Identity & Access Management (IAM) Security Administration Specialist

Bank of America; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 78,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking an IAM Security Administration professional to manage daily granting of logical access across multiple platforms, ensuring high service levels for hundreds of applications. The role emphasizes collaboration with diverse teams and strong analytical judgment.

The candidate should have 3+ years in IT/InfoSec, expertise in Windows and mainframe access controls, and proven project leadership.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in IT/InfoSec/Identity and Access Management.
• Bank-specific access administration knowledge on Windows and mainframe platforms.
• Experience leading complex technical projects with timelines and documentation.
• Strong process design to improve efficiency and customer experience.
• Ability to collaborate across a geographically dispersed organization.
• Risk-oriented perspective supporting access management processes.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and conceptual thinking.
• Excellent communication and teamwork; self-directed with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Granting of logical access with high quality of service for hundreds of applications.
• Collaborate across organizational units to enable business operations.
• Maintain and improve IAM processes and documentation.
• Navigate ambiguity and provide data-driven evaluations.

Skills

InfoSec experience

Access management

Project leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Microsoft Office

Self-direction

Team collaboration

Risk-focused

Tools

Windows access controls

Mainframe access controls

Visio

Excel

PowerShell

SQL/Toad

Job description

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Please note: Work hours for this role are 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM (M-F)

Position Summary:

Global Information Security (GIS) is responsible for protecting bank information systems, confidential and proprietary data, and customer information. GIS develops the bank's Information Security strategy and policy, manages the Information Security program, identifies and addresses vulnerabilities and operates a global security operations center that monitors, detects and responds to cybersecurity incidents. Within GIS, Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a security discipline that enables the right individuals to access the right resources at the right times and in the right context. IAM addresses the mission-critical need to ensure appropriate access to the resources across increasingly heterogeneous technology environments, and to meet increasingly rigorous compliance requirements.

This IAM Security Administration position is an individual contributor responsible for daily granting of logical access with the highest quality of service for hundreds of proprietary applications on different technology models and platforms. The ideal candidate is result-oriented, business focused, and an effective team player who excels at collaborating across multiple organizational units, at various levels. Success in this role requires a strong analytical mindset and a passion for complex business issues, identifying root causes, and evaluating situations or data that require in-depth analysis of multiple factors. The ideal candidate exercises sound judgment within broadly defined practices and policies when selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to achieve results. They are comfortable navigating ambiguity and uncertainty in day-to-day responsibilities, leveraging creativity, collaboration, and team synergies to solve challenges and enable business operations in real time.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of previous experience in Information Technology / Information Security / Identity and Access Management
• Detailed, bank specific access administration knowledge in Windows, and/or Midrange and Mainframe Platforms with emphasis on security and access controls
• Experience leading complex technical projects, meeting target timelines, facilitating project meetings, authoring project documentation, issue resolution, and project resource identification
• Excellent process design capability to improve overall efficiency, mitigate resource conflicts, and improve customer/client experience
• Ability to navigate and work effectively across a complex, geographically dispersed organization that includes technical and non-technical partners
• A risk-oriented perspective is required along with the ability to support access management processes
• Strong analytical skills/problem solving/conceptual thinking
• Communicates effectively and confidently with others and collaborates productively to get things done
• Demonstrable ability to self-direct project outcomes, with minimal supervision to achieve program goals
• Strong leadership skills and qualities which enable you to work with peers and various levels of management
• Microsoft Office Proficient (Excel, Word, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Etc.)

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience or relevant course work with various languages such as Python, PowerShell, JAVA, VBA, Angular, SQL/Toad, etc
• Strong reporting and documentation skills including experience in Microsoft Visio
• Data analysis and visualization tools such as Tableau, Python, Visio, etc.

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

Pay Transparency details

US - CO - Denver - 1144 15th St - Denver Gis (CO9926), US - DC - Washington - 1800 K St NW - 1800 K Street NW (DC1842), US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540), US - MA - Boston - 100 Federal St - 100 Federal St Lp (MA5100)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$78,200.00 - $136,300.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.