DescriptionWM a Fortune 250 company is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential commercial industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations transfer stations landfills recycling facilities and wastebased energy production projects.
I. Job Summary
The PrincipalAnalyst role in Cybersecurity Identity and Access Management is a strategic datadriven expert responsible for leading key initiatives that enhances identity governance through metrics controls and strategic business partnerships. The role leads the development and reporting of identityrelated KPIs and risk indicators ensures compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements support audit readiness and serves as a strategic partner to business and technical teams across the enterprise to strengthen IAM processes support rolebased access and lifecycle management and guide continuous improvement initiatives aligned with IAM strategy.
II. Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other ancillary duties may be assigned.
- Serve as the SME (Subject Matter Expert) for audit and compliance controls related to IAM including user provisioning deprovisioning access reviews rolebased access control (RBAC) privileged access management (PAM) and segregation of duties (SoD).
- Create continuously improve and enforce the standardization of IAM policies standards and control procedures in alignment with regulatory and industry frameworks (e.g. SOX ISO 27001 NIST 80053 HIPAA).
- Stay up to date with industry trends and developments in IAM and identity governance incorporating relevant advancements into the IAM strategy to keep the organization aligned with best practices.
- Promote the value of IAM throughout the organization by providing guidance on IAM policies and technologies.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to assess control gaps risks and remediation plans.
- Lead and support internal and external audit engagements by preparing documentation evidence and walkthroughs for IAMrelated controls.
- Design develop and maintain IAM program metrics and dashboards (KPIs KRIs) to evaluate effectiveness detect risks and drive improvements.
- Analyze large and complex identity data to uncover trends anomalies and opportunities to optimize access governance and compliance.
- Partner with IAM engineering and operations teams to influence tool enhancements automation opportunities and IAM maturity initiatives.
- Assist with the development and implementation IAM initiatives to ensure secure and efficient access to systems and data.
- Maximize the value for our Identity and Access Management products at the program level in a scaled Agile model through regular performance and security reviews of IAM systems.
III. Qualifications
A. Education and Experience
Education: Bachelors Degree (accredited) in Computer Science MIS Business Administration or similar area of study or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four years of relevant work experience.
Experience: Seven years of prior work experience (in addition to education requirement).
B. Certificates Licenses Registrations or Other Requirements
One or more of the following is required:
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
C. Other Knowledge Skills or Abilities Required
Technically advanced or indepth knowledge or skills in one or more of the following is required:
Indepth understanding of identity lifecycle RBAC entitlement management access certification provisioning/deprovisioning and privileged access concepts. |
Proven ability to analyze large identity datasets identify patterns and present actionable insights through dashboards and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau Excel SQL). |
Familiarity with IAM platforms (e.g. SailPoint Okta PAM) scripting languages (e.g. Python PowerShell) and data querying and transformation techniques. |
Advanced Excel skills including complex functions (e.g. VLOOKUP INDEXMATCH array formulas) and automation using macros/VBA. |
Proven experience in IAM strategy execution and compliance with a strong understanding of IAM governing principles. Skilled in documenting and optimizing IAM processes; experience with process improvement methodologies is a plus (e.g. Six Sigma Lean). |
Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to identify and address complex IAM issues. Ability to see the big picture think proactively and drive longterm IAM maturity and innovation initiatives. |
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to convey complex ideas to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders; experience working crossfunctionally. |
Knowledge of relevant regulations and standards such as GDPR HIPAA and SOX is preferred. |
Familiarity with IAM platforms (e.g. SailPoint Okta PAM) scripting languages (e.g. Python PowerShell)etc. |
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Normal setting for this job is: office setting
Benefits
At WM each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan Company match on 401K and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation Holidays and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.
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