IT Auditor
Chicago, IL, US
- IT
- Full-time
- IT Auditor
- Internal Audit
- Risk Management
The IT Auditor at Aramco leads audit teams to evaluate and improve risk management, control, and governance processes related to IT and cybersecurity. The role involves developing risk-based audit programs, executing audits per international standards, managing client relationships, and mentoring junior staff. A bachelor's degree and professional IT audit/security certifications with at least 7 years of relevant experience are required, including flexibility to travel for audits.
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview
We are seeking and IT Auditor to join Internal Auditing Organization.
The Internal Auditing is responsible for helping organizations to accomplish their objectives by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management, control, and governance processes.
Your primary role will be to lead and oversee the audit team while serving as the primary liaison for clients, ensuring strong relationships and high-quality delivery throughout the engagement.
Key Responsibilities
As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:
- Establish the objective and scope of the audit engagement.
- Identify key risks and controls within the business and operational processes under review.
- Develop comprehensive risk-based audit programs.
- Lead the audit team and will be overseeing assistant auditors.
- Discuss concerns and issues with clients, draft field memorandums, and update clients and Internal Auditing Management on progress of the audit.
- Execute risk-based audit procedures in alignment with company policies and international standards.
- Prepare audit reports.
- Deliver presentations to clients’ management at the audit opening and closing meetings.
- Provide on-the-job training and mentoring to less experienced staff.
- Evaluate the performance and capabilities of the assisting staff auditors.
- Provide consulting activities on internal controls
- Act as an Internal Auditing SME for the area of network and cyber security.
Minimum Requirements
- As a successful candidate, you will hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, management information systems, business, engineering
- Your will have a minimum of 7 years of experience in IT auditing and IT Security.
- You should have an excellent verbal and written communication skills in the English language, and excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
- You should hold at least one professional certification such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), etc.
- You should be flexibility to travel in the Kingdom and/or out of the Kingdom to conduct audits.
Work Location and Work Schedule
Work location: Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer
Work schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer
Job Posting Duration
Job posting start date: 12/15/2025
Job posting end date: 12/31/2026
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.
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