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Cybersecurity Analyst - Entry Level

Full Time Perm

Shift: Hybrid - 3 days on location

Salary: $82,200 - $123,200, plus 8% annual bonus

Location: Columbus, OH

Relocation Assistance Provided

NiSource is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the U.S., serving millions of customers across six states. We're more than an energy provider-we're a team committed to innovation, inclusion, and growth. At NiSource, you'll find a workplace that encourages collaboration, supports professional development, and empowers employees to make an impact.

The Cybersecurity department ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of NiSource assets to achieve the company mission. We excel in engineering sophisticated defenses, architecting resilient systems, and proactively defending the vital cyber infrastructure that is crucial to our business operations.

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team is responsible for protecting critical business systems by ensuring the right individuals have the right access at the right time. As a Cybersecurity Analyst you will support the administration, configuration, implementation, and ongoing operation of enterprise identity, privileged access, authentication, and authorization platforms. In this role you will support the CyberArk environment, including Privileged Access Management (PAM), Secure Infrastructure Access (SIA), Certificate Management, and future implementations of Secret Manager and Secrets Hub. You will partner closely with infrastructure, application, cloud, and cybersecurity teams to secure privileged accounts, manage machine identities, strengthen authentication controls, and support identity governance initiatives.

Overall the ideal candidate will possess hands-on experience or strong interest in learning CyberArk solutions and a strong understanding of IAM technologies including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint, single sign-on (SSO), federation, and privileged access controls.

Your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Administer, configure, and support CyberArk Privileged Access Management (PVWA) and related CyberArk components

• Support implementation and ongoing operations of CyberArk Secure Infrastructure Access (SIA)

• Support deployment and administration of CyberArk Certificate Manager and machine identity management solutions

• Assist with future implementation and operational support of CyberArk Secret Manager and Secrets Hub

• Manage privileged accounts, safes, platforms, access workflows, session management, password rotations, and onboarding processes

• Perform access reviews and entitlement analysis to ensure compliance with least-privilege and segregation-of-duties principles

• Troubleshoot IAM and PAM-related incidents, service requests, and application integrations

• Support identity lifecycle processes including provisioning, deprovisioning, role changes, and access certifications

• Participate in integrating applications with enterprise authentication and authorization platforms including SSO, MFA, federation, and privileged access solutions

• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, application, and security teams to onboard systems and applications into CyberArk and other IAM services

• Support Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) processes and technologies

• Monitor IAM and PAM platforms for operational health, security risks, and compliance gaps

• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and security standards related to IAM and PAM technologies

• Support regulatory compliance requirements and audit activities related to identity security and privileged access management

• Participate in IAM and PAM initiatives focused on improving security posture, automation, and operational efficiency

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Experience listed below could be obtained through a combination of school work, classes, research, or any relevant previous job or internship experiences.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

• 1+ year of experience supporting Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), or related cybersecurity technologies

• Understanding of privileged account lifecycle management, password rotation, session monitoring, and least privilege principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience administering CyberArk Privileged Access Management (PVWA)

• Experience onboarding and managing privileged accounts, safes, platforms, and access controls within CyberArk

• Experience with PingFederate and/or PingOne

• Experience implementing or supporting Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Federation Services, Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM)

• Experience administering Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID

• Knowledge of identity and authentication protocols including SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), LDAP, Kerberos, and federation technologies

• Understanding of role-based access control (RBAC), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Identity Governance concepts

• Experience with PowerShell automation, API integrations, workflow automation, and identity lifecycle management processes

Preferred Certifications

• CyberArk Defender, Sentry, or Guardian

• Microsoft SC-300: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

• SailPoint IdentityIQ and/or Identity Security Cloud Certifications

• CISSP

• CISM

• CompTIA Security+

Disclaimer

The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position

***Please note there is a short open-ended questionnaire to complete regarding your work experience towards the end of the application. This questionnaire can take up 10 - 15 minutes to complete.***

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Value inclusion within your day to day responsibilities by respecting others perspectives/convictions, engaging others opinions, creating a safe environment where people, ideas, and opinions are valued within your Team/Customers and external partners.

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