Business Analyst – IAM/PAM

TechDigital Group; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join our IAM/PAM practice in New Jersey. You will liaise across security, IAM, and business teams to gather and validate IGA and SSO requirements, and support governance and transformation initiatives.

The role emphasizes requirement analysis, workshops, UAT planning, and the creation of BRDs/FRDs, dashboards, and governance documentation to support enterprise IAM programs.

Qualifications

• Experience gathering, documenting, validating, and managing IAM requirements.
• Strong liaison between business, security, and IAM teams.
• Experience with IGA, SSO, governance, and compliance programs.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders, security teams, application owners, IAM teams, and technical implementation teams to gather, analyze, document, and validate IGA and SSO requirements.
• Support IAM transformation initiatives by conducting requirement analysis, impact assessments, process mapping, business process optimization, and governance reviews.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews, and discovery sessions to identify access governance and identity lifecycle needs.
• Collaborate with customers and technical teams to support UAT, reporting, planning, and change management activities.
• Prepare BRDs, FRDs, workflows, dashboards, reports, and governance documentation for IGA and SSO programs.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Process analysis

Governance documentation

Business process optimization

Reporting & analytics

Education

University degree in IT or IT Security

Tools

SAML

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

MFA

Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Saviynt

Okta

RBAC

Job description

Business Analyst – IAM/PAM L2

Years of Experience

• 4 - 6 years of experience in planning, designing, implementing, and supporting Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) and Single Sign-On (SSO) programs across enterprise environments.
• Expertise in gathering business requirements, stakeholder management, process analysis, governance documentation, and supporting IAM transformation initiatives.

General Description

• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders, security teams, application owners, IAM teams, and technical implementation teams to gather, analyze, document, and validate IGA and SSO requirements.
• Support IAM transformation initiatives by conducting requirement analysis, impact assessments, process mapping, business process optimization, and governance reviews.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews, and discovery sessions to identify access governance, identity lifecycle, authentication, and federation requirements.
• Collaborate with customers and technical teams to support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), reporting, implementation planning, and change management activities.
• Prepare business requirement documents, functional specifications, workflows, dashboards, reports, and governance documentation supporting IGA and SSO programs.

Technical Requirements

• Good understanding of Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) concepts including Joiner-Mover-Leaver processes, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), access request management, certifications, SoD controls, and entitlement governance.
• Understanding of Single Sign-On (SSO), federation protocols, and authentication technologies including SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and MFA.
• Experience gathering, documenting, validating, and managing business, functional, and non-functional requirements for IAM projects.
• Ability to create and maintain BRDs, FRDs, user stories, use cases, process maps, workflow diagrams, and traceability matrices.
• Knowledge of IGA platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Saviynt, or comparable solutions.
• Understanding of SSO platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, or similar technologies.
• Experience performing stakeholder analysis, gap assessments, process improvement initiatives, and governance reviews.
• Familiarity with IAM compliance requirements and frameworks including SOX, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, GDPR, NIST, and CIS.
• Experience supporting application onboarding, access certification campaigns, role mining, access reviews, and federation integrations.
• Ability to support UAT planning, test scenario creation, defect tracking, requirement validation, and implementation support.
• Strong reporting and analytical skills with the ability to develop dashboards, KPIs, governance metrics, and executive reports.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities with attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively engage business stakeholders, security teams, and technical teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Adaptable, proactive, and customer-focused mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement and quality deliverables.

Certifications (Preferred)

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)

Educational Qualifications

• University degree in IT or/and IT Security