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Job Description:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Position Summary:
- Establish and maintain strong partnership with other Global Information Security (GIS) functions, Core Technology Infrastructure (CTI), Cyber Security Technology (CST), Third Party management, Global Compliance and Operations Risk (CGOR), internal audit, and regulatory agencies.
- Influence technology and PAM tools owners to build/implement enhanced PAM solutions that are efficient, effective, and modern and able to result in material risk reduction in sustainable manner.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop PAM requirements that iteratively support long term PAM modernization and transformation (covers Process, Data and Technology aspects).
- Engage with Product Managers and Senior Architects to comprehend the strategic PAM technology roadmap, which dictates the need for modernized security principles.
- Consult with the business to identify gaps and governance issues, leveraging own domain expertise to find effective solutions.
- Clearly articulate reasons and methods behind proposed changes through informative materials for educating others.
- Provide education to team members and technology partners regarding the proposed changes.
- Partners with the policy governance team for socialization and publication of proposed changes to the PAM Standard.
- Takes accountability for addressing PAM risks. Proactively identify risk and ways to continuously enhance and improve BAC’s PAM controls. Implement and take decisive actions in finding solutions. Drives towards intended outcomes.
- Engage senior management to provide factual, transparent, and timely reporting on existing and emerging PAM or information security risks.
- Active participation in GIS IAM/PAM forums including but not limited to Monthly IAM Stakeholder Forum and Control Owner Forum for standard and Single Process Inventory (SPI) enhancements.
- Supports audit issues for closure and sustainability.
Responsibilities:
- This role reports directly to the Technology Executive for Authentication, Privilege Access Management Service and Cloud IAM. This role is primarily responsible for ensuring that relevant Privileged Access Controls are adequately enforced across platforms and applications to comply with IAM Standard.
- Partner with PAM Governance leads to ensure that Privileged Access Controls are appropriately measured, reported and governed.
- Appropriately assess Privileged Access risk when business and technology decisions are made, demonstrating risk management mindset and practices to safeguard BAC’s reputation, its clients, and assets by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to BAC Policy and Standards.
- Monitors industry information security and PAM trends and engages peer organizations to refine and enhance BAC’s PAM strategy.
- Apply industry PAM best practices, templates, and documentation while also proposing improvements based on practical knowledge.
- Provide extensive Active Directory security best practices and consultation to the cross functional teams, ensuring compliance with IAM standards, and better protect privileged accounts against cyberattacks.
- Develop new PAM requirements and cloud-based security solutions and govern cloud identities.
Required Qualifications:
- 10 years relevant hands-on experience in PAM with at least of 5 years of management experience.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of PAM-specific laws, rules, and regulations within the financial services sector.
- Understanding and interpreting BAC’s established information security Policy, Standards, Procedure and Guides, and applying this knowledge to related PAM decisions and response. Serve as the Subject Matter Experts in advising BAC business and technology counterparts on effective ways to achieve or exceed compliance with applicable Policy, Standards, Procedures and Guides.
- Proficient in implementing and governing Risk and Role based access security controls.
- Extensive experience in managing Active Directory to enforce privileged access controls.
- Ability to influence cloud technology owners to build more secure processes.
- Strong understanding and risk management mindset, proactively mitigating PAM related risks.
- Familiarity with security standards such as NIST, ISO/EC, FFIEC.
- Possession of CISSP certification would be an advantage.
- Expert level knowledge of privileged access management methodologies and techniques for on-prem and Cloud implementation.
- Expert knowledge of PAM related tools which support session proxy, vaulting, just-in-time provision, integration with service management tool would be an advantage.
- Deep security knowledge which covers core technology infrastructure (network, storage, servers, databases, etc.) identity management and application security practice.
- Deep experience with Linux, Windows, Cloud scale Identity, Access Management (Single Sign-On, Multi Factor Authentication), Authorization services or design and architecture of PAM services.
- Expert level knowledge of authentication platforms such as Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos, LDAP, Radius.
- Deep knowledge on Federation platforms or protocols such as Oauth, OpenID, SAML, WS-Fed, etc.
Desired Qualifications:
- Working level experience with IAM platforms such as Ping Identity, Active Directory OpenLDAP, OpenDJ.
- Experience in consumption of Web Service APIs such as JSON / XML.
- Hand on experience and proficient with AWS, Azure, GCP, and/or Cloud Technologies will be an advantage.
- Proficient in articulating facts and data-driven plans and to partner with stakeholders to implement intended solutions to drive risk reductions and adherence to PAM standards.
- Strong attention to detail and advanced analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and be able to effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
- Hands on experience and involvement in large and complex projects.
- Proficient in data management which includes strong data analytical capability with advanced understanding of the collection and management of metadata.
- Efficient in motivating, engaging, and leveraging other teams and business partners to efficiently deliver business solutions. Proven track record of influencing and relationship management skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products with ability to quickly analyze and synthesize large volumes of data.
