Lead Analyst

Job Description:

About Us

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Global Business Services

Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations. Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence and innovation. In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services.

Process Overview

The Global Information Security (GIS) is responsible for protecting Bank information systems, confidential and proprietary data, and customer information. The team develops the Bank’s Information Security strategy and policy, manages the Information Security program and identifies and addresses vulnerabilities, Develops, deploys and manages a risk-based controls portfolio, Manages and operates a global security operations center that monitors, detects and responds to cybersecurity incidents.

Job Description

This role involves specialization in Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies with deeper understanding of SSO and authentication, directory services. Participates in design, development and implementation of systems engineering activities, to include OS technical support, systems programming, and data center capabilities. Responsible for components of complex engineering and/or analytical tasks and activities. Assists in establishment of input/output processes and working parameters for hardware compatibility and coordination of subsystems design and integration of total system. Serves as a fully seasoned/proficient technical resource; provides tech knowledge and capabilities as team member and individual contributor. Will not have direct reports but will influence and direct activities of a team related to special initiatives or operations. Provides input on staffing, budget, and personnel.

Responsibilities

Contribute to story refinement/defining requirements.
• Understand and utilize basic network, virtualization, and datacenter technologies for deployment strategies.
• Work with solutions to integrate, transform and control systems in operational environments per the defined acceptance criteria.
• Work across development teams to understand and aid in the delivery of system requirements.
• Work with large, complex data sets that meet functional/ non-functional requirements.
• Build and improve processes supporting system transformation, structures, quality controls, dependency, and workload management.
• Define