Security Senior Analyst – Identity Security Engineering

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Anticipated End Date: 2026-09-18 Position Title: Security Senior Analyst – Identity Security Engineering Job Description: Security Senior Analyst – Identity Security Engineering Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 day per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Ideal candidates will be able to report to one of our Pulse Point locations in Indianapolis, IN or St. Louis, MO. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office. Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law. The Security Senior Analyst – Identity Security Engineering is responsible for engineering and operating identity security controls across human, privileged, non-human, cloud, and emerging agentic AI identities. The role has a primary focus on CyberArk Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM), with supporting responsibilities across CyberArk PAM and PSM capabilities, and helps advance least privilege, Just-in-Time access, Zero Standing Privilege, software control, and privileged access governance. This role partners with IAM, Identity Governance, Cyber Security, Cloud Security, Infrastructure, ServiceNow, and application teams to design, automate, monitor, and continuously improve secure access while supporting operational, audit, compliance, and 24x7 service requirements. How you will make an impact: Engineers and operates CyberArk Idira EPM, including policy design, application control, software-installation governance, temporary elevation, agent health, and troubleshooting. Supports CyberArk PAM and PSM capabilities, including privileged credentials, session controls, emergency access, and JIT/ZSP use cases. Translates business and security requirements into RBAC, ABAC, policy-based, risk-based, and time-bound access controls. Supports identity governance processes, including access requests, approvals, provisioning, certification, revocation, segregation of duties, and exception management. Extends identity security controls across workforce identities, privileged accounts, service and workload identities, NHIs, cloud identities, and agentic AI identities. Integrates CyberArk capabilities with ServiceNow, SailPoint, directories, CMDB, and cloud platforms using supported APIs and workflow automation. Automates identity discovery, directory queries, entitlement analysis, reconciliation, telemetry, reporting, and audit evidence using secure and supportable engineering practices. Analyzes telemetry, audit records, and identity security events to identify misuse, policy gaps, access drift, and opportunities to reduce standing privilege. Develops testing plans, operational procedures, runbooks, metrics, and audit evidence while supporting incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement. Minimum Requirements: Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience that would provide the knowledge to perform such work. Experience must include a minimum of 3 years of experience in a support and operations or design and engineering role in any of the following areas: access management or network security technologies, servers, networks, network communications, telecommunications, operating systems, middleware, disaster recovery, collaboration technologies, hardware/software support or other infrastructure services role; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background. Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences: Three to five years of experience in Identity Security, IAM, PAM, IGA, access engineering, or security operations preferred. Hands-on experience with CyberArk Idira EPM; familiarity with CyberArk PAM, PSM, Privilege Cloud, or related privileged access technology preferred. Strong understanding of least privilege, JIT access, ZSP, Zero Trust, privileged-access tiering, and Identity Threat Detection preferred. Experience applying RBAC, ABAC, policy-based access, risk-based access, and role or entitlement design preferred. Understanding of Identity Governance processes, including joiner-mover-leaver lifecycle, access requests, certifications, segregation of duties, and exception governance preferred. Familiarity with NHI, workload, cloud, and agentic AI identities, including service accounts, secrets, certificates, and access controls in Microsoft Entra ID, AWS IAM, and Google Cloud preferred. Knowledge of IAM standards and protocols such as SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM, LDAP, Kerberos, and REST APIs preferred. Experience using scripting, query, workflow, or low-code tools to automate identity discovery, AD/LDAP queries, entitlement analysis, access lifecycle workflows, reporting, and audit evidence preferred. Strong foundation in identity-focused automation and orchestration, including APIs, AD/LDAP queries, data analysis, reusable workflows, logging, error handling, testing, version control, and secure credentials preferred. Experience supporting large, regulated, and highly available enterprise environments; relevant CyberArk, identity, cloud, or security certifications preferred. Job Level: Non-Management Exempt Workshift: Job Family: IFT > IT Security & Compliance Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health. Who We Are Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve. How We Work At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business. We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few. Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws. Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process should submit the following form: Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration . NOTE: Workday keeps job postings active through 11:59:59 PM on the day before the listed end date. Example: If the end date is 3/13, the posting will automatically come down on 3/12 at 11:59:59 PM. In other words — the job is posted until 3/13, not through 3/13.