Bank Of America Privileged Access Management PAM Analyst 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

667297928

Job Description:

Within GIS, Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a security discipline that enables the right individuals to access the right resources at the right times and in the right context. IAM addresses the mission-critical need to ensure appropriate access to the resources across increasingly heterogeneous technology environments, and to meet increasingly rigorous compliance requirements.

Role Description:

This role is primarily responsible for ensuring that relevant Privileged Access Controls are adequately enforced across platforms and applications to comply with IAM Standard.

• Partner with PAM Governance leads to ensure that Privileged Access Controls are appropriately measured, reported and governed.
• Apply industry PAM best practices, templates, and documentation while also proposing improvements based on practical knowledge.
• Document and convey PAM related requirements to technology partners to build/implement enhanced PAM solutions that are efficient, effective, and modern and able to result in material risk reduction in sustainable manner.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop PAM requirements that iteratively support long term PAM modernization and transformation (covers Process, Data and Technology aspects).
• Provide education to team members and technology partners regarding the proposed changes to PAM controls.
• Partners with the policy governance team for socialization and publication of proposed changes to the PAM Standard
• Takes accountability for addressing PAM risks. Proactively identify risk and ways to continuously enhance and improve BAC’s PAM controls. Implement and take decisive actions in finding solutions. Drives towards intended outcomes.
• Engage senior management to provide factual, transparent, and timely reporting on existing and emerging PAM or information security risks.
• Active participation in GIS IAM/PAM forums including but not limited to Monthly IAM Stakeholder Forum and Control Owner Forum for standard and Single Process Inventory (SPI) enhancements.
• Supports audit issues for closure and sustainability.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years relevant hands-on experience in PAM in complex and heterogenous technology environment.
• Deep experience with Linux, Windows, Cloud scale Identity, Access Management (Single Sign-On, Multi Factor Authentication), Authorization services or design and architecture of PAM services
• Deep knowledge of bank financial practices and policies and ability to adapt to fast changing environment
• Working level experience with IAM platforms such as Ping Identity, Active Directory OpenLDAP, OpenDJ
• Experience in consumption of Web Service APIs such as JSON / XML
• Hands on experience and involvement in large and complex projects.

Expertise:

• Expert level knowledge of privileged access management methodologies and techniques for on-prem and Cloud implementation.
• Expert level knowledge of authentication platforms such as Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos, LDAP, Radius.
• Expert knowledge of PAM related tools which support session proxy, vaulting, just-in-time provision, integration with service management tool would be an advantage.
• Deep security knowledge which covers core technology infrastructure (network, storage, servers, databases, etc.) identity management and application security practice.
• Deep knowledge on Federation platforms or protocols such as Oauth, OpenID, SAML, WS-Fed, etc.
• Good knowledge and understanding of PAM-specific laws, rules, and regulations within the financial services sector.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products with ability to quickly analyze and synthesize large volumes of data.
• Familiarity with security standards such as NIST, ISO/EC, FFIEC.

1st shift (United States of America)