Senior Identity & Access Security Analyst

Edward Jones; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k plan

Paid holidays

Vacation days

Bonuses and profit sharing

Job summary

Edward Jones is seeking a Sr Security Analyst to support IAM/IGA initiatives within the Access Governance organization, collaborating with business, Security, IAM/IGA, and Technology teams to improve governance and secure access decisions.

The role emphasizes metadata cleanup, role engineering, RBAC optimization, and SoD controls, ensuring trusted identity data and compliant access management across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field.
• 4+ years of Security Analyst experience supporting IAM, IGA, or Information Security programs.
• Strong knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) principles.
• Experience supporting Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) processes and technologies.
• Experience with metadata cleanup and data quality initiatives
• Role re-engineering and role mining
• Access certifications and access reviews
• Authoritative data source management
• Metadata governance and stewardship
• Access provisioning and deprovisioning processes
• RBAC
• SoD
• Identity lifecycle management
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in Agile and cross‑functional environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business, security, technology, risk, and compliance teams to strengthen enterprise Identity Governance and Access Governance (IGA) capabilities and support secure, compliant access management processes.
• Drive initiatives that improve identity data quality, metadata governance, and authoritative source management, ensuring accurate and reliable identity information across the organization.
• Lead role mining, role engineering, and RBAC optimization efforts to simplify access management, reduce risk, and support least-privilege access principles.
• Support and enhance access certification programs, user access reviews, separation of duties (SoD) controls, and governance processes to meet compliance and audit requirements.
• Gather, analyze, and document business requirements for IAM and IGA solutions while partnering with technology teams to implement process improvements and governance enhancements.
• Collaborate with HR, Enterprise Data Management, application owners, and technology teams to improve identity lifecycle processes, including onboarding, transfers, and terminations.
• Develop reporting, metrics, and governance standards that measure program effectiveness, identify risks, and drive continuous improvement across identity and access management processes.
• Contribute to strategic IAM transformation initiatives, gaining exposure to enterprise-scale governance programs, modern IGA platforms, and cross-functional security and compliance projects.

Skills

IAM principles

Metadata cleanup

RBAC

SoD

Identity lifecycle

Role mining

Access reviews

Agile

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science

Tools

SailPoint IdentityIQ

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud

Saviynt

Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Active Directory

Entra ID

SSO

MFA

Privileged Access Management

Job description

Edward Jones is seeking a Sr Security Analyst to support IAM/IGA initiatives within the Access Governance organization, collaborating with business, Security, IAM/IGA, and Technology teams to improve governance and secure access decisions.

The role emphasizes metadata cleanup, role engineering, RBAC optimization, and SoD controls, ensuring trusted identity data and compliant access management across the enterprise.