IT - Internal Audit - Senior Associate

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Job Description

Our team of trusted audit professionals evaluates every aspect of Fannie Mae’s IT environment. From on-premises environments to cutting edge cloud services, our audits cover the broad range of exciting technologies Fannie Mae uses, providing a challenging environment with tremendous opportunities for personal growth.

Within IT Audit, the infrastructure team focuses on evaluating Fannie Mae’s complex environment of IT processes, systems, and services. We conduct audits focused on highly visible topics, such as cyber security, IT Governance, resiliency, and the management of the various operating systems and platforms used by Fannie Mae. In this position, you will assist with planning, executing, and reporting the results of these IT infrastructure centric audits and validating remediation of related issues. We provide tremendous opportunities for personal growth in a fast paced environment.

The IT Internal Auditor – Senior Associate role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while helping to improve the governance, risk, and control environment of Fannie Mae’s IT infrastructure. You will have the opportunity to influence change within Internal Audit and across the organization. Key responsibilities include:

• Apply specialized technical knowledge and expertise to execute audits focused on cyber security, resiliency, and complex infrastructure environments both in the cloud and on-premises.
• Assist with identifying risks and assessing the potential impact of risks on the organization; Follow a risk-based approach to execute audit plans as appropriate and suggest areas requiring additional analysis.
• Provide day-to-day project management for assigned areas. Meet established deadlines and prepare high-quality work papers and other documentation, leveraging manger guidance as needed. Timely address work paper review comments.
• Conduct testing with autonomy and a keen focus on the highest risk areas.
• Perform data analytics and visualizations.
• Plan and actively participate in client meetings, such as walkthroughs and weekly status updates.
• Assist team in creating regular points of view by compiling and analyzing relevant data.

Given Fannie Mae’s extensive use of cloud technologies, this position requires a background in cloud technologies or the commitment to come up to speed and become certified.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences & Skills

• 2 years of experience in IT Audit, IT Risk Management, or Information Security
• Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Desired Experiences & Skills

• 4+ years of experience in IT Audit, IT Risk Management, or Information Security
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Data Science, Mathematics, or related area of study
• One or more of the following certifications:  CISA, CISSP, CEH, CRISC, CISM
• Understanding of IT related risk management practices, industry frameworks, and regulatory requirements
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies and possession of related certifications
• Excellent understanding of cloud technologies, such as Amazon Web Services
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform data analytics and visualization using tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, or Python.
• Critical thinking and data analytic skills

IT Internal Audit - Senior Associate

Target Salary Range: $94,000 - $122,000 a year

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Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)

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For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

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