- Pro-active and able to drive direction of work that needs to be completed, ability to work independently on initiatives with little oversight. Motivated and willing to learn.
- Confident and effective in delivering messages across a wide spectrum of individuals with varying degrees of technical and business understanding.
- Deep knowledge of bank financial practices and policies and ability to adapt to fast changing environment.
- Knowledge of Compliance Certifications such as SOX, SOC, SOC2.
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
Job Description:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Position Summary:
- Establish and maintain strong partnership with other Global Information Security (GIS) functions, Core Technology Infrastructure (CTI), Cyber Security Technology (CST), Third Party management, Global Compliance and Operations Risk (CGOR), internal audit, and regulatory agencies.
- Influence technology and PAM tools owners to build/implement enhanced PAM solutions that are efficient, effective, and modern and able to result in material risk reduction in sustainable manner.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop PAM requirements that iteratively support long term PAM modernization and transformation (covers Process, Data and Technology aspects).
- Engage with Product Managers and Senior Architects to comprehend the strategic PAM technology roadmap, which dictates the need for modernized security principles.
- Consult with the business to identify gaps and governance issues, leveraging own domain expertise to find effective solutions.
- Clearly articulate reasons and methods behind proposed changes through informative materials for educating others.
- Provide education to team members and technology partners regarding the proposed changes.
- Partners with the policy governance team for socialization and publication of proposed changes to the PAM Standard.
- Takes accountability for addressing PAM risks. Proactively identify risk and ways to continuously enhance and improve BAC’s PAM controls. Implement and take decisive actions in finding solutions. Drives towards intended outcomes.
- Engage senior management to provide factual, transparent, and timely reporting on existing and emerging PAM or information security risks.
- Active participation in GIS IAM/PAM forums including but not limited to Monthly IAM Stakeholder Forum and Control Owner Forum for standard and Single Process Inventory (SPI) enhancements.
- Supports audit issues for closure and sustainability.
Responsibilities:
- This role reports directly to the Technology Executive for Authentication, Privilege Access Management Service and Cloud IAM. This role is primarily responsible for ensuring that relevant Privileged Access Controls are adequately enforced across platforms and applications to comply with IAM Standard.
- Partner with PAM Governance leads to ensure that Privileged Access Controls are appropriately measured, reported and governed.
- Appropriately assess Privileged Access risk when business and technology decisions are made, demonstrating risk management mindset and practices to safeguard BAC’s reputation, its clients, and assets by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to BAC Policy and Standards.
- Monitors industry information security and PAM trends and engages peer organizations to refine and enhance BAC’s PAM strategy.
- Apply industry PAM best practices, templates, and documentation while also proposing improvements based on practical knowledge.
- Provide extensive Active Directory security best practices and consultation to the cross functional teams, ensuring compliance with IAM standards, and better protect privileged accounts against cyberattacks.
- Develop new PAM requirements and cloud-based security solutions and govern cloud identities.
Required Qualifications:
- 10 years relevant hands-on experience in PAM with at least of 5 years of management experience.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of PAM-specific laws, rules, and regulations within the financial services sector.
- Understanding and interpreting BAC’s established information security Policy, Standards, Procedure and Guides, and applying this knowledge to related PAM decisions and response. Serve as the Subject Matter Experts in advising BAC business and technology counterparts on effective ways to achieve or exceed compliance with applicable Policy, Standards, Procedures and Guides.
- Proficient in implementing and governing Risk and Role based access security controls.
- Extensive experience in managing Active Directory to enforce privileged access controls.
- Ability to influence cloud technology owners to build more secure processes.
- Strong understanding and risk management mindset, proactively mitigating PAM related risks.
- Familiarity with security standards such as NIST, ISO/EC, FFIEC.
- Possession of CISSP certification would be an advantage.
- Expert level knowledge of privileged access management methodologies and techniques for on-prem and Cloud implementation.
- Expert knowledge of PAM related tools which support session proxy, vaulting, just-in-time provision, integration with service management tool would be an advantage.
- Deep security knowledge which covers core technology infrastructure (network, storage, servers, databases, etc.) identity management and application security practice.
- Deep experience with Linux, Windows, Cloud scale Identity, Access Management (Single Sign-On, Multi Factor Authentication), Authorization services or design and architecture of PAM services.
- Expert level knowledge of authentication platforms such as Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos, LDAP, Radius.
- Deep knowledge on Federation platforms or protocols such as Oauth, OpenID, SAML, WS-Fed, etc.
Desired Qualifications:
- Working level experience with IAM platforms such as Ping Identity, Active Directory OpenLDAP, OpenDJ.
- Experience in consumption of Web Service APIs such as JSON / XML.
- Hand on experience and proficient with AWS, Azure, GCP, and/or Cloud Technologies will be an advantage.
