Identity & Access Management Risk and Governance Senior Analyst- £40,000- £55,000- Hybrid- London

Company: The Guardian

Location: London, Kings Cross

Harvey Nash are proud to be working as a retained recruitment partner for The Guardian, a trusted and globally recognized news organisation, at the forefront of digital journalism. seeking an accomplished Identity & Access Management Governance Senior Analyst to join the Information Security team. If you possess the skills and expertise to manage and monitor identity and access management compliance and risk we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

As an Identity & Access Management Governance Senior Analyst, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the security of digital infrastructure.

Your responsibilities include:

* Analysing risks and anomalies in identity and access management controls, such as leavers analysis, movers analysis, and privileged account usage.

* Conducting periodic reviews of entitlement data and role compositions, collaborating with application and business owners to address issues.

* Providing input on identity and management controls for new products and change programs.

* Maintaining the identity and access management risk and control framework.

* Designing and executing user access review campaigns.

* Advising on password management control designs and conducting periodic testing.

* Supporting the Privileged Access Management technology Product Owner in onboarding new accounts.

* Assisting the Security Operations Centre in resolving identity and access management-related alerts and incidents.

* Advising on conditional access policy designs and performing periodic testing.

* Providing guidance on authentication controls designs and conducting periodic testing.

* Assisting in responding to external and internal audit queries related to Identity and Access Management.

* Reporting against defined key performance indicators (KPIs) for Identity and Access Management.

* Offering input to the security operations team in responding to organizational identity and access management risk-related queries.

* Advocating for information security across the organization, fostering a culture of risk awareness and mitigation.

Key Skills: To excel in this role, you should have:

* Knowledge of identity and access management risk and controls in alignment with standard security frameworks.

* Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with colleagues across the business to implement best practices in identity and access management.

* Initiative and the ability to work independently to deliver risk and control advice.

* The capacity to translate technical concepts into business risks understood by non-technical colleagues.

Knowledge and Experience: Essential:

* Experience with common information security management frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, or related Identity and Access Management training.

* Demonstrable experience in identifying identity and access management risks and designing controls to address them.

Desirable:

* Experience in designing conditional access and/or authentication policies/controls for cloud applications/environments.

* Understanding of emerging trends in identity and access management.

* Professional security management certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

* Experience in conducting assurance over identity & access management and/or information security controls.

The Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age If the above sounds like something you would be interested in pursuing please apply via this posting and or E-mail (see below) for more information.