessments.
- 3 year of experience: Policy and documentation review: Skilled at reviewing and validating security documentation procedures and control implementation for accuracy and completeness.
Desirable Skills:
- 3 Year of experience- Cloud cybersecurity auditing: Experience auditing vendor environments hosted in AWS Azure or Google Cloud including cloud-native controls and shared responsibility models.
- 3 Years of experience- Incident response and breach assessment: Familiarity with analyzing vendor incident response plans reviewing past breaches and evaluating remediation practices.
- 3 Years of experience- Contract interpretation and SLA compliance: Ability to interpret legal and technical language in vendor contracts to ensure proper implementation of SLAs IT and cybersecurity obligations.
- 2 Years of experience- Government or regulated industry experience: Background in auditing technology vendors serving courts.
- 2 Years of experience- Presentation to executives: Experience summarizing technical findings for non-technical audiences including C-suite executives or legal counsel.
- 1 Year of experience- Certifications: At least one relevant certification (CISA CISSP CRISC or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor).