SOX Automation Engineer
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced SOX Automation Engineer with a strong understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance processes and extensive experience designing, architecting, and implementing automation solutions across complex enterprise IT environments.
The ideal candidate will combine deep knowledge of SOX IT controls with strong automation engineering capabilities to develop scalable, repeatable, and auditable solutions that reduce manual compliance efforts, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen the organization's internal control environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess existing SOX processes and identify opportunities to reduce manual compliance activities through automation.
- Develop and maintain an enterprise-wide SOX automation architecture and implementation roadmap.
- Design, develop, test, and deploy automation solutions using Ansible, Chef, and other appropriate technologies.
- Implement standardized SOX automation across multiple enterprise architectures, operating systems, applications, and infrastructure platforms.
- Automate control execution, evidence collection, compliance validation, exception reporting, and remediation workflows.
- Collaborate with audit and compliance teams to ensure automated solutions satisfy SOX control objectives and evidence requirements.
- Monitor and continuously improve the effectiveness, reliability, scalability, and maintainability of SOX automation solutions.
Required Qualifications
SOX Compliance and IT Controls Expertise
- Deep understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance requirements, particularly SOX Section 404 and IT General Controls (ITGCs).
- Extensive experience with SOX processes, including access management, change management, configuration management, IT operations, and evidence collection.
- Experience identifying opportunities to automate manual SOX controls while maintaining compliance and audit readiness.
- Ability to translate SOX control requirements into technical specifications and automated workflows.
- Experience working with internal audit, external auditors, cybersecurity, and compliance teams.
SOX Automation Strategy and Architecture
- Demonstrated ability to architect and execute an enterprise-wide SOX automation strategy across diverse technologies, platforms, and infrastructure environments.
- Ability to assess existing SOX processes, identify automation opportunities, and develop a comprehensive automation roadmap.
- Experience designing scalable, reusable, and standardized automation frameworks that can support multiple business units and IT environments.
- Ability to develop automation architectures that integrate with existing enterprise systems, security controls, and compliance platforms.
- Strong understanding of risk-based automation approaches, prioritizing controls based on compliance impact, complexity, and operational efficiency.
- Ability to establish automation standards, governance practices, and technical design principles.
Automation Engineering and Development
- Extensive hands-on experience developing and implementing automation solutions using tools such as Ansible, Chef, and other infrastructure automation technologies.
- Experience developing automated workflows for SOX control execution, validation, monitoring, remediation, and evidence collection.
- Ability to create reusable automation scripts, playbooks, cookbooks, and configuration management solutions.
- Experience automating compliance processes across Windows, Linux, database infrastructure, as well as applications.
- Ability to develop automation solutions that operate consistently across multiple technology stacks and architectural environments.
- Ability to address architectural complexities, dependencies, and security requirements when implementing enterprise-wide automation.
- Ability to ensure automated controls themselves are appropriately secured, tested, documented, and auditable.
- Reporting
- Ability to serve as a technical subject matter expert for SOX process automation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate complex compliance and infrastructure challenges.
- Experience collaborating with enterprise architects, infrastructure engineers, cybersecurity teams, application owners, and audit professionals.
- Ability to communicate automation strategies, architectural designs, technical risks, and implementation plans to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to lead automation initiatives from initial assessment and architecture through implementation, testing, and operational support.
Benefits:
Paid sick leave, Medical/Dental (optional), 401 (k) Retirement Plan (optional), Employer Paid Life Insurance, Employer Paid Short Term Disability, Optional Life Insurance.
ELYON International, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
