Senior Identity, Authentication, Authorization & Governance Analyst

Bank of America

IAM Senior Analyst shaping identity management strategy and compliance at Bank of America. Collaborating with global teams to oversee access controls and governance in complex environments.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeDublin • 🇮🇪 IrelandSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape IAM business requirements for enterprise authentication and authorization, helping to guide future direction across the organisation.
Ensure AI systems, agents, and services comply with IAM standards, internal policies, and applicable regulatory and audit requirements.
Oversee identity and access controls across private cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments.
Guide the adoption of modern access models such as zero trust, conditional access, and least privilege.
Establish and govern API authentication and authorization standards across the enterprise.
Ensure APIs are protected using consistent, secure identity patterns (token-based access, service authentication, least privilege).
Partner closely with application, platform, and integration teams to embed IAM controls into API design and development lifecycles.
Oversee risk management, metrics, and reporting related to API access and service identities.
Partner with governance teams to ensure IAM requirements are defined, measured, reported, and enforced.
Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulatory and audit requirements.
Provide executive-level reporting on identity risks, control gaps, and remediation progress.
Support audit engagements, issue remediation, and sustainable control design.
Build partnerships across GIS, Core Technology, Application Development, Risk, Compliance, Audit, and Third-Party Management.
Influence solution design and drive adoption through credibility, collaboration, and strong stakeholder engagement.
Clearly communicate risks, decisions, and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Drive alignment across teams operating at different speeds and maturity levels.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in identity and access management within large, complex organisations, ideally in financial services or similarly regulated environments.
Demonstrated success leading or influencing enterprise-scale IAM programs.
Deep expertise in authentication and authorization technologies and standards, including: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, WS-Federation LDAP, Kerberos, RADIUS
Experience with IAM platforms such as Active Directory, Entra ID (Azure AD), Ping, or equivalent.
Experience supporting or governing identity and access in cloud environments.
Deep understanding of API security and identity patterns, including service-to-service access and token-based authentication.
Understanding of AI identity and access patterns, API authentication, AI/ML authorisation models, and NIST-aligned governance.
Experience aligning IAM controls with application and platform engineering teams.
Understanding of identity risk within regulated environments.
Familiarity with frameworks and regulations such as NIST, ISO, FFIEC, SOX, and SOC.
Proven ability to interpret policy and regulatory requirements and translate them into practical controls.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
20 days of back-up childcare and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan
Ability to donate to charities of your choice and the bank will match your contribution
Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.
26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs.

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Hard Skills & Tools

identity and access managementauthentication technologiesauthorization technologiesOAuth 2.0OpenID ConnectSAMLWS-FederationLDAPKerberosRADIUS

Soft Skills

stakeholder engagementcollaborationcommunicationinfluencerisk managementreportingguidancepartnership buildingdecision makingalignment