Senior Identity & Access Security Specialist

American Electric Power; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 88,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive

401(k) match

AEP Pension

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

American Electric Power (AEP) seeks a Security Specialist - Identity & Access Management to deliver enterprise IAM capabilities. The role acts as an SME across governance, lifecycle management, and modernization initiatives while balancing security, usability, and compliance.

You will collaborate with partners, security teams, architects, and developers to translate business requirements into scalable IAM solutions and to improve access controls and auditing across environments.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing and administering IAM Governance solutions.
• Experience with RBAC, access certifications, attestations and entitlement reviews.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate business requirements to technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design, implementation, enhancement, and support of IAM technologies and processes.
• Analyze requirements and recommend IAM solutions aligned with security objectives.
• Support governance, lifecycle management, and modernization initiatives across identity domains.
• Collaborate with security, architects, developers, auditors, and business partners to ensure secure access.

Skills

IGA platforms

Privileged Access Mgmt

Entra ID/Azure AD

RBAC

Service accounts

Non-human identity

Security frameworks

Automation scripting

DevSecOps

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associates degree with 2 years relevant experience

High School Diploma/GED with 3 years relevant IT experience

Tools

CyberArk

Saviynt

SailPoint

Job description

American Electric Power (AEP) seeks a Security Specialist - Identity & Access Management to deliver enterprise IAM capabilities. The role acts as an SME across governance, lifecycle management, and modernization initiatives while balancing security, usability, and compliance.

You will collaborate with partners, security teams, architects, and developers to translate business requirements into scalable IAM solutions and to improve access controls and auditing across environments.