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The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team is responsible for securing employee access to our core applications in the most efficient, compliant, and user-friendly manner, innovatively using the latest industry standards and tools.
Visa's IAM eco-system includes an extensive, and highly customized, rich Identity Management platform implementation. The team has successfully implemented many of the core components. With a constant moving and expending environment, the IAM team is exploring all processes and technology to expend the security coverage and improve the end user experience.
With the additional features and the goal of extensive coverage comes a higher level of complexity, criticality, overall usage, and dependency on the environment.
Join a growing, fast-paced and high-performance Access Controls team. The ideal candidate for position will be a proactive and self-motivated professional who will work with other team members to manage access controls for Visa key information resources residing on multiple platforms, with a focus area in Windows systems, Active Directories and automation. The successful candidate will aid in the continuous improvement of the identity and access management practices.
Essential Functions:
Establish a long-term central governance solution for access control to Visa SMB/CIFS file shares (scope Windows and Isilons).
Conduct comprehensive evaluation of the current access controls for unstructured data. Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure continuous data availability during this process. Simultaneously, work towards the implementation of a robust, sustainable governance model for file share access controls. This should include strategies for enhancing security measures to protect our data assets more effectively.
Maintain an established operational governance model for Windows and Isilons, ensuring that access permissions are strictly controlled and do not allow for excessive permissions.
Align the access management model with Visa User Access Recertification processes.
Develop new management metrics and concise reporting.
Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) over IAM practices, policies and procedures for the Windows systems and Active Directories.
Identify and analyze opportunities to streamline and automate existing manual processes, specifically within access management practices, with the aim of driving operational efficiency.
Engage in project-based activities for Access Management, contributing business requirements and ensuring adherence to both industry and company security standards.
Complete access request processing as per pre-defined sets of procedure and within agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA), resolve problem tickets and assist other security analysts as needed.
Diligently document access management procedures for assigned platforms, databases and applications. Keep the access management procedures up-to-date.
Proactively identify audit and compliance access related issues to reduce the risk of security exposures on the support systems and applications. Coordinate access management related audit and compliance tasks, such as user access reporting and other relevant research and investigation.
Flexibility to work after hours and weekends if and when required to accommodate and support the existing servers/ applications maintenance windows.
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
Basic Qualifications:
• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in computer management, information security or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
• Proven track record in managing unstructured data, specifically in large scale SMB file share access control modelling and governance.
• CISSP, CISA, CISM and other comparative information security certifications are preferred
• 5 to 7 years computer security experience required
• 5 to 7 years of experience in Identity and Access Management. Well versed with key IAM functions (e.g. Joiner Mover Leaver, User Access Revalidation, Single Sign On, Privileged Access Management, Multi Factor Authentication).
• 5 to 7 years of experience in Windows administration and configuration
• 5 to 7 years of experience in Data Management and different database technologies
• Indepth and extensive knowledge of SMB/CIFS and NTFS technologies
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory including Security Group management and best practices.
• Have industry exposure and experience with security sub-systems and third party security products utilized in managing Windows and Active Directory.
• Possess good knowledge in building automated solutions using various coding languages (PowerShell, C#, Python, Java, vbscript, VBA, Perl and Shell script, etc.).
• Ability to gather and document business requirements and implement solutions to address them.
• Possess good analytical and troubleshooting skills on all platforms and tools supported.
• Possess good working knowledge of Identity Access Management lifecycle and processes.
• Understanding of information security principles and IT infrastructure including operating systems, applications, communications and network protocols.
• Ability to work effectively with other functional areas and understand the operational and cultural issues relevant to achieving superior results.
• Must be flexible and able to manage multiple tasks and priorities on very tight deadlines.
• Be a self-motivated and results oriented individual with an attention to driving aggressive project timelines and schedules.
• Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others to achieve a high level of success.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to develop, maintain and foster constructive relationships with others.
• Dynamic, hard-working and ambitious individual, with excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Have an attention to detail and advanced analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
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