Business Analyst - Identity & Access Management

Experience : 5+ Years Role : Business Analyst - Identity & Access Management Employment Type : Full-time Notice Period : Immediate Joiners Preferred Job Overview : We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst with strong expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM), particularly SailPoint, AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM), and enterprise access governance. The ideal candidate will be responsible for gathering and documenting business and functional requirements, driving IAM application onboarding and integration initiatives, and collaborating with business, technology, security, risk and compliance stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of identity governance and access management controls. The candidate should have a strong understanding of IAM processes, access provisioning, deprovisioning, authentication, authorisation and enterprise security requirements, along with experience working in Agile environments. Key Responsibilities : Business Analysis & Requirements Management : - Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to understand IAM integration requirements and business objectives. - Conduct requirements elicitation sessions, stakeholder interviews and workshops. - Analyse business needs and document functional and non-functional requirements. - Prepare Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs), process flows, use cases and supporting documentation. - Manage requirements through review, validation, approval and sign-off. - Maintain requirements traceability throughout the IAM integration lifecycle. - Evaluate solution options and recommend approaches that meet business, security, compliance and policy requirements. IAM Integration & Application Onboarding : - Lead and coordinate application onboarding and IAM integration initiatives across complex enterprise environments. - Work with application owners, development teams, information security, risk, compliance and infrastructure teams to implement IAM controls. - Support integration of SailPoint and AWS IAM capabilities with enterprise applications and cloud environments. - Gather requirements for identity lifecycle management, access provisioning, deprovisioning and access certification. - Support role-based access control (RBAC), authentication, authorisation and federation requirements. - Ensure IAM solutions align with enterprise access governance policies, security standards and compliance requirements. - Coordinate integration activities, track deliverables and resolve requirement-related issues. Risk, Compliance & Access Governance : - Identify, document and manage project risks, issues, dependencies and assumptions. - Coordinate risk escalation and mitigation activities with relevant stakeholders. - Assist in developing and maintaining IAM policies, standards, procedures and control documentation. - Perform data analysis to identify access anomalies, orphan accounts, uncorrelated accounts, stale access and control deficiencies. - Support access governance reviews and ensure appropriate evidence is maintained for compliance and audit purposes. - Validate that implemented IAM solutions meet approved requirements and control objectives. Project & Stakeholder Management : - Manage assigned activities within agreed scope, quality standards and timelines. - Coordinate requirements, dependencies and deliverables across multiple teams. - Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement and requirement prioritisation. - Track tasks, user stories, defects and project progress using Jira. - Communicate requirements, risks, decisions and status updates effectively to business and technical stakeholders. - Adapt to changing priorities and respond to time-sensitive requests. Required Skills & Experience : - 5+ years of experience in Business Analysis, including requirements elicitation and documentation. - 5+ years of hands-on experience with SailPoint. - 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM). - Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), and access governance. - Experience leading application onboarding and IAM integration initiatives in complex enterprise environments. - Strong knowledge of identity lifecycle management, access provisioning, deprovisioning and access certification. - Understanding of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), authentication, authorisation and federation concepts. - Previous experience working with Agile methodologies and Jira. - Experience gathering, analysing, documenting and managing business and functional requirements. - Familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work across business and technical teams. - Strong analytical, organisational, planning and time-management skills. - Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver within strict deadlines. Preferred Technical Skills : - Experience with one or more of the following IAM technologies and processes is preferred : 1. Identity Governance & Administration : SailPoint, IGA. 2. Cloud IAM : AWS IAM, Microsoft Azure IAM capabilities. 3. Identity & Access Management : Okta, Ping Identity, MFA, authentication and authorisation. 4. Privileged Access Management : CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault and other vaulting solutions. 5. Access Governance : RBAC, access reviews, identity lifecycle management, provisioning and deprovisioning. 6. Protocols & Standards : SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SCIM and LDAP. 7. Project & Documentation Tools : Jira, Microsoft Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and Word. Good-to-Have Skills : - Experience with privileged access management (PAM) implementations. - Exposure to enterprise IAM policy development and security control frameworks. - Experience working with cloud-based identity governance solutions. - Understanding of compliance, audit evidence and enterprise access management controls. - Relevant IAM, cloud security or business analysis certifications. Education : - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration or a related discipline. Ideal Candidate Profile : - A technically proficient Business Analyst with deep hands-on experience in SailPoint and AWS IAM, capable of translating business and security requirements into effective IAM integration solutions. - The candidate should be comfortable leading application onboarding activities, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and maintaining strong access governance and compliance throughout the implementation lifecycle. Notice Period : Immediate joiners preferred