Remote IAM & Access Governance Lead

MI Comunidad Mujeres Inmobiliarias

United Arab Emirates

Remote

AED 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

42 hours ago
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Job summary

MI Comunidad Mujeres Inmobiliarias is seeking a Senior Access Governance Specialist to oversee identity and access governance across enterprise systems in a fully remote setup from the United Arab Emirates.

You will review access requests, manage RBAC and least-privilege controls, coordinate certifications, and partner with IT, security, and business teams to strengthen governance and compliance. This role requires strong analytical skills and relevant IAM certifications.

Qualifications

  • Significant experience in identity and access management (IAM) and access governance.
  • Knowledge of RBAC, identity lifecycle management, and least-privilege practices.
  • Experience with user access reviews, entitlement certifications, and risk analysis.
  • Familiarity with PAM, SSO, MFA, and directory services.
  • Certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CRISC, or CISM are advantageous.
  • Knowledge of UAE regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain IAM governance policies, standards, procedures, and control frameworks.
  • Review user access requests, role assignments, permissions, and entitlement records against policies.
  • Coordinate periodic access certifications and entitlement recertification exercises.
  • Assess access privileges using least-privilege and segregation-of-duties principles.
  • Identify excessive permissions, inactive accounts, conflicting access rights, and unauthorized entitlement risks.
  • Support RBAC design, role mapping, and access classification activities.
  • Review joiner/mover/leaver processes to ensure proper documentation and control.
  • Analyze privileged access inventories and governance reviews of elevated permissions.
  • Monitor access review exceptions, remediation actions, and outstanding control deficiencies.
  • Maintain accurate digital records of access approvals, certification results, and audit evidence.
  • Support governance assessments across enterprise apps, cloud, databases, and business systems.
  • Coordinate with owners and IT teams to resolve access issues.
  • Evaluate identity lifecycle management processes and improve provisioning/deprovisioning controls.
  • Assist with SOD analysis and conflicts across key roles.
  • Prepare governance dashboards and risk summaries for audits and regulatory reviews.
  • Contribute to automated access review workflows and governance reporting.
  • Monitor changes in standards and regulatory expectations.

Skills

IAM
Access governance
RBAC
Least privilege
PAM
SSO
MFA
Directory services
SailPoint
Saviynt
Microsoft Entra ID
Okta
ISO 27001
NIST
COBIT

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology / CS / cybersecurity

Tools

SailPoint
Saviynt
Microsoft Entra ID
Okta

Job description

MI Comunidad Mujeres Inmobiliarias is seeking a Senior Access Governance Specialist to oversee identity and access governance across enterprise systems in a fully remote setup from the United Arab Emirates.

You will review access requests, manage RBAC and least-privilege controls, coordinate certifications, and partner with IT, security, and business teams to strengthen governance and compliance. This role requires strong analytical skills and relevant IAM certifications.

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