IAM Senior Information Security Analyst

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Information Security Analyst to support the continued evolution of Identity and Access Management (IAM) Operations. This role will help strengthen operational processes, support control execution, analyze data and trends, and partner with stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement across IAM workflows.

The ideal candidate brings strong operational discipline, analytical skills, and the ability to translate business needs into clear requirements, process documentation, and actionable recommendations. This individual should be comfortable working across business, risk, technology, and product teams to support IAM initiatives, improve efficiency, and help drive consistent execution.

This role requires someone who can operate independently on assigned workstreams, identify issues and trends, support remediation activities, and contribute to process improvements while escalating risks, blockers, and decisions appropriately.

In this role, you will:

Support IAM Operations initiatives by analyzing processes, data, controls, and workflows to identify risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities.

Assist with the execution of IAM operational processes, including access management, identity lifecycle activities, access reviews, and issue remediation.

Develop and maintain process documentation, procedures, reporting, and operational artifacts to support consistency and transparency.

Partner with business, technology, risk, and product teams to gather requirements, track progress, and support delivery of IAM enhancements.

Analyze metrics and operational data to identify trends, monitor performance, and provide insights that support decision-making.

Support control-related activities, including evidence gathering, walkthrough support, issue tracking, and remediation follow-up.

Help coordinate IAM-related projects, pilots, and process improvement efforts while ensuring milestones, risks, and dependencies are documented.

Support automation and workflow improvement opportunities by identifying manual processes, pain points, and potential efficiency gains.

Escalate operational issues, risks, delays, and blockers to leadership with clear facts, impact, and recommended next steps.

Participate in cross-functional meetings and working sessions to represent IAM Operations and support alignment across stakeholders.

Contribute to continuous improvement efforts focused on operational effectiveness, control maturity, customer experience, and risk reduction.

Required Qualifications:

4+ years of Information Security Analysis experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

3+ years of identity and access management experience in one or more of the following: provisioning, de-provisioning, certification, authorization or authentication.

Experience working in technology operations, information security, business controls, risk management, or financial services operations.

Familiarity with IAM concepts such as user access, provisioning, deprovisioning, access reviews, role-based access control, privileged access, or identity lifecycle management.

Experience supporting audits, control walkthroughs, issue remediation, or evidence collection.

Ability to identify operational pain points and recommend practical, scalable improvements.

Strong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.

Desired Qualifications:

Experience with tools or platforms such as ServiceNow, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Excel, Power BI, Saviynt, CyberArk, Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, or similar technologies.

Familiarity with security compliance frameworks (ISO, NIST, SOX, PCI)

Ability to interact with various layers of leadership

Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and achieve deliverables

Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills

Customer service focus with the ability to respond to requests in a timely manner

Knowledge and understanding of business requirements. Ability to gather and translate to technical requirements

Intermediate Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and Project) skills

Experience and understanding of application security architecture

Job Expectations:

Ability to work on-site in one of the listed locations. This is a hybrid work environment with no option for fully remote work.

This position is not available for visa sponsorship or visa transfers.

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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