Internal Auditor - Technology

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The IT Internal Auditor 2 audits information system applications to ensure that they establish appropriate controls, produce accurate information from the system, and manage cybersecurity risks. This role includes evaluating security controls, identifying vulnerabilities, and recommending improvements that strengthen the organization’s cyber posture. The IT Audit Professional 2 understands department, segment, and organizational strategy and operating objectives, including their linkages to related areas.

Work assignments are varied and frequently require interpretation and independent determination of courses of action.

This role includes detailed responsibilities that are not limited to:

• Perform IT audit and cybersecurity‑focused consulting engagements, evaluating application, infrastructure, and cloud environments following established audit methodology and within budgeted time frames.
• Apply professional IT audit concepts, cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF), and established technologies while using standard audit techniques such as control testing, data analysis, and risk assessment.
• Participate in audit planning, providing insights on technology risks, threat vectors, and cyber control design to help shape audit scope, objectives, and testing strategies.
• Attend and conduct walkthroughs with Humana business and technology teams, focusing on system architecture, authentication mechanisms, data flows, and security controls.
• Identify where you design and operate IT general controls and application controls effectively, including access management, change management, logging/monitoring, configuration management, and vulnerability management.
• Identify control weaknesses, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and root causes, and prepare clear, actionable draft audit issues that reflect impact, likelihood, and risk alignment.
• Recommend security‑focused improvements and follow through on corrective actions until you verify management remediation plans, ensuring you mitigate risks appropriately.
• Collaborate with internal audit team members to align IT audit coverage with enterprise cyber risk priorities and support overall department and company objectives.
• Develop communication skills to navigate discussions involving security findings, conflict, or risk acceptance decisions.
• Clearly and concisely communicate the results of IT audit and cybersecurity engagements through written reports and presentations to management, translating technical risks into business‑relevant impact.

Use your skills to make an impact

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• At least 2 years of IT audit, technology risk, cybersecurity or consulting experience
• Successful track record in facilitating and consulting across teams and managing projects
• Team-oriented; optimistic attitude
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to work independently
• Ability to manage multiple or competing priorities
• Implementation and execution skills; critical thinking skills
• Aptitude for establishing working relationships with associates within the department and the business
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences

• Certifications such as CISA, CISM, CEH, or CISSP
• Advanced degree preferred

Qualified candidates are required to currently live in, or be willing to move to, a commutable distance for a hybrid (~3 days in-office) work arrangement.

• Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
• Louisville, KY metropolitan area
• New York City, NY metropolitan area

$65,000 - $88,600 per year

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries offer competitive benefits that support whole‑person well‑being. Benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) retirement savings plan, paid time off (including personal holidays and volunteer time off), parental and caregiver leave, short‑term and long‑term disability, life insurance and other options.

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate…