Senior Business Analyst, Data Security & Access Governance

Madison-Davis, LLC; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Madison-Davis, LLC is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to own an auditable access-control framework for an enterprise data platform. The role requires strong data security, RBAC/ABAC control design, and collaboration with IAM, data governance, and platform teams.

You will coordinate UAT, testing, and production readiness while ensuring SOX compliance and secure access across users, applications, and service identities.

Qualifications

• Significant enterprise information security and data experience; senior scope.
• Ownership of production data platform security and entitlement model.
• Hands-on security for major platforms (Fabric, Unity Catalog, Snowflake or Lake Formation).
• Strong RBAC, ABAC, role hierarchies, data classification, and fine-grained access control.
• Enterprise IAM/IGA experience including access reviews and lifecycle processes.
• Senior business analysis, stakeholder facilitation, requirements documentation, and UAT.
• Project ownership through implementation and production readiness; SOX knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement an enterprise data access matrix across multiple business functions and data domains.
• Define security classification policies, role hierarchies, entitlements, and RBAC/ABAC access controls.
• Establish row-level and column-level permissions, masking, least-privilege policies, and SD duties controls.
• Gather and document complex business and technical access requirements across stakeholders.
• Partner with IAM and data governance teams to establish provisioning, approvals, recertification, and revocation processes.
• Design access governance for users, service identities, data pipelines, and AI-enabled consumption.
• Own security workstream planning, milestones, dependencies, testing, risk management, and implementation readiness.
• Coordinate UAT, negative access testing, production cutover, and audit-ready documentation.

Skills

RBAC

ABAC

Data governance

IAM/IGA

SQL

Excel

Executive communication

UAT experience

Security architecture

SOX compliance

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks Unity Catalog

Snowflake

AWS Lake Formation

Job description

A technology-driven investment and operating organization is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with extensive experience in data security and access governance to support a major enterprise data platform initiative. The position will own the design and delivery of an auditable access-control framework governing how business users, applications, and system identities interact with enterprise data. This role combines security architecture, advanced business analysis, identity governance, and project management accountability. The successful candidate will work across data governance, platform engineering, information security, IAM, internal audit, and business leadership to establish a scalable, secure access model that can be maintained as the platform evolves.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and implement an enterprise data access matrix across multiple business functions and data domains.
• Define security classification policies, role hierarchies, entitlements, and RBAC/ABAC access controls.
• Establish row-level and column-level permissions, masking, least-privilege policies, and segregation-of-duties controls.
• Gather and document complex business and technical access requirements across stakeholders.
• Partner with IAM and data governance teams to establish provisioning, approvals, recertification, and revocation processes.
• Design access governance for users, service identities, data pipelines, and AI-enabled consumption.
• Own security workstream planning, milestones, dependencies, testing, risk management, and implementation readiness.
• Coordinate UAT, negative access testing, production cutover, and audit-ready documentation.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Significant enterprise information security and data experience, with approximately 12-15 years of progressive responsibility preferred for the level of scope.
• Demonstrated ownership of a production data platform security and entitlement model.
• Hands-on experience securing at least one major platform such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks Unity Catalog, Snowflake, or AWS Lake Formation.
• Strong RBAC, ABAC, role hierarchy, data classification, and fine-grained access-control expertise.
• Enterprise IAM/IGA experience, including access reviews and identity lifecycle processes.
• Senior business analysis, stakeholder facilitation, requirements documentation, and UAT experience.
• Project or workstream delivery ownership through implementation and production readiness.
• SOX, segregation of duties, audit evidence, and security compliance knowledge.
• Advanced Excel, SQL, and strong executive communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite three days per week in Irving, Texas.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Relevant information security or data governance certifications.
• Experience with enterprise data catalogs and governance platforms.
• Experience governing AI or agent-based access to enterprise data.
• Experience supporting complex multi-entity or regulated environments.
• Recognized project management or business analysis certification.