Senior Internal Auditor

Datadog Datadog · Enterprise · New York, NY · Finance

Datadog is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor to support SOX testing and other audit projects, focusing on identifying and mitigating technology risks across various domains including cybersecurity, IT, data privacy, finance, and the Datadog product platform. The role involves assessing risks, managing SOX control testing, developing the IT audit program, and partnering with various teams to ensure control design.

What you'd actually do

  1. Identify/assess technology risks and collaborate with management on remediation efforts. Assist with the preparation of audit findings and risk assessments outcomes.
  2. Manage and execute SOX control testing; Take ownership of some audit processes that may include key automated business process controls, access and change management and/or computer operations.
  3. Support your team in developing, implementing, and maintaining an effective IT internal audit program, including an IT Audit methodology and approach.
  4. Partner with Information Security, business and system owners to ensure controls are being properly designed and thought through when business or organization changes occur (e.g. new products, new systems, etc.).
  5. Assist in projects as required such as cyber initiatives, privacy assessments, enterprise risk assessment and development of the Internal Audit plan for IT areas.

Skills

Required

  • BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
  • 4 years of experience including IT General Controls, internal or external audit and direct experience in SOX-404 audit
  • Knowledge of external auditor requirements and reporting
  • Experience with SaaS applications such as Netsuite, Salesforce, Workday
  • Familiarity with cloud service providers such as AWS, GCP, and/or Azure
  • Understanding of DevOps, infrastructure as code (IAC), identity access management (IAM) concepts
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong technical and analytical skills
  • Demonstrated cross-functional people and process management skills

Nice to have

  • Experience with usage-based generated revenue a plus
  • Working knowledge of Github, CI/CD, or data analytics is a plus
  • Familiarity with programming languages
  • Experience performing pre and/or post-implementation reviews
  • Experience with technology companies, especially those that work in the cloud and use SaaS
  • Experience with Datadog or other observability tools

What the JD emphasized

  • SOX testing
  • SOX control testing
  • SOX-404 audit