Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. I2X Technologies is an engineering and information technology company providing services to the Federal and State Government. The External Audit Consultant will support a customer in Washington, DC by evaluating technology compliance, preparing for FISMA audits, assessing security controls, developing remediation solutions, and producing audit and monitoring documentation.
Responsibilities
- Participates in the process to evaluate, develop, maintain, and update the technology compliance program. Advises the technology support officer and technology managers on compliance, information security, and internal controls
- Prepares the technology departments for the yearly FISMA audits
- Assist in developing required documents in support of internal FISMA reviews
- Develop solutions with team members to minimize vulnerabilities
- Advises the technology officer of compliance issues and recommends solutions
- Provides a weekly status report to the COR documenting concerns, issues, risks, and progress
- Recommends and helps implement automated solutions in the areas of compliance, auditing, and vulnerability detection for the branch
- Designs, tests, and implements audit mechanisms to detect non-compliance and to support evaluations of evidentiary materials. Ensures proper audit trails are recorded
- Creates audit and monitoring reports used by the team, as directed
- Thoroughly assess and validate the audit findings for identified systems of record against Board policies. Document findings and recommendations
- Crosswalk the evidence and latest Board Information Security Program (BISP) against the CISA and FedRamp standards and procedures and document the results
- Provide recommendations, develop action plans, and help implement capabilities to improve compliance and security practices
- Document updates to compliance related policies, processes, procedures, and/or standards as directed
Skills
- Experience with cloud and on-premis applications desirable
- Simultaneously works on several complex assignments requiring analysis of intricately related complex variables
- Experience with leading and successfully developing audit and security related system documentation and requirements desired
- Must have at least ten years of progressively responsible experience in the information technology arena as an IT auditor, IT security analyst, IT manager, business analyst, system administrator or a combination of these
- Possess clear, concise, and effective verbal and written communication and project management skills needed for functioning in an unstructured matrix management environment
- Experience with assessing financial systems leveraging NIST 800 series, or FISMA Compliance strongly desired
- CISSP or CISA certification strongly desired
- US Citizenship is required
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will regularly sit, walk, stand and climb stairs and steps
- May require walking long distance from parking to work station
- Occasionally, movement that requires twisting at the neck and/or trunk more than the average person, squatting/ stooping/kneeling, reaching above the head, and forward motion will be required
- The employee will continuously be required to repeat the same hand, arm, or finger motion many times
- Manual and finger dexterity are essential to this position
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, depth perception and telling differences among colors
- The employee must be able to communicate through speech with clients and public
- Hearing requirements include conversation in both quiet and noisy environments
- Lifting may require floor to waist, waist to shoulder, or shoulder to overhead movement of up to 20 pounds
- This position demands tolerance for various levels of mental stress
Benefits
- This position will be fully remote with the option to periodically work on-site if desired.
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