- Proficient in articulating facts and data-driven plans and to partner with stakeholders to implement intended solutions to drive risk reductions and adherence to PAM standards.
- Strong attention to detail and advanced analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and be able to effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
- Hands on experience and involvement in large and complex projects.
- Proficient in data management which includes strong data analytical capability with advanced understanding of the collection and management of metadata.
- Efficient in motivating, engaging, and leveraging other teams and business partners to efficiently deliver business solutions. Proven track record of influencing and relationship management skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products with ability to quickly analyze and synthesize large volumes of data.
- Pro-active and able to drive direction of work that needs to be completed, ability to work independently on initiatives with little oversight. Motivated and willing to learn.
- Confident and effective in delivering messages across a wide spectrum of individuals with varying degrees of technical and business understanding.
- Deep knowledge of bank financial practices and policies and ability to adapt to fast changing environment.
- Knowledge of Compliance Certifications such as SOX, SOC, SOC2.
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Saviynt2
- AbbVie1
- Bank of America1
- Federal Home Loan Mortgage1
- IDEXX Laboratories1
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software3
- Banking & Financial Services2
- Animal Care & Pet Services1
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals1
- Insurance1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in privileged access management jobs.
- Hands-on administration experience with CyberArk, BeyondTrust, or Delinea platforms
- Strong understanding of least-privilege principles and zero-trust access frameworks
- Experience integrating PAM solutions with Active Directory and LDAP environments
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOX, NIST, FISMA, or HIPAA
- Relevant certification such as CyberArk Defender, CISSP, or CompTIA Security+
- Bachelor's degree in information security, computer science, or a related field
Tips for Your Privileged Access Management Job Search
Tailor your resume to PAM toolsets
Recruiters screen for specific platform names, so list every PAM tool you've administered, including CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea, and HashiCorp Vault, alongside your exact scope, such as the number of managed accounts or environment type.
Highlight certifications that signal expertise
CyberArk Defender, Trusteer, or vendor-specific credentials carry real weight in PAM hiring. If you hold a CISSP or CompTIA Security+, list it too, but lead with any PAM-specific certification so it surfaces at the top of your credentials section.
Target industries with strict compliance mandates
Financial institutions, federal contractors, and healthcare systems post the densest concentrations of PAM roles because of SOX, FISMA, and HIPAA requirements. Filter your search by industry vertical to find openings where your compliance knowledge is a genuine differentiator.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists privileged access management openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare for scenario-based technical screens
PAM interviewers routinely ask how you'd handle a privileged account discovered outside the vault, or how you'd design a just-in-time access workflow. Prepare two or three real examples from your own environment that walk through discovery, remediation, and monitoring outcomes.
Negotiate scope, not just compensation
In PAM roles, the size of the managed-account estate and your authority to enforce policy directly affect your career trajectory. Before accepting, clarify whether you'll own the architecture decisions or purely implement tooling someone else designed.
Privileged Access Management Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most privileged access managements?
The companies hiring the most privileged access managements right now include Saviynt, AbbVie, and Bank of America, with the largest share of openings in California, Washington, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Financial services firms and federal system integrators consistently drive the highest volume of postings.
How many privileged access management jobs are remote?
About 13% of privileged access management openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting the tool-agnostic, cloud-connected nature of modern PAM platforms. Sub-specializations focused on policy design, identity governance, and platform engineering tend to offer the most remote flexibility, while roles requiring on-premises vault deployment or data-center access lean toward on-site.
How do you become a privileged access management professional?
Start by building a foundation in identity and access management through a security-focused degree or certifications like CompTIA Security+ or CISSP. Then gain hands-on exposure to a major PAM platform, ideally CyberArk or BeyondTrust, through a lab environment, an IAM help-desk role, or a systems-administration position. Pursuing a vendor-specific credential, such as CyberArk Defender, signals demonstrated platform competency to hiring managers and distinguishes you from general security candidates.
Can I get a privileged access management job with little experience?
Yes, entry points exist if you position transferable skills correctly. Employers hiring junior PAM analysts often value Active Directory administration, scripting in PowerShell, or experience in IT audit over direct PAM tool exposure. Building a home lab using a community edition of a PAM platform and documenting the setup in your resume demonstrates initiative and gives interviewers something concrete to discuss during technical screens.
What does the privileged access management interview process look like?
Most PAM hiring processes run three to four stages. An initial recruiter screen confirms your platform experience and general background. A technical phone interview with an engineer or architect then probes your knowledge of privileged account workflows, onboarding processes, and session monitoring. Finalists typically complete a scenario exercise, such as designing a vault structure or walking through an incident response, before a final conversation with a hiring manager or security leadership.
Where can I find and apply to privileged access management jobs?
You can find and apply to privileged access management jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience level and platform specialization, then apply directly to each listing.
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