Sr Specialist - Security Analytics & Operations - IAM
About The Position
The Senior IAM Control Sustainability and Assurance Specialist will strengthen the long-term effectiveness, resilience, and audit readiness of controls across Schwab’s Identity and Access Management program. The role translates audit, regulatory, policy, and standards-based requirements into practical control and evidence expectations, and independently assesses control design, execution, and operating effectiveness. The specialist partners with control owners, technical teams, auditors, and leaders to identify risks, evaluate evidence quality, recommend corrective actions, and monitor remediation. The role establishes repeatable procedures, validation checks, health indicators, and assurance practices to improve consistency and identify control degradation early. The position also advances automation and process improvements across IAM control and audit workflows to reduce manual effort and strengthen accuracy, traceability, and resilience. Success requires sound judgment, thoughtful challenge, clear communication, and adapting priorities to risk and business needs. The selected candidate is expected to work on site in the specified location(s). The role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities in addition to the salary range.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience in Identity and Access Management, technology risk, control assurance, control sustainability, audit, compliance, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated knowledge of risk and control concepts, control design, operating effectiveness, evidence sufficiency, assurance testing, and issue remediation.
- Working knowledge of identity lifecycle management, access provisioning and deprovisioning, periodic access certifications, exception management, and remediation processes.
- Experience improving processes through workflow design, reporting, scripting, orchestration, analytics, or other automation capabilities.
- Ability to analyze complex requirements, ask effective challenge questions, and provide clear recommendations to technical, audit, regulatory, control, and leadership stakeholders.
- Strong judgment, attention to detail, ownership, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
- Ability to work independently and proactively with minimal guidance.
- Bachelor’s degree.
Nice To Haves
- CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, or an equivalent certification.
- At least 3 years of experience in technology risk, supervision and controls, compliance, or audit.
- At least 2 years of experience in financial services.
- Knowledge of NIST, ISO, FFIEC, GLBA, PCI, or related risk, regulatory, and industry requirements.
- Experience using governance, risk, and compliance or workflow platforms such as IBM OpenPages or RSA Archer.
- Experience partnering directly with auditors and supporting audit requests, assessments, and remediation activities.
Responsibilities
- Translate audit, regulatory, policy, and standards-based requirements into practical control and evidence expectations.
- Independently assess control design, execution, and operating effectiveness across the Identity and Access Management program.
- Partner with control owners, technical teams, auditors, and leaders to identify risks and evaluate evidence quality.
- Recommend corrective actions and monitor remediation.
- Establish repeatable procedures, validation checks, health indicators, and assurance practices.
- Advance automation and process improvements across IAM control and audit workflows to reduce manual effort and strengthen accuracy, traceability, and resilience.
- Adapt priorities based on risk and business needs.
Benefits
- Bonus or incentive opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
