Senior IT & Controls Lead

• Own and maintain security policies, access standards, and IT governance practices across critical company systems.
• Set security baselines and compliance requirements for Microsoft 365, endpoints, cloud services, SaaS platforms, and other technology tools.
• Support vendor and SaaS governance through security reviews, risk assessments, contract standards, and technology intake processes.
• Execute IT general controls in alignment with SOX requirements, including logical access, change management, operations, and backup/recovery controls.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation, evidence repositories, control matrices, and recurring control support materials.
• Coordinate ITGC testing, identify gaps, help drive remediation, and support audit requests from external auditors and advisors.
• Lead access governance activities, including documented periodic access reviews for critical systems.
• Define and enforce least-privilege and segregation of duties standards, particularly for financial systems and other high-risk applications.
• Set standards for MFA, SSO, conditional access, and privileged access management in partnership with IT Operations.
• Support security incident response, access anomaly review, and recurring control exception monitoring.
• Own IT change management standards, including intake, approval, testing, logging, documentation, and evidence requirements.
• Partner closely with IT Operations, Finance Systems, external consultants, and business stakeholders to translate governance requirements into practical processes.
• Help expand IT governance practices as the Company grows across digital infrastructure, high-performance computing, and operational sites.

Do you have experience in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance documentation?, * 5-8 years of progressive IT experience, including at least 2 years in a controls, security, governance, or compliance-adjacent role.

• Working knowledge of SOX ITGC domains, including logical access, change management, operations, and backup/recovery.
• Experience with access governance, identity management, Azure AD / Entra ID, and security policy frameworks.
• Experience maintaining control documentation, evidence, audit support materials, or comparable compliance records.
• Ability to work effectively with IT Operations, business teams, external consultants, and auditors.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Experience:

• Public company or SOX-controlled environment experience.
• CISA, CRISC, CCSP, Security+, ITIL, or similar certification.
• ISO 27001, SOC 2, or comparable security and compliance framework experience.
• Experience with ERP access controls, segregation of duties, or NetSuite security administration.
• Experience working with external auditors and coordinating ITGC testing activities.
• Experience with SaaS governance, vendor risk management, technology procurement standards, or security reviews.
• Experience in digital assets, bitcoin mining, data center operations, energy infrastructure, or high-performance computing environments.

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to develop strong business relationships across functions.
• Ability to embrace change and ambiguity in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects in a deadline driven environment.
• Strong team mindset, both within the department and cross-functionally.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail is critical for this role.
• Discretion with confidential information.
• Governance and controls mindset with the ability to build practical, scalable standards.
• Collaborative approach and ability to influence through partnership rather than direct ownership of every operational task.

Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k), We offer competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a 401k plan

Ionic Digital Inc. is a digital infrastructure company that develops strategic powered land assets for data centers, high-performance computing (HPC) and cryptocurrency mining. Learn more at www.ionicdigital.com or follow us on X and LinkedIn.