Identity & Access Management Security Analyst

At PowerSchool we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloudbased software for K12 education. Our employees make it all possible and a career with us means youre joining a successful team committed to engaging empowering and improving the K12 education experience everywhere.

Team Overview

Our Research & Development (R&D) team is the technical talent at the heart of our product suite overseeing the product development lifecycle from concept to delivery. From engineering to quality assurance to data science the R&D team ensures our customers seamlessly use our products and can depend on their consistency.

Description

We are seeking an Identity & Access Management (IAM) Security Analyst to analyze strengthen and secure PowerSchools risk posture for Identity & Access Management. This role focuses on collaboration across PowerSchool to continuously improve our IAM practices. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of identity governance authentication and authorization controls and privileged access management along with a proactive mindset for identifying and mitigating accessrelated risks. You will work closely with IT security compliance and business teams to design and implement policies processes and technical controls that ensure the right individuals have the appropriate access to PowerSchools systems and data.

This role requires a proactive and collaborative mindset ensuring security is a business enabler rather than a blocker. If you are passionate about integrating security into customerfocused operations and driving security excellence we encourage you to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Establish and maintain a strong partnership with the IT and Cloud Operations teams.
• Engage business leaders for approvals to update new roles and procedures using least privileged access methodology.
• Help users understand and apply identity security concepts processes and technologies.
• Report security risks issues and key metrics to both business and security leadership.
• Work to ensure audit tasks related to Identity Management are completed with the participation of appropriate partners and in line with corporate policies.
• Support and monitor access reviews for completion in specific areas.
• Maintain access documentation audit documentation and training materials for the GRC team.
• Maintain exceptions to IAM Standard according to governance processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant work experience.
• A strong understanding of user entitlement reviews end to end provisioning processes and user lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of least privilege methodology rolebased access control security regulations support which includes ticket management customer services permissions and groups.
• Active Directory experience is a plus but not required.
• Relevant security certifications are a plus but not required.

EEO Commitment

PowerSchool celebrates a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process please let us know by emailing

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