Senior IAM Governance Analyst

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$104k–$130k

H1B: yes

Meridianlink Senior IAM Governance Analyst at MeridianLink owns the operational execution and continuous improvement of the enterprise Identity and Access Management governance program. This role coordinates access reviews, assesses risks, drives remediation, and partners with multiple teams to support compliance and audit requirements.

Responsibilities

Own the enterprise User Access Review (UAR) program from planning and execution through remediation, reporting, and continuous improvement.
Coordinate periodic access reviews across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and privileged access environments while partnering with business and system owners to ensure access remains appropriate.
Assess completed reviews for quality and effectiveness, identify excessive access, orphaned accounts, segregation of duties concerns, and other access-related risks, and drive remediation activities to completion.
Identify gaps in application ownership, certification coverage, entitlement governance, and privileged access oversight.
Partner with IAM, Security, Engineering, Compliance, and Audit teams to improve governance processes, support audits and assessments, and strengthen MeridianLink's access management controls.
5+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management, Information Security, IT Audit, or Governance, Risk & Compliance.
3+ years of experience leading User Access Reviews, access certification campaigns, or identity governance programs.
Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, role-based access controls, privileged access concepts, entitlement analysis, and access governance best practices.
Experience supporting compliance and audit initiatives such as SOC, PCI DSS, SOX, ISO 27001, or similar regulatory and control frameworks.
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence decisions and challenge ineffective review practices.

Qualification

5+ years of experience in IAMExperience supporting SOCStrong analytical

Required

5+ years of experience in IAM, Information Security, IT Audit, or GRC
3+ years leading User Access Reviews or identity governance programs
Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, RBAC, privileged access, entitlement analysis, and governance best practices
Experience supporting SOC, PCI DSS, SOX, ISO 27001, or similar compliance frameworks
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills