Lead Cybersecurity

Job Description:

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

About the Company:

Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Chief Security Office ensures that our assets are safeguarded through truthful transparency, enforce accountability and master cybersecurity to stay ahead of threats. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future-you’ll create it.

About the Job:

We are seeking a SOX Manage Access-Risk & Technology Lead, you will be a trusted partner to our cross-functional stakeholders, bringing deep process, technology risk, automated controls and IT general controls expertise, to help the company drive a scalable, well-designed control environment.  This is a high-impact individual contributor role, you will be a trusted partner to our cross-functional stakeholders, bringing deep process, technology risk, automated controls and IT general controls expertise, to help the company drive a scalable, well-designed control environment. You’ll play a key role in the financial and technology risk assessment, readiness, control optimization, and change enablement for AT&T’s SOX program.

What you'll bring

• Lead the identification, assessment, and mitigation of technology risks across the organization.

• Develop and maintain risk frameworks, policies, and procedures aligned with industry best practices.

• Develop and enforce Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies and procedures to ensure compliance with SOX requirements.

• Oversee the control environment for multiple IAM platforms (such as SailPoint, CyberArk, Active Directory, Azure AD), ensuring seamless integration with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools and supporting the organization’s overall security and compliance objectives.

• Drive coordination and program management for initiatives impacting SOX scope, including new scope, technology process and control changes and optimization.

• Serve as an end-to-end process and IT control expert advising control and process owners on SOX requirements, risk assessment, control design, and optimization strategies.

• Participate in walkthroughs for high-risk areas and changes to help ensure readiness and control design effectiveness.

• Evaluate process and control changes, evaluate risk, business process transformations, advise on new initiatives for SOX impact, and provide clear, actionable recommendations

• Oversee the documentation of control narratives and perform control testing

• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to support the deficiency evaluation process including root cause analysis, impact assessment, management action plan development, remediation monitoring and validation.

•  Oversee the development and execution of cybersecurity controls, including access management, vulnerability management, incident response, and data protection.

• Stay current on cyber threats, regulatory requirements, and control frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001).

• Partner with process owners and control owners to drive awareness and understanding of SOX requirements and protocols, control design requirements, and enterprise control strategy.

• Develop and review new and updated testing procedures to ensure control evidence and scope are sufficient and aligned with risk.

Education & Experience:

• 8-10+ years of experience in internal audit, SOX compliance, risk advisory, or public accounting.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline, such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience preferred, but not required.

• CISA, CRISC, CISSP, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or above, CPA, CIA preferred.Deep knowledge of IAM principles and standards (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, CIS Controls), with practical experience assessing and implementing IAM controls across a technology environment. 

• Strong understanding of technology risk, financial reporting risk, internal controls (automated and ITGC), and PCAOB requirements.

• Hands-on experience with SOX readiness, automation, or transformation initiatives is required.

• Working knowledge of information technology best practices and control frameworks.

• Excellent interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functionally and at all levels of