Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology of #TeamAmex.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Focus :

Responsible for operating data access security controls that manage, monitor, measure, and report the data access security posture of the organization’s data estate. Specifically this role will focus on controlling access to semi-structured and unstructured data hosted on distributed servers, cloud, storage, file systems, file shares and collaboration repositories. Data access controls will cover person and non-person identities and their access, including but not limited to users, applications, APIs and GenAI.

Organizational Context

Reports to the Director of Data Access Management. The Data Access Management team architects, engineers and operates data access controls for structured, semi-structured and unstructured data hosted on the mainframe, distributed servers, cloud, storage and file systems, and collaboration repositories. Works across Technology Risk and Information Security, Privacy, Enterprise Data Governance, hosting platform teams to meet business, security, risk and compliance objectives for a Category 2 bank. The Data Access Management team functions in support of the broader Data Security Posture Management program.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists in developing, implementing and monitoring compliance to AXP data access security policies, standards and procedures

• Prepares materials (reports, presentations, spreadsheets, etc.) on data access to help develop scenarios, response procedures, and to enable informed decision-making

• Operates tools to ensure consistency and optimization of data access security controls

• Support efforts to measure and restrict data access based on least privilege principle

• Prepare status reports on data access to track, monitor and report on projects, control coverage and control efficacy

• Facilitate meetings

• Maintains internal documentation library, ensuring currency

• Lead the automation of day-to-day operational tasks, control operations validation, reporting and metrics

• Provide root cause analysis for data access issues

• Participate in the evaluation of data access security configurations and tools

• Maintain data access records and metrics for historical trending analysis

Scope of Impact/Influence

• Accountable for operating, measuring and reporting data access control coverage, strength and remediation of non-compliance.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field preferred (or equivalent work experience)

• Certifications: Security , CC, CCSK, Windows and Unix/Linux experience, developer and scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, etc.)

• 2-3 years of identity and access management experience

• Experience in the operational management of identity and access management security tools and configurations

• In-depth experience with MS360 collaboration tools, Confluence, File Shares, Azure, AWS and GCP

High-performing Behaviors

• Analyzes complex information and identifies the most meaningful details

• Shows personal determination and resilience; is optimistic in changing circumstances

• Continually seeks and learns from feedback

• Is clear when explaining ideas and concepts to others - communication is structured, compelling, and impactful, and builds a credible impression

• Involves the right people to ensure the best decisions are made in a timely manner

Knowledge/Skills

• Requires experience operating identity and access management (IAM) controls to protect access to data; knowledge of related technologies: web, network, server, database security; compiling evidence of compliance and control efficacy.

• Process automation engineering, Reporting automation.

Game Changers

• Communications

• Teamwork

• Continuous Improvement

• Courage

• Curiosity

• Ingenuity

• Tenacity

Role Core Competencies

Technical

• Technical Acumen

• Emerging Technologies

• System/Platform Domain Knowledge

Functional

• Identity and Access Management

Leadership

• Analytical Thinking

Business

• Regulatory Compliance

• Industry and Company Knowledge

Qualifications

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries

• Bonus incentives

• Support for financial-well-being and retirement

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)

• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)

• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)

• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

• Career development and training opportunities

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Job: Technologies

Primary Location: India-Karnataka-Bengaluru Urban

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 24012635