IT Audit Director – Cyber, AI and Cloud

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Job Description

In this compelling leadership position you will lead efforts examining and analyzing every aspect of Fannie Maes IT environment. Focused on the cutting-edge cloud services Fannie Mae uses our audits cover a broad range of exciting technologies providing a challenging environment with tremendous opportunities for personal growth.

Within IT Audit the infrastructure team focuses on evaluating Fannie Maes complex environment of IT processes systems and services. We conduct audits focused on highly visible topics such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) cyber security IT Governance resiliency and the management of the various operating systems and platforms used by Fannie this position you will take ownership over audits and reviews setting direction and being hands-on throughout planning executing and reporting. You will also play a pivotal role in coaching and mentoring other team members.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The IT Audit Director - Cyber AI and Cloud role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

• Apply specialized technical expertise to direct and oversee audits in often complex areas such as AI cyber security resiliency and complex infrastructure environments in the cloud.

• Identify risks and assess the potential impact of risks on the organization to develop and adjust audit plans as appropriate and determine areas requiring additional analysis.

• Participate in annual planning to develop annual Audit plans that focus on the top current and emerging IT risks facing Fannie Mae.

• Provide day-to-day project management oversight of other IT Auditors (including project guidance and coaching). This includes setting direction developing innovative test approaches and reviewing work.

• Be hands-on and conduct testing of highly complex technical topics with autonomy and a keen focus on the highest risk areas.

• Create regular points of view on top risks such as AI cyber or resiliency.

• Inspire team members to innovate new ways of working to achieve results and generate meaningful insights.

• Act as a source of knowledge related to technical domains and coach junior staff.

• Build and maintain relationships with business partners. Provide advice and share Internal Audit knowledge with business partner managers and staff.

• Ideate innovative ways of using data analytics automation and AI to perform junior staff develop related skills while also executing analytics yourself.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences and Skills

• 8 years of experience in IT Audit IT Risk Management or Information Security.

• Expert knowledge of cyber security artificial intelligence or cloud infrastructure technologies such as Amazon Web Services.

• Strong project management skills.

• Prior experience coaching and providing feedback to audit staff.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to speak to technical experts in their technical languages.

• Critical thinking skills.

• Data Analytics skills:

  • Strong skills in identifying designing and implementing visualizations of various data sets.

  • Experience with visualization tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau Plotly Seaborn).

  • Coding skills and experience with data analytics related languages such as Python (including SciPy NumPy and/or PySpark).

• AI skills:

  • Experience using AI solutions to increase effectiveness and efficiency as part of day-to-day audit execution.

  • Demonstrated work auditing AI solutions and related risks.

  • Knowledge ofagentic AI architectures and risks.

• Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies including artificial intelligence to reimagine how we work.

Desired Experience

• 10 years of experience in IT Audit IT Risk Management or Information Security.

• At least 5 years of experience in IT Audit.

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience. Masters degree and/or Master of Business Administration in Computer Science Information Systems Cyber Security Mathematics or related area of study is preferred.

• One or more of the following certifications:CISA CISSP CEH CRISC CISM.

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The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health Life Voluntary Lifestyle and other benefits and perks that enhance an employees physical mental emotional and financial well-being. See more here.

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