SR. IAM ANALYST

JPS Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPS Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd is seeking a Senior Identity and Access Management (IAM) Analyst with 10+ years of experience to support enterprise IAM operations, access governance, and PAM initiatives in a regulated environment.

The role involves collaborating with security, infrastructure, compliance, and business teams to ensure least-privilege access, periodic reviews, and audit readiness across Okta, CyberArk, and Active Directory.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Identity and Access Management or related field.
• Strong experience with IAM and access governance processes.
• Hands-on with user identity lifecycle management and access provisioning.
• Experience managing access certifications and periodic reviews.
• Knowledge of least privilege and SoD concepts.
• Hands-on with CyberArk / PAM solutions.
• Strong Okta and Active Directory experience.
• Experience in regulated environments and audit readiness.
• Analytical, problem-solving, documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work with technical teams, auditors, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage identity and access activities across employee, contractor, and third-party user lifecycles.
• Administer onboarding, transfers, role changes, and termination-related access.
• Provision, modify, and remove access across apps, databases, infra, and privileged environments.
• Apply least-privilege and SoD when evaluating access.
• Coordinate periodic user access reviews and entitlement certifications.
• Investigate inappropriate or excessive access and drive remediation.
• Maintain certification records and audit evidence.
• Support PAM activities including privileged account onboarding and monitoring.
• Work with CyberArk to secure privileged accounts and access controls.
• Administer IAM in Okta and Active Directory environments.
• Investigate IAM security events and assist remediation.
• Support IAM control assessments and testing.
• Prepare documentation for internal and external audits.
• Remediate IAM audit findings and develop corrective actions.
• Ensure IAM processes align with SOX, FFIEC, GLBA.
• Identify opportunities to automate IAM lifecycle and access management.
• Participate in IAM implementations and upgrades.
• Develop IAM procedures and operational guidelines.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infra, compliance, and business teams.

Skills

IAM operations

Access governance

User lifecycle management

Least privilege

SoD (segregation of duties)

Audit & compliance

Documentation

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

10+ years IAM experience

Tools

CyberArk

Okta

Active Directory

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Identity and Access Management (IAM) Analyst with 10+ years of experience to support enterprise identity, access governance, privileged access, and security control initiatives within a regulated environment. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in IAM operations, access certifications, user lifecycle management, CyberArk/PAM, Okta, and Active Directory.

The candidate will work closely with security, infrastructure, application, compliance, and business teams to ensure appropriate access is granted, reviewed, monitored, and removed in accordance with security policies, regulatory requirements, and least-privilege principles.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage identity and access activities across the employee, contractor, and third-party user lifecycle.
• Administer onboarding, transfers, role changes, and termination-related access processes.
• Provision, modify, and remove access across applications, databases, infrastructure, and privileged environments.
• Apply least-privilege and segregation-of-duties principles when evaluating access.
• Coordinate periodic user access reviews and entitlement certifications with application and business owners.
• Investigate inappropriate or excessive access and coordinate remediation activities.
• Maintain certification records, evidence, completion metrics, and audit documentation.
• Support Privileged Access Management (PAM) activities, including privileged account onboarding and access monitoring.
• Work with CyberArk to support privileged account security and access controls.
• Administer and support identity and access capabilities within Okta and Active Directory environments.
• Investigate IAM-related security events and assist with access-related incident remediation.
• Support IAM control assessments, security improvements, and control testing.
• Prepare documentation and evidence for internal audits, external audits, and regulatory examinations.
• Support remediation of IAM audit findings and development of corrective action plans.
• Ensure IAM processes align with applicable security and regulatory requirements, including SOX, FFIEC, and GLBA.
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve identity lifecycle, certification, and access management processes.
• Participate in IAM implementations, integrations, upgrades, and technology enhancements.
• Develop and maintain IAM procedures, process documentation, standards, and operational guidelines.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, compliance, audit, and business teams.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field.
• Strong experience with enterprise IAM and access governance processes.
• Hands-on experience with user identity lifecycle management and access provisioning.
• Strong experience managing access certifications and periodic access reviews.
• Experience implementing and enforcing least privilege and segregation of duties (SoD).
• Hands-on experience with CyberArk / Privileged Access Management (PAM).
• Strong experience with Okta and Active Directory.
• Experience supporting IAM controls within regulated or highly controlled environments.
• Strong understanding of audit, risk, compliance, and security control requirements.
• Experience preparing audit evidence and supporting remediation activities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, auditors, and security professionals.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working within financial services or other highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of SOX, FFIEC, GLBA, and related security/control requirements.
• Experience with IAM automation and workflow optimization.
• Experience integrating IAM platforms with enterprise applications and infrastructure.
• Experience with access governance platforms and identity certification solutions.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and IAM control best practices.
• Experience supporting IAM technology implementations, migrations, and upgrades.