IAM Business Analyst
Company: Cognizant
About the Role
As a IAM Business Analyst, you will play a key role in a global migration project for a leading client in the Banking and Financial Services industry. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to define objectives, analyze existing IAM configurations, and ensure compliance with governance standards during the migration to a private cloud environment. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a high-impact project with international teams.
In This Role, You Will
Collaborate with stakeholders to define business objectives, scope, and success criteria for the IAM migration.
Analyze existing IAM configurations, policies, and data structures in AWS.
Document current-state and future-state IAM architectures, including user roles, permissions, and authentication flows.
Identify data dependencies, transformation requirements, and potential risks during migration.
Work with engineering and security teams to ensure IAM policies align with compliance and governance standards.
Develop and maintain detailed migration plans, process flows, and requirement specifications.
Facilitate UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and validate IAM functionality post-migration.
Provide regular updates to leadership and ensure alignment across business and technical teams.
Work Model
At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we support a healthy work-life balance through our wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is an onsite position requiring 5 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The working arrangements may change based on the project and client requirements.
What You Need To Have To Be Considered
Proven experience as a Business Analyst in cloud migration or IAM-related projects.
Strong understanding of AWS IAM services and private cloud security frameworks.
Familiarity with identity federation, SSO, RBAC/ABAC models, and directory services (LDAP, Active Directory).
Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business requirements.
Advanced English proficiency (written and spoken).
These will Help You Stand Out
Experience in large-scale IAM migrations.
Knowledge of compliance and governance standards in financial services.
Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
Ability to work effectively with multicultural and distributed teams.
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting and Business Consulting and Services
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