Specialist, IT Audit

Our professionals balance analytical skills, deep market insight and independence to deliver solid, defensible analysis and practical advice to our clients. As an organization, we think globally. We create transparency in an opaque world, and we encourage our people to do the same. That means when you take your place on our team, you'll discover a supportive and collaborative work environment that empowers you to excel. If you're ready to share your perspective with the world, then you can make a real impact here. This is the Duff & Phelps difference.

The Technical Audit Security analyst role will support technical groups by collaborating and evaluating daily operational activities to ensure they meet compliance, security, and audit objectives. As a part of global infrastructure group, this position will review, track and coordinate security and audit activities with solid emphasis on technology and compliance background.

At Duff & Phelps, your work will help protect, restore and maximize value for our clients. Join us and together we'll maximize the value of your career.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide support in the assessment, design, and implementation of technical control requirements.
• Identify and recommend changes to improve efficiency as well as the effectiveness of key technical controls and processes.
• Work with control owners and system administrators to ensure quality, consistency, and operability of new and existing controls.
• Support the review of IT systems and tools to ensure the inclusion of appropriate controls and processes.
• Collaborate and build long-term relationships with key stakeholders in a fast-paced work environment.
• Review the test findings, facilitate the remediation of IT control gaps, and escalate potential issues to management, where necessary.
• Validate and update IT documentation as needed to ensure processes, policies and controls are accurate.
• Identify key metrics and establish a process to provide periodic reports to management.
• Keep abreast of emerging issues and external regulatory requirements that have information technology & security implications
• Assess and compare cloud native PaaS with cloud-enabled traditional infrastructure
• Experience in technical auditing and compliance process
• Experience with monitoring and analytical tools (Splunk, ScienceLogic, Qualys, etc.)
• Experience working with various SDLC groups (Development, QA, Configuration Management) on project work as well as solving real time production system issues

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline and/ or equivalent related development experience in lieu of degree
• 1+ years of infrastructure experience (firewalls, load balancer, AD, DNS, etc)
• 1+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure technologies (AWS, Azure)
• Strong understanding across cloud and infrastructure components (server, storage, data, and applications) to deliver end to end cloud infrastructure architectures and designs
• Familiarity with cloud based disaster recovery and HA system development
• Familiarity with networking equipment (load balancing/firewalls)
• AWS or Microsoft certification is a plus
• Experience with Windows and Linux-based operating system configuration, automation and management
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and efficiently
• Excellent communication and influencing skills and the ability to work across teams to create optimal business solutions
• Experience in a global 24x7 environment strongly preferred

In order to be considered for a position at Duff & Phelps, you must formally apply via https://careers.duffandphelps.jobs

Duff & Phelps is committed to equal opportunity and diversity, and recruits people based on merit.