Sr Specialist - Security Analytics & Operations - IAM

Charles Schwab; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Vacation & sabbatical after 5 years

Parental leave and family benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Charles Schwab seeks a Senior IAM Control Sustainability and Assurance Specialist to strengthen long-term IAM control effectiveness, resilience, and audit readiness. You will translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, assess design and operating effectiveness, and partner with auditors and control owners.

You will drive repeatable procedures, validation checks, and assurance practices, while advancing automation to reduce manual effort and improve traceability across IAM

Qualifications

• 4+ years in IAM, technology risk, control assurance or related field.
• Knowledge of risk concepts, control design, and evidence sufficiency.
• Experience with identity lifecycle management and access provisioning.
• Automation, scripting, analytics, or workflow design to improve processes.
• Ability to analyze complex requirements and advise stakeholders.
• Strong judgment, ownership, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Responsibilities

• Translate audit and regulatory requirements into practical control expectations.
• Assess control design, execution, and operating effectiveness independently.
• Partner with control owners, auditors, and leaders to identify risks and remediation.
• Establish repeatable procedures, validation checks, and health indicators.
• Advance automation across IAM control and audit workflows.

Skills

Identity & Access Mgmt

Risk & Control Concepts

Audit & Remediation

Automation Capabilities

Lifecycle Mgmt & Provisioning

Challenge & Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IBM OpenPages

RSA Archer

Job description

Your opportunity

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us challenge the status quo and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).

The Senior IAM Control Sustainability and Assurance Specialist will strengthen the long-term effectiveness, resilience, and audit readiness of controls across Schwab’s Identity and Access Management program. You will translate audit, regulatory, policy, and standards-based requirements into practical control and evidence expectations while independently assessing control design, execution, and operating effectiveness.

In this role, you will partner with control owners, technical teams, auditors, and leaders to identify risks, evaluate evidence quality, recommend corrective actions, and monitor remediation. You will help establish repeatable procedures, validation checks, health indicators, and assurance practices that improve consistency and identify control degradation early.

Your work will also advance automation and process improvements across IAM control and audit workflows, reducing manual effort and strengthening accuracy, traceability, and resilience. Success requires sound judgment, thoughtful challenge, clear communication, and the ability to adapt priorities based on risk and business needs.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management, technology risk, control assurance, control sustainability, audit, compliance, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated knowledge of risk and control concepts, control design, operating effectiveness, evidence sufficiency, assurance testing, and issue remediation
• Working knowledge of identity lifecycle management, access provisioning and deprovisioning, periodic access certifications, exception management, and remediation processes
• Experience improving processes through workflow design, reporting, scripting, orchestration, analytics, or other automation capabilities
• Ability to analyze complex requirements, ask effective challenge questions, and provide clear recommendations to technical, audit, regulatory, control, and leadership stakeholders
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, ownership, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment
• Ability to work independently and proactively with minimal guidance
• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, or an equivalent certification
• 3+ years of experience in technology risk, supervision and controls, compliance, or audit
• 2+ years of experience in financial services
• Knowledge of NIST, ISO, FFIEC, GLBA, PCI, or related risk, regulatory, and industry requirements
• Experience using governance, risk, and compliance or workflow platforms such as IBM OpenPages or RSA Archer
• Experience partnering directly with auditors and supporting audit requests, assessments, and remediation activities

In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:

• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• Paid parental leave and family building benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance