Senior Internal Auditor

Datadog's Internal Audit team is focused on enhancing and protecting Datadog’s organizational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight.  Internal Audit collaborates with teams across the organization to help identify and mitigate risk and provide recommendations to management.

We are looking for a Senior IT Auditor to support Internal Audit SOX testing as well as other Internal Audit projects. This position will work closely with the IT Senior Manager, Internal Audit (IA), working across our global organization to identify and mitigate technology risks. You will participate in audit and advisory projects within areas such as cybersecurity, enterprise IT, data privacy & governance, finance, financial systems, revenue engineering, sales & operations, and the Datadog product platform.

• Identify/assess technology risks and collaborate with management on remediation efforts. Assist with the preparation of audit findings and risk assessments outcomes. 
• 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.
• Support your team in developing, implementing, and maintaining an effective IT internal audit program, including an IT Audit methodology and approach.
• 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.).
• Assist in projects as required such as cyber initiatives, privacy assessments, enterprise risk assessment and development of the Internal Audit plan for IT areas.
• Develop relationships with all employee levels across the company, external auditors, and highlight best business and control practices.

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
• Preferred certifications: CISA, CISSP, CCSP, CISM or CIA
• 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
• You want to work in a fast, complex, high-growth environment
• Passionate and eager to learn 
• Able to work under pressure; dependable with deliverables and deadlines, able to multitask
• Confidence, good judgment, energy and personality to work in a fast-paced environment across all levels of management and across functions and geographies

• 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

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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