Designs and configures privileged access management solutions, manages identity lifecycle and access governance activities, analyzes authorization requirements, reviews access controls, and identifies remediation needs. The role uses CyberArk, Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and cloud identity technologies while developing documentation, resolving complex security issues, advising clients, and mentoring junior team members.
The Opportunity
As a Identity and Access Management Sr Associate you will focus on confirming secure and efficient access to systems and data for employees and clients, contributing to design and implementation efforts that protect sensitive information and manage user identities within our Cybersecurity practice. As a Senior Associate you will build meaningful client connections, navigate complex situations, and broaden your technical skills while anticipating team and client needs, using critical thinking, data-driven insights, and professional judgment to deliver work that aligns with broader project goals. In this role at PwC, you will support identity lifecycle activities, access governance, and issue resolution across client service engagements while developing relationships, mentoring junior team members, and adapting to changing business needs and technical requirements.
Responsibilities
- Managing identity and access management workstreams across client engagements from planning through delivery
- Designing and configuring privileged access management solutions to support secure access to systems and sensitive data
- Analyzing access control requirements and translating them into role based access control and authorization models
- Reviewing user access, entitlement structures, and access governance processes to identify control gaps and remediation needs
- Implementing and maintaining CyberArk, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and cloud identity solutions
- Developing technical documentation, system requirements, and process guidance for identity governance activities
- Interpreting complex identity, security, and infrastructure issues to develop practical recommendations
- Collaborating with client stakeholders and mentoring junior team members while supporting engagement quality and delivery
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 3 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Business Administration/Management, Computer and Information Science, Computer Applications, Computer Engineering, Information CyberSecurity, Information Technology, Management Information Systems
- Demonstrating experience in identity and access management client support
- Applying access control models and privileged access management tools
- Interpreting data to inform access governance recommendations
- Navigating complex cybersecurity situations with client-focused communication
- Developing understanding of business context and team priorities
- Upholding technical standards while mentoring junior team members
The salary range for this position is: $77,000 - $202,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
As a Identity and Access Management Sr Associate you will focus on confirming secure and efficient access to systems and data for employees and clients, contributing to design and implementation efforts that protect sensitive information and manage user identities within our Cybersecurity practice. As a Senior Associate you will build meaningful client connections, navigate complex situations, and broaden your technical skills while anticipating team and client needs, using critical thinking, data-driven insights, and professional judgment to deliver work that aligns with broader project goals. In this role at PwC, you will support identity lifecycle activities, access governance, and issue resolution across client service engagements while developing relationships, mentoring junior team members, and adapting to changing business needs and technical requirements.
Responsibilities
- Managing identity and access management workstreams across client engagements from planning through delivery
- Designing and configuring privileged access management solutions to support secure access to systems and sensitive data
- Analyzing access control requirements and translating them into role based access control and authorization models
- Reviewing user access, entitlement structures, and access governance processes to identify control gaps and remediation needs
- Implementing and maintaining CyberArk, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and cloud identity solutions
- Developing technical documentation, system requirements, and process guidance for identity governance activities
- Interpreting complex identity, security, and infrastructure issues to develop practical recommendations
- Collaborating with client stakeholders and mentoring junior team members while supporting engagement quality and delivery
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 3 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Business Administration/Management, Computer and Information Science, Computer Applications, Computer Engineering, Information CyberSecurity, Information Technology, Management Information Systems
- Demonstrating experience in identity and access management client support
- Applying access control models and privileged access management tools
- Interpreting data to inform access governance recommendations
- Navigating complex cybersecurity situations with client-focused communication
- Developing understanding of business context and team priorities
- Upholding technical standards while mentoring junior team members
The salary range for this position is: $77,000 - $202,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
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