IAM Business Systems Analyst (BSA)

ZipStaff•Washington, DC

8h•Onsite

About The Position

ZipStaff is hiring an IAM Business Systems Analyst for a major national passenger rail transportation organization. This 11-month, on-site contract role in Washington, DC supports enterprise Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) implementations. The analyst bridges application owners, engineering, cybersecurity, architecture, audit, and compliance teams; drives discovery and requirements; facilitates application onboarding to SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC); and leads user acceptance testing and validation cycles.

Requirements

Hands-on experience supporting enterprise IAM/IGA initiatives, including practical experience with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC) or equivalent enterprise IGA solutions.
Ability to translate complex identity, security, and compliance requirements into technical specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flowcharts.
Experience supporting end-to-end application onboarding, connector integration discussions, and technical troubleshooting within an IGA ecosystem.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies, backlog management, defect root-cause analysis, test case creation, and pre-production validation.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including experience facilitating alignment across technical teams, business leaders, and governance bodies.

Nice To Haves

IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) certification.
Hands-on SailPoint administration or developer experience.
Prior experience in regulated, enterprise, or public-sector environments in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

Responsibilities

Lead discovery sessions and translate business, regulatory, and security requirements into functional documentation, technical specifications, process flows, and application onboarding diagrams.
Liaise among business units, cybersecurity, IAM engineers, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, and audit and compliance stakeholders to align on identity governance solutions.
Drive end-to-end application onboarding into SailPoint Identity Security Cloud or comparable IGA platforms and resolve functional and technical roadblocks across identity lifecycle workflows.
Work within an Agile framework to maintain requirements traceability, refine backlog items, author user stories, and define acceptance criteria.
Design test scenarios, execute functional testing, support UAT, perform defect triage and root-cause analysis, and validate IAM functionality before production release.
Produce and maintain traceable implementation artifacts, workflow diagrams, and compliance documentation aligned with audit and security governance standards.