Bank of America
Identity, Authentication, Authorization & Governance (IAM) Sr. Security Specialist (Leadership experience required)
$140K–$200K
Washington +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- Washington
Chicago
Boston - Experience
- 10+ years; leadership experience required.
About the job
Sets enterprise IAM strategy, governance, and controls for human, machine, service, and AI-agent identities across the organization.
What you'll do
- Establish IAM governance, control requirements, and remediation practices; report on identity risk and control health.
- Define standards for authentication, authorization, identity governance, and secure access patterns across enterprise environments.
- Influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional adoption of IAM modernization and security controls.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in identity and access management, cybersecurity, cloud security, or access management within large, complex organizations.
- Leadership experience required.
- Demonstrated success setting direction for or influencing enterprise-scale IAM transformation, modernization, governance, or control programs.
- Deep knowledge of modern authentication, federation, and authorization patterns, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, service-to-service access, and token-based authentication.
Nice to have
- Experience in financial services, banking, or another highly regulated industry.
- Experience with identity platforms such as Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping, or equivalent technologies.
Pay
$140,000.00 - $200,000.00 USD annualized salary (base salary)
Tools
OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping, Python, Splunk
AI focus
Govern AI-agent identities and embed IAM requirements into AI solution design and development; the posting also mentions AI-enabled security solutions as a desired qualification.
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