Senior IAM & Security Program Business Analyst

Programmers.io; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io in Chicago seeks a Senior Business Analyst to drive IAM/security initiatives. You will elicit, analyze, document, and validate requirements, create BRDs/FRDs, and translate complex security needs into clear user stories.

You will collaborate with security architects, engineering teams, and stakeholders across governance, cloud security, and AI-related security domains to ensure compliant, delivery-focused requirements and traceability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5 years of Business Analysis experience, preferably in information security, IAM, or technology programs.
• Experience with security, cloud, or identity-related initiatives.
• Strong requirements gathering, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience creating BRDs, FRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business, functional, and non-functional requirements for security and IAM initiatives.
• Translate complex security and technical requirements into clear business requirements and user stories.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to gather requirements and align priorities.
• Create business process flows, use cases, data flows and process documentation.
• Support agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Partner with security architects and engineering teams on authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, IAM governance.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Documentation

Stakeholder management

User stories

Communication skills

IAM concepts

Education

Bachelors in IS/CS/Cybersecurity/BA

Job description

Programmers.io in Chicago seeks a Senior Business Analyst to drive IAM/security initiatives. You will elicit, analyze, document, and validate requirements, create BRDs/FRDs, and translate complex security needs into clear user stories.

You will collaborate with security architects, engineering teams, and stakeholders across governance, cloud security, and AI-related security domains to ensure compliant, delivery-focused requirements and traceability.