Lead PAM Risk Analyst

Guardian; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian is seeking a Lead PAM Risk Analyst to strengthen privileged access governance, risk management, compliance, and access controls across critical systems. You will lead privileged access reviews, drive remediation, support audits, and collaborate with IAM, Infrastructure, and Security teams to improve the organization's security posture and ensure regulatory alignment.

In this senior role, you will develop risk metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting to track PAM performance, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• At least 6 years of experience in IAM, PAM, IT risk, information security, or audit.
• Strong understanding of privileged access management, access governance, and security controls.
• Experience supporting SOX, SOC, NIST, ISO 27001, or comparable compliance frameworks.
• Strong analytical, risk-assessment, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Governance and Risk: Conduct privileged access reviews and entitlement assessments across critical systems.
• Identify, analyze, and drive remediation of risks involving privileged accounts, service accounts, and elevated access.
• Review exceptions, policy violations, and privileged access requests to confirm that appropriate controls are in place.
• Monitor compliance with PAM policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

PAM governance

Access reviews

Risk and compliance

Identity governance

Audit support

SOX controls

Access certification

Segregation of duties

IAM

Security reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field

Job description

Job Description:

Position Summary

We are seeking a Lead PAM Risk Analyst to strengthen enterprise privileged access governance, risk management, compliance, and access controls. The role will identify and mitigate privileged-access risks, lead access reviews and remediation, support audits, and partner with technology and security teams to improve the organization’s security posture.

Key Responsibilities

• Governance and Risk
  • Conduct privileged access reviews and entitlement assessments across critical systems.
  • Identify, analyze, and drive remediation of risks involving privileged accounts, service accounts, and elevated access.
  • Review exceptions, policy violations, and privileged access requests to confirm that appropriate controls are in place.
  • Monitor compliance with PAM policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Audit and Compliance
  • Support internal and external audits by providing evidence, reports, and risk assessments.
  • Analyze access-related findings and coordinate remediation with application, infrastructure, and security teams.
  • Maintain process documentation, control procedures, and operational standards.
• Reporting and Collaboration
  • Develop risk metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting for PAM governance programs.
  • Partner with IAM, Infrastructure, Security Operations, and Application teams to strengthen access governance and reduce risk.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• At least 6 years of experience in IAM, PAM, IT risk, information security, or audit.
• Strong understanding of privileged access management, access governance, and security controls.
• Experience supporting SOX, SOC, NIST, ISO 27001, or comparable compliance frameworks.
• Strong analytical, risk-assessment, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CyberArk, SailPoint, Microsoft Entra ID, or comparable IAM and PAM platforms.
• Knowledge of identity governance, access certification, segregation of duties (SoD), and access lifecycle management.
• Relevant security, IAM, risk, or audit certification, such as CISA, Security+, CyberArk, CISSP, or CRISC.

Key Skills

PAM governance Access reviews Risk and compliance Identity governance Audit support SOX controls Access certification Segregation of duties (SoD) IAM Security reporting

Success Measures

• Reduced privileged-access risks and audit findings.
• Timely completion of access certifications and remediation actions.
• Successful audit outcomes and sustained compliance.
• Improved governance, reporting, and risk visibility across privileged-access environments.

Location

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai, Gurgaon