Job Summary:
Bank of America is committed to helping make financial lives better through every connection. They are seeking a Senior Identity and Access Management (IAM) Specialist to lead access provisioning initiatives, ensuring secure and compliant access to systems and data while enforcing least privileged access principles.
Responsibilities:
• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing management of access provisioning solutions across enterprise platforms, ensuring alignment with security policies and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Active Directory, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Mainframe, Oracle and SQL databases, file systems, and enterprise storage, with a focus on enforcing least privileged access.
• Develop and maintain access control policies, group structures, and role-based access models to support scalable and secure provisioning.
• Collaborate with application owners, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to define and implement access requirements for new and existing systems.
• Drive automation initiatives to streamline provisioning and de-provisioning workflows, integrating with identity governance platforms and HR systems and IAM controls.
• Conduct periodic access reviews, entitlement audits, and certification campaigns to ensure compliance and identify access anomalies.
• Investigate and remediate access-related incidents, working closely with cybersecurity and risk teams to address vulnerabilities and improve controls.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior IAM team members, fostering a culture of security-first thinking and operational excellence.
• Stay current with emerging IAM technologies, regulatory changes, and industry best practices to continuously enhance the access provisioning program.
• Prepare and present metrics, reports, and recommendations to senior leadership and audit teams regarding access provisioning effectiveness and risk posture.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 10+ years of progressive experience in Identity and Access Management, with a strong focus on access provisioning across enterprise environments.
• Deep technical expertise in Active Directory, Microsoft Azure AWS, Mainframe, Oracle Database, SQL Server, Windows and Unix file systems, and enterprise storage platforms.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and manage access provisioning solutions that enforce least privileged access and align with regulatory and internal compliance requirements.
• Strong understanding of IAM governance frameworks, platforms (e.g., SailPoint, Saviynt) role-based access control (RBAC), group policy management, and privileged access management (PAM) tools, CyberArk, Hashi Corp and Beyond Trust.
• Experience with automated provisioning/de-provisioning workflows, including integration with HR systems to demonstrated proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., PowerShell, Python) to support scalable access provisioning and audit processes.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure security and access controls in hybrid environments, particularly within Microsoft Azure AWS and Oracle Cloud.
• Ability to conduct access reviews, entitlement audits, and risk assessments to identify and remediate access-related vulnerabilities.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.
Preferred:
• Identity Platforms highly desired
Company:
Bank of America is a financial institution that offers credit cards, home loans, and auto loan services. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in Charlotte, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.