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Certification Auditor (Fractional)
Job Title: Certification Auditor (Fractional)
Employment Type: Independent Contractor (1099)
Compensation: Fixed fee per completed audit, plus approved travel expense reimbursement. Most auditors earn approximately $800-$1,600 per professional workday, depending on availability, travel efficiency, geographic coverage, and audit volume.
Schedule: Flexible. Auditors control their own schedules, subject to audit completion requirements and member availability.
Location: United States (Remote/Field-Based)
We are currently seeking auditors in the following regions:
- New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts
- Northeast Coastal: Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey
- Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
- Southeast: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama
About The Opportunity
i-SIGMA is seeking experienced operations, security, compliance, and risk management professionals to conduct independent certification audits of member organizations operating in the information destruction, records management, and information governance industries.
This role is ideal for senior professionals who have built successful careers leading security, compliance, secure logistics, records management, audit, law enforcement, military, or operational organizations and are interested in applying their expertise in a flexible, professional consulting capacity.
Successful auditors combine strong business judgment, attention to detail, operational credibility, and the ability to objectively evaluate organizations against established certification standards.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum 15 years of management or leadership experience in security, compliance, secure logistics, information governance, records management, or related operational environments.
- Experience obtaining, managing, governing, assessing, or auditing compliance with an established third-party standard or certification program.
- Relevant examples include: NAID AAA®, PRISM Privacy+®, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, UL 827, R2, e-Stewards, or Similar regulatory, security, or operational compliance programs
- Availability to conduct audits at least one week per month
- Willingness and ability to travel throughout the assigned territory by automobile, rail, and commercial air travel
- Residence within the United States
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
- Valid U.S. driver’s license
- Relevant Career Backgrounds. Candidates may come from a variety of industries including: Security operations, Physical security, Information security, Alarm monitoring and managed security services, Secure logistics and cash logistics, Records and information management, Information destruction, Law enforcement administration, Military security, Risk management, Regulatory compliance, Internal auditing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional certifications such as: CPP® (Certified Protection Professional), PSP® (Physical Security Professional), CISSP® (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CSDS® (Certified Secure Destruction Specialist)
- Lead Auditor credentials
- Other recognized security, compliance, or audit certifications
- Experience conducting third-party audits or formal compliance assessments
- Strong report writing and documentation skills
- Demonstrated customer service and stakeholder management experience
- Experience enforcing or evaluating compliance with operational, security, privacy, or quality standards
Key Responsibilities – As an i-SIGMA Certification Auditor, you will:
- Independently schedule audits with member organizations within required audit windows
- Coordinate travel arrangements necessary to complete assigned audits
- Conduct certification audits in accordance with i-SIGMA certification requirements, policies, and procedures
- Evaluate organizational conformance through interviews, observation, facility inspections, process walkthroughs, record review, and sampling techniques
- Maintain objectivity, professionalism, and auditor independence throughout the audit process
- Prepare clear, accurate, and evidence-based audit findings and reports
- Submit audit deliverables within required timeframes and quality expectations
- Submit invoices and supporting documentation in accordance with established procedures
- Participate in auditor calibration and training activities as required to ensure consistency across the certification program
What Makes a Successful Auditor?
Successful i-SIGMA auditors are:
- Objective and fair
- Professionally curious
- Comfortable asking difficult questions
- Detail-oriented without losing sight of business realities
- Confident interacting with executives and frontline employees alike
- Able to make well-supported decisions based on evidence
- Committed to consistency and integrity in the certification process
Who We Are
i-SIGMA® (International Secure Information Governance & Management Association) is the global trade association for information lifecycle protection. Our members provide secure data destruction, records and information management, secure storage, privacy, IT asset disposition and information governance services to organizations throughout the world. Through internationally recognized certification programs, professional accreditation, industry advocacy, and compliance oversight, i-SIGMA helps organizations reduce information risk and protect sensitive information throughout its lifecycle. i-SIGMA’s NAID AAA Certification® and PRISM Privacy+ Certification® programs are widely recognized benchmarks for information security, privacy protection, and operational excellence.
Why Experienced Professionals Join Our Auditor Team
- Flexible schedule and workload
- Meaningful work that promotes security, privacy, and professional standards
- Opportunity to leverage decades of operational and leadership experience
- Ongoing engagement with diverse organizations and industries
- Professional, peer-level interaction with business owners and executives
- Travel opportunities within your region
- Competitive project-based compensation
Compensation
$ 3000 – $ 6000 per month
