Information Security Analyst

Windows and Essential Practices (Essential Practices) - Windows and Essential Practices (Essential Practices)

• Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) over IAM practices, policies and procedures for the Windows and Essential practices
• Experience in all aspects of Identity and Access management life­cycle especially on processes for On ­Boarding, Off­ boarding, Transfers and UARs, HR driven processes, to IAM compliance issues and role engineering.
• Identify process automation opportunities on existing access management practices
• Participate activities in Access Management to provide access management business requirements and insure compliance with industry and company security standards.
• Complete access request processing as per pre­defined sets of procedure and within agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA), resolve problem tickets and assist other security analysts as needed
• Document access management procedures for assigned platforms, databases and applications; keep the access management procedures up ­to­ date
• Proactively identify audit and compliance access related issues to reduce the risk of security exposures on the support systems and applications; coordinate access management related audit and compliance tasks, such as user access reporting and other relevant research and investigation
• Able to use the available tools to support, including Quest Change auditor and reporter, ARS, RMAD, RPM.
• Flexibility to work after hours to accommodate when necessary.
• Have a global mindset and collaborate effectively within and across different teams. Qualifications/Requirements:
• Knowledge of the security tools supported, including Quest Change auditor and reporter, ARS, RMAD, RPM products in use on Visa Windows systems and Active Directories.
• Ability to write Windows & AD related scripting (eg Powershell, VB, WMI) is an added advantage
• Ability to gather and document business requirements and implement solutions to address them
• Good working knowledge with Excel spreadsheets, analysis of large volume of data.
• Good working knowledge of Identity Access Management lifecycle and processes is a must.
• Understanding of information security principles and IT infrastructure including operating systems, applications, communications and network protocols.
• The ability to work effectively with other functional areas and understand the operational and cultural issues relevant to achieving superior results
• Must be flexible and able to manage multiple tasks and priorities on very tight deadlines.
• Be a self­motivated and results oriented individual with an attention to driving aggressive project timelines and schedules
• Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others to achieve a high level of success
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to develop, maintain and foster constructive relationships with others
• Dynamic, hard­working and ambitious individual, with excellent oral and written communication skills
• Have an attention to detail and advanced analytical and troubleshooting skills. Qualifications Bachelor degree in computer management, information security or equivalent job experience CISSP, CISA, CISM and other comparative information security certifications are preferred 5 to 7 years computer security experience required Additional Information Good comm skills are a big priority Duration: 12 months Interview Mode- Phone and F2F Work Location 800 Metro Center Blvd Foster City CA USA Company Description We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges. In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients – including governmental agencies and private companies – throughout the United States and India. We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career.