IAM Lead Privileged Access Management (PAM) Director
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Job Location:
Charlotte, VT - USA
Monthly Salary:
USD 203000 - 230000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services including banking leasing securities credit cards and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFGs shares trade on the Tokyo Nagoya and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas SMBC Group has a presence in the US Canada Mexico Brazil Chile Colombia and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate institutional and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organizations extensive global network. The Groups operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc. SMBC Capital Markets Inc. SMBC MANUBANK JRI America Inc. SMBC Leasing and Finance Inc. Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co. Ltd.
Role Description
This role will be part of the IAM Architecture and Engineering function within individual will work with the Group Companies to provide elegant solutions that adhere to the core principles of Zero-Trust Just-In-Time and Just-Enough-Access but balance it with a frictionless experience for end users and applications. The ideal candidate mustbe a subject matter expert in IAM and be aware of modern authentication protocols and industry standards. The individual will play a key role in securing privileged identities aligning PAM capabilities with zero trust and compliance frameworks and use capabilities of products like CyberArk Delinea (Thycotic) Microsoft Entra PIM and other PAM toolsets.
Role Objectives
- Design and maintain end-to-end PAM architecture including vaulting session monitoring just-in-time access and admin workflows
- Lead deployment and configuration of CyberArk components (PVWA CPM PSM Conjur etc.)
- Integrate CyberArk or Delinea Secret Server and/or other PAM tools into hybrid/cloud infrastructure.
- Implement and manage Microsoft Entra PIM for JIT elevation and role lifecycle controls
- Architect and enforce least privilege models (RBAC JIT ABAC) across on-prem and cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP)
- Partner with IAM SOC Security Architecture Infrastructure and Application teams to enforce privilege identity policies
- Automate PAM provisioning and approval workflows and integrate with Service Now
- Maintain logging and monitoring of privilege activities and integration with SIEM tools like Microsoft Sentinel and Cribl
- Document architecture SOPs onboarding processes and contribute to policy documents
- Research and evaluate PAM platforms tools and technologies that meet the organizations needs
- Provide guidance and mentorship to other team members on PAM best practices and emerging technologies.
- Provide guidance and documentation for Infrastruture/Database/Cloud/App teams to embed PAM services in their day-to-day operations ensuring seamless integration good adoption and optimal performance
Qualifications and Skills
- 5 years of experience in identity and access management with a focus on PAM
- Strong understanding of identity management protocols (OAuth OpenID Connect SAML etc)
Deep expertise in CyberArk and Delinea - Proficient with Microsoft Entra PIM Azure RBAC and Entra ID roles
- Experience with implementing JIT break-glass and PAM for human and non-human identities
- Strong scripting skills
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex technical environments and develop effective solutions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and influence stakeholders
- High attention to detail and self-driven
Education/Certification
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field
- Certification CISSP cloud or other Security related
- CyberArk experience/training/certification is a plus
Additional Requirements
SMBCs employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home as well as from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles including for example certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal state and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process please let us know at
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Category Management
- Athletics
- Customer
- ABAP
- Hydraulics
- ITI
