Business Analyst - Identity Management (IAM) Cyber Risk

Request Technology; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Contract Business Analyst specializing in Identity Management. The role involves supporting IAM services and optimizing user access experiences. Candidates must have strong business analysis skills, experience with IAM processes, and excellent communication abilities, particularly in conveying technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in business analysis within the IAM domain.
• Proficiency in analyzing access data and identity records.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Identity and Access Management service.
• Work with stakeholders to manage non-person identities.
• Create policies, procedures, and documentation for IAM.

Skills

Business analysis

Identity Access Management

Documentation

Communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Tools

SailPoint IIQ

CyberArk

Python

Java

PowerShell

Job description

CONTRACT BUSINESS ANALYST IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

RATE: Open.

LOCATION: REMOTE.

SELLING POINTS: Cyber risk management IAM (BA) business analyst any machine identity is a plus but not necessary. Just a solid BA who understands identity access management just a BA.

The Cyber Risk Management IAM Business Analyst (BA) will support the Identity and Access Management service, which seeks to create a delightful access experience that optimizes usability, accountability, and cyber risk exposure. This role requires a seasoned SailPoint BA that will perform comprehensive discovery and classification of all non-person identities in the IAM roadmap. This involves working with stakeholders in various teams (DevOps, Infrastructure & Operations, App Dev) to identify and assign ownership to non-person accounts.

Skills/Experience:

• Strong experience in business analysis within the IAM domain. Ability to gather and document requirements from stakeholders and translate business needs into functional specifications or process designs. A solid understanding of IAM fundamentals as they apply to both person and non-person accounts is required.
• Understanding of what non-person identities are and how they are used. Familiarity with the lifecycle of accounts.
• Hands-on experience with IAM tools, such as SailPoint IIQ and CyberArk. The candidate should know how such tools can be configured to manage account certifications, and reporting for accounts. Ability to run reports or configure access review campaigns in these systems is a plus.
• Proficiency in analyzing access data and identity records. Should be comfortable using spreadsheets, databases, or reporting tools to identify patterns. Attention to detail is crucial.
• Ability to design clear processes and workflows for identity management (e.g., a workflow for requesting non-person accounts.) Excellent documentation skills are required to create policies, procedures, standards, and job aids that will be used by technical and non-technical teams.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. This role involves liaison between technical teams and business units the BA must be able to articulate the importance of controls to non-technical stakeholders and relay business priorities to technical implementers. Experience running meetings or workshops to discuss requirements or review findings is important.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills. The role requires managing multiple initiatives simultaneously. The ideal candidate can prioritize tasks, handle project timelines, and work independently with minimal supervision.

Required Skills:

• While this is not a hands-on engineering role, experience with scripting or basic programming with Python, Java or PowerShell can help in understanding automation of identity tasks.
• Knowledge of database queries or reporting tools can assist in pulling together identity data.