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IT Audit Director – Cyber, AI and Cloud
Job Location:
Job Location:
Washington DC, WA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
26 September 2026 (10 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
24 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
emergiTEL is hiring an IT Audit Director Cyber AI and Cloud for our client in the Mortgage Finance industry. This is a Permanent role.
Location: Washington DC or Reston VA
Job Description
In this compelling leadership position you will lead efforts examining and analyzing every aspect of the clients IT environment. Focused on the cutting-edge cloud services used by the client audits cover a broad range of technologies providing a challenging environment with opportunities for professional growth.
Within IT Audit the infrastructure team focuses on evaluating complex IT processes systems and services. Audits focus on highly visible topics such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) cybersecurity IT Governance resiliency and the management of operating systems and this position you will take ownership of audits and reviews setting direction and remaining hands-on throughout planning execution and reporting. You will also play a key role in coaching and mentoring team members.
Key Responsibilities
This is an active position currently open for hiring. / Ce poste est activement ouvert au recrutement.
Use of Artificial Intelligence / Utilisation de lintelligence artificielle
emergiTEL uses artificial intelligence to help identify and source candidates for this role. All assessment and selection decisions are made by our recruiters a human is always involved and no applicant is evaluated or rejected by automated means alone. / emergiTEL a recours à lintelligence artificielle pour aider à identifier et à trouver des candidats pour ce poste. Toutes les décisions relatives à lévaluation et à la sélection sont prises par nos recruteurs ; une intervention humaine est systématiquement assurée et aucun candidat nest évalué ou rejeté uniquement par des moyens automatisés.
Location: Washington DC or Reston VA
Job Description
In this compelling leadership position you will lead efforts examining and analyzing every aspect of the clients IT environment. Focused on the cutting-edge cloud services used by the client audits cover a broad range of technologies providing a challenging environment with opportunities for professional growth.
Within IT Audit the infrastructure team focuses on evaluating complex IT processes systems and services. Audits focus on highly visible topics such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) cybersecurity IT Governance resiliency and the management of operating systems and this position you will take ownership of audits and reviews setting direction and remaining hands-on throughout planning execution and reporting. You will also play a key role in coaching and mentoring team members.
Key Responsibilities
- Apply specialized technical expertise to direct and oversee audits in complex areas such as AI cybersecurity resiliency and cloud infrastructure environments.
- Identify risks and assess their potential impact on the organization to develop and adjust audit plans and determine areas requiring additional analysis.
- Participate in annual planning activities to develop audit plans focused on current and emerging IT risks.
- Provide day-to-day project management oversight of IT Auditors including guidance coaching work reviews and direction setting.
- Develop innovative testing approaches and ensure high-quality audit execution.
- Conduct hands-on testing of highly complex technical topics with minimal supervision and a focus on high-risk areas.
- Create regular points of view regarding top risks including AI cybersecurity and resiliency.
- Inspire team members to innovate new ways of working to achieve results and generate meaningful insights.
- Act as a subject matter expert in technical domains and coach junior staff.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with business partners.
- Share Internal Audit expertise and provide advisory support to managers and staff.
- Develop innovative methods for leveraging data analytics automation and AI during audit testing.
- Mentor junior staff in analytics and automation practices while executing analytics independently.
- 8 years of experience in IT Audit IT Risk Management or Information Security.
- Expert knowledge of cybersecurity artificial intelligence or cloud infrastructure technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Strong project management skills.
- Experience coaching mentoring and providing feedback to audit staff.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical experts effectively.
- Strong critical thinking and analytical capabilities.
- Strong ability to identify design and implement visualizations for diverse datasets.
- Experience using visualization tools such as Power BI Tableau Plotly or Seaborn.
- Programming experience with analytics-focused technologies including Python SciPy NumPy and/or PySpark.
- Experience using AI solutions to improve effectiveness and efficiency during audit execution.
- Hands-on experience auditing AI solutions and assessing related risks.
- Knowledge of agentic AI architectures and associated risks.
- Curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying emerging technologies including AI to transform ways of working.
- 10 years of experience in IT Audit IT Risk Management or Information Security.
- 5 years of direct IT Audit experience.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
- Masters degree and/or MBA in Computer Science Information Systems Cybersecurity Mathematics or a related field preferred.
- One or more of the following certifications:
- CISA
- CISSP
- CEH
- CRISC
- CISM
This is an active position currently open for hiring. / Ce poste est activement ouvert au recrutement.
Use of Artificial Intelligence / Utilisation de lintelligence artificielle
emergiTEL uses artificial intelligence to help identify and source candidates for this role. All assessment and selection decisions are made by our recruiters a human is always involved and no applicant is evaluated or rejected by automated means alone. / emergiTEL a recours à lintelligence artificielle pour aider à identifier et à trouver des candidats pour ce poste. Toutes les décisions relatives à lévaluation et à la sélection sont prises par nos recruteurs ; une intervention humaine est systématiquement assurée et aucun candidat nest évalué ou rejeté uniquement par des moyens automatisés.
Required Experience:
Director
