Senior Information Technology Auditor
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Role Overview
This is an individual-contributor role within a lean Internal Audit team of four, reporting to the Internal Audit Manager.
The role independently leads and supports IT audit, governance, risk, and compliance initiatives while working with IT teams, business stakeholders, auditors, and vendors.
The role supports alignment with ISO 27001 and DESC ISR requirements.
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Role overview
This is an individual-contributor role within a lean Internal Audit team of four, reporting to the Internal Audit Manager.
The role independently leads and supports IT audit, governance, risk, and compliance initiatives while working with IT teams, business stakeholders, auditors, and vendors.
The role supports alignment with ISO 27001 and DESC ISR requirements.
Responsibilities
- Conduct risk-based IT audits covering IT governance, ITGCs, application controls, and technology-related internal controls.
- Maintain and improve the IT GRC framework with the Head of Internal Audit.
- Develop and maintain IT policies, standards, SOPs, risk registers, BIAs, and BCP and DR documentation.
- Evaluate controls across ERP, Zoho, and other enterprise applications.
- Coordinate ISO 27001 and DESC ISR audits, including evidence, auditor liaison, corrective actions, and finding closure.
- Track VAPT engagements, remediation actions, and retest cycles.
- Conduct risk assessments for systems, projects, vendors, and third-party engagements.
- Prepare audit reports, compliance dashboards, audit-readiness documentation, and governance reports.
- Manage vendor and third-party risk documentation, including SOC reports, certifications, security requirements, and SLAs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
- 4–7 years of experience in IT Audit, IT Governance, Risk and Compliance, ideally within a consultancy environment.
- Hands-on experience with IT audits, ITGCs, application controls, IT risk, compliance, and governance frameworks.
- Working knowledge of ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and DESC Information Security Regulation.
- Experience with IT policies, risk registers, VAPT, vendor risk management, BCP, and DR controls.
- Ability to work independently and coordinate with stakeholders, auditors, and vendors.
- Government, free zone, or similarly regulated environment experience is preferred.
- CIA, CISA, ISO 27001, CRISC, or COBIT certifications are advantageous.
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