# Senior Internal Auditor, Technology

**Company:** [Kraken](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/kraken)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $73k – $145k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Cybersecurity, identity and access management, it general controls, cloud computing, software development lifecycle, Change Management, Data Governance, GDPR, ai governance, ISO 27001, nist csf, SOC 2, cobit, AWS, GCP
**Posted:** 2026-08-12

> Executes technology audits across cybersecurity, cloud, access management, SDLC, data privacy, resilience, and AI governance. The role requires 5–8 years of IT audit or technology-risk experience and strong knowledge of major control frameworks and cloud environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Technology Audit Execution
- Plan and execute technology audits across cybersecurity, cloud, identity and access management, software development lifecycle (SDLC), and change management.
- Assess security controls for systems holding sensitive customer records and identity documentation, including access controls, data protection, monitoring, and regulatory and policy compliance.
- Assess operational resilience, including business continuity, disaster recovery, resilience testing, incident management, technology risk management, and third-party technology oversight.
- Review data governance, privacy, and data-lake controls.
- Assess AI governance, security, and privacy across AI and machine-learning systems.
- Test the design and operating effectiveness of IT general controls and application controls against ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2, or COBIT.
- Identify control gaps, perform root-cause analysis, and assess business and financial-reporting impact.
- Apply AI-enabled workflows, including AI-assisted testing, anomaly detection, and analytics, with human ownership of conclusions.

### Engagement and Issue Management
- Lead multiple audit engagements concurrently, managing planning, fieldwork, and reporting end to end.
- Document audit findings, control gaps, root causes, workpapers, and reports.
- Track and validate remediation of identified issues, escalating delays or gaps to Internal Audit leadership.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of audit methodologies and frameworks.
- Ensure conformance with the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards and quality-assurance requirements.
- Lead engagement teams, including staffing and coordinating co-sourced specialists, to ensure quality and timely delivery.

### Stakeholder Engagement and Reporting
- Serve as a point of contact for control owners across Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security.
- Communicate audit results and advise on control improvements while maintaining audit independence.
- Translate technical findings into clear, actionable conclusions for non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Partner with Internal Audit team members and co-sourced resources to coordinate audit-plan coverage.

## Requirements
- 5–8 years of experience in IT audit, information security, or a related technology-risk function, ideally in financial services, fintech, or crypto.
- Broad IT audit experience across several of the following: cybersecurity, identity and access management, IT general controls, cloud, SDLC and change management, data and privacy, operational resilience, and third-party technology risk.
- Strong understanding of control frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2, or COBIT.
- Experience with cloud environments, including AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
- Working knowledge of data governance and privacy, such as GDPR, with exposure to AI governance, security, and privacy.
- Technical fluency with enterprise systems, databases, and deployment pipelines.
- Ability to translate findings clearly for engineers and senior leaders.
- Ability to apply generative AI responsibly, with human oversight, to improve testing coverage and efficiency.

## Nice-to-Haves
- CISA, CISSP, CRISC, CIA, or equivalent certification.
- Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure, digital asset custody, or crypto-native technology environments.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and modern deployment practices.
- Exposure to operational resilience and ISO 27001 certification environments.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary range: **$72,600–$145,200**.

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