IT Audit Professional

Freddie Mac•McLean, VA

About The Position

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose. Position Overview: At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system, and you'll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation. Come join our outstanding Internal Audit team at Freddie Mac! Our Information Technology audit team is part of the Internal Audit division and provides independent assurance over how Information, Technology, and Operational risk is handled at Freddie Mac. If this sounds exciting to you, read on! Our Impact: Members on our team are highly skilled audit, risk management, and/or technology professionals with a proven track record of providing valuable audit and advisory services to Freddie Mac. The team plays a meaningful role in crafting our approach to leading Information, Technology and Operational risk by providing independent, objective, and value-added assurance of risk management, governance, and controls. Your Impact: The IT Audit Professional will focus on completing audit, advisory, and issue remediation validation services and is passionate about Information and Technology risk. This can cover multiple areas from reviewing Freddie Mac’s core business processes to working on audits about core Information Technology General Controls. As part of the Third Line of Defense the candidate will work closely with risk partners in the Second Line of Defense and practitioners in the First Line of Defense in both the lines of business and Information Technology.

Requirements

2-4 years of progressive experience auditing Information & Technology risks in a sophisticated, IT environment
Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems or Business with an emphasis in Technology, Computer Science, Accounting, Information Systems or related field or equivalent experience
Solid understanding of industry standards to include COBIT, NIST, ISO, or ITIL
Platform, middleware, application, and cybersecurity audit experience including the various levels of the OSI model and technologies including Windows, Unix, and Oracle
Basic knowledge of cloud-based tools, applications, and vendors such as AWS, Azure, or Google
Detailed understanding and ability to communicate various change and project management methodologies (SDLC, Agile)
Data, Privacy and Information security risk compliance experience with regulatory environments including GDPR or CCPA
CISA, CPA, or CIA or willingness to acquire one within the first year of employment

Nice To Haves

Additional certifications such as PMP, CRISC, CISM, CISSP desirable
Familiarity and understanding of Generative AI concepts and technologies

Responsibilities

Completing audit, advisory, and issue remediation validation services.
Reviewing Freddie Mac’s core business processes.
Working on audits about core Information Technology General Controls.
Working closely with risk partners in the Second Line of Defense and practitioners in the First Line of Defense in both the lines of business and Information Technology.