IT Auditor 2 (Hybrid)
Austin, TX
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Job Title: IT Auditor 2 (Hybrid)
Location: Austin, TX
Duration: 12 Months
Responsibilities:
Candidate Skills and Qualifications:
Other Special Requirements:
Location: Austin, TX
Duration: 12 Months
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.
Candidate Skills and Qualifications:
| Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. | ||
| Years | Required/Preferred | Experience |
| 5 | Required | 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 | Required | 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 | Required | Communication and reporting: Experienced in drafting audit reports, presenting findings to executive and legal stakeholders, and engaging vendors constructively. |
| 5 | Required | Analytical and investigative thinking: Demonstrated ability to identify security gaps, assess risk impact, and make sound, evidence-based recommendations. |
| 4 | Required | Third-party/vendor risk auditing: Hands-on experience conducting cybersecurity audits of external vendors, including due diligence, contract compliance, and risk assessments. |
| 3 | Required | Policy and documentation review: Skilled at reviewing and validating security documentation, procedures, and control implementation for accuracy and completeness. |
| 3 | Preferred | Cloud cybersecurity auditing: Experience auditing vendor environments hosted in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including cloud-native controls and shared responsibility models. |
| 3 | Preferred | Incident response and breach assessment: Familiarity with analyzing vendor incident response plans, reviewing past breaches, and evaluating remediation practices. |
| 3 | Preferred | 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 | Preferred | Government or regulated industry experience: Background in auditing technology vendors serving courts. |
| 2 | Preferred | Presentation to executives: Experience summarizing technical findings for non-technical audiences, including C-suite executives or legal counsel. |
| 1 | Preferred | Certifications: At least one relevant certification (CISA, CISSP, CRISC, or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor). |
Other Special Requirements:
- May require travel to interview vendor staff as appropriate.
- May require travel to interview other clients as appropriate.
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