Active Directory Specialist

Active Directory Specialist

Requirements

• Associates degree and a minimum of 4 years’ relevant work experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 6 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years’ relevant work experience
• Basic understanding of identity and access management
• Proficiency with personal computers as well as pertinent project management, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software

Responsibilities

• Utilize advanced techniques and expertise to provision access while conducting thorough validations, ensuring precise compliance to confidentiality, policies and procedures, and service level agreements.
• Lead recertification process, auditing permissions against established policies, and addressing any identified discrepancies to maintain a secure access environment.
• Lead diagnosis and resolution of complex identity and access issues, serving as primary point of escalation for troubleshooting challenges beyond basic concerns.
• Conduct comprehensive root cause analysis and implement effective solutions to resolve access-related problems.
• Work with business units to gather complex requirements, communicate access processes, and lead resolution to business unit concerns related to identity and access management.
• Apply expertise to streamline and enhance identity and access management processes by recommending and leading implementation of improvements to ensure evolving security standards.
• Lead training for newly hired team members.
• Facilitate internal Identity & Access Management meetings and lead discussions with business units.
• Create project plan, identify key project milestones, and implement projects as defined by management.
• Execute comprehensive remediation efforts to identify and address security vulnerabilities, implement corrective measures, and guide team in resolving complex identity and access issues.
• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business, or related field
• Subject matter expert on all identity access provisioning platforms and applications
• Proven experience solving problems
• Proven experience thinking critically
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of personnel and business partners across the organization
• Demonstrated working knowledge of cybersecurity principles and compliance requirements
• Experience with PAM Systems
• Experience with ACF2/Mainframe