Sr. IT SOX Governance Lead

United States, San Diego · USA-CA-San Diego-Via Esprillo · USD 127,000-190,600 · 7+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 15, 2026

At a glance

The Sr. IT SOX Governance Lead will establish and drive end-to-end ownership of IT SOX governance within DTIS Global Service Operations.
This role is responsible for IT General Controls (ITGC) governance, control framework ownership, audit coordination, and governance standardization across the enterprise.

Own and manage the IT SOX governance framework and ITGC program.
Establish standardized governance processes, methodologies, and control design practices.
Lead end-to-end ownership of ITGC lifecycle activities including design, implementation, onboarding, testing support, remediation tracking, and reporting.
Design, document, and maintain ITGCs and application controls aligned to SOX requirements.
Serve as the primary IT interface for external and internal audit stakeholders.
Coordinate walkthroughs, evidence collection, testing support, and remediation activities.
Conduct risk assessments and identify control gaps, process inefficiencies, and governance risks.
Partner closely with engineering, infrastructure, platform operations, Finance Governance, and Risk & Compliance teams.
Identify opportunities for automation and process optimization within SOX operations and evidence management.
Develop scalable governance standards for onboarding new systems and processes into SOX scope.

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Accounting, Computer Science, or related field.
7+ years of experience in IT SOX, IT audit, IT governance, compliance, or risk management.
Strong expertise in SOX compliance, IT General Controls (ITGCs), and audit coordination.
Experience leading governance programs and working directly with external/internal auditors.
Demonstrated experience with control design, system scope assessments, system onboarding, and remediation management.
Experience with system implementation framework (SDLC).

Big 4 experience supporting SOX audits and IT General Controls (ITGC) assessments.
Professional certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or CPA.
Experience with Optro SoxHub or similar governance/audit platforms.
Strong experience with cloud services and environments, microservices architecture, and CI/CD development techniques.
Prior experience auditing SAP ERP systems (S/4, GRC, BW and HANA databases).
Experience in ITGC reviews of complex architectures across networking, OS, DB, and application layers.
Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments and operational governance transformation initiatives.
Experience with process automation and governance tooling.