SOX Automation Engineer

Elyon International•Washington, DC

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced SOX Automation Engineer to design, architect, and implement automation solutions across complex enterprise IT environments. The role combines knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and IT General Controls with automation engineering to create scalable, repeatable, and auditable solutions that reduce manual compliance work, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen the internal control environment. The engineer will assess existing SOX processes, establish an enterprise-wide automation architecture and roadmap, and build automation using Ansible, Chef, and other appropriate technologies. Solutions will support standardized control execution, evidence collection, compliance validation, exception reporting, and remediation across diverse systems and platforms. The role works closely with audit, compliance, cybersecurity, infrastructure, architecture, and application teams to ensure that automated controls meet SOX objectives and remain reliable, secure, and audit-ready.

Requirements

Deep understanding of SOX compliance requirements, particularly SOX Section 404 and IT General Controls (ITGCs).
Extensive experience with SOX processes, including access management, change management, configuration management, IT operations, and evidence collection.
Experience identifying opportunities to automate manual SOX controls while maintaining compliance and audit readiness.
Ability to translate SOX control requirements into technical specifications and automated workflows.
Experience working with internal audit, external auditors, cybersecurity, and compliance teams.
Demonstrated ability to architect and execute an enterprise-wide SOX automation strategy across diverse technologies, platforms, and infrastructure environments.
Ability to assess existing SOX processes, identify automation opportunities, and develop a comprehensive automation roadmap.
Experience designing scalable, reusable, and standardized automation frameworks for multiple business units and IT environments.
Ability to develop automation architectures that integrate with existing enterprise systems, security controls, and compliance platforms.
Strong understanding of risk-based automation approaches and prioritizing controls based on compliance impact, complexity, and operational efficiency.
Ability to establish automation standards, governance practices, and technical design principles.
Extensive hands-on experience developing and implementing automation solutions using tools such as Ansible, Chef, and other infrastructure automation technologies.
Experience developing automated workflows for SOX control execution, validation, monitoring, remediation, and evidence collection.
Experience automating compliance processes across Windows, Linux, database infrastructure, and applications.
Ability to develop automation solutions that operate consistently across multiple technology stacks and architectural environments.
Ability to address architectural complexities, dependencies, and security requirements when implementing enterprise-wide automation.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for evaluating complex compliance and infrastructure challenges.
Experience collaborating with enterprise architects, infrastructure engineers, cybersecurity teams, application owners, and audit professionals.
Demonstrated ability to lead automation initiatives through implementation, testing, and operational support.

Responsibilities

Assess existing SOX processes and identify opportunities to reduce manual compliance activities through automation.
Develop and maintain an enterprise-wide SOX automation architecture and implementation roadmap.
Design, develop, test, and deploy automation solutions using Ansible, Chef, and other appropriate technologies.
Implement standardized SOX automation across multiple enterprise architectures, operating systems, applications, and infrastructure platforms.
Automate control execution, evidence collection, compliance validation, exception reporting, and remediation workflows.
Collaborate with audit and compliance teams to ensure automated solutions satisfy SOX control objectives and evidence requirements.
Monitor and continuously improve the effectiveness, reliability, scalability, and maintainability of SOX automation solutions.
Develop reusable automation scripts, playbooks, cookbooks, and configuration management solutions.
Ensure automated controls are appropriately secured, tested, documented, and auditable.
Lead automation initiatives from initial assessment and architecture through implementation, testing, and operational support.
Communicate automation strategies, architectural designs, technical risks, and implementation plans to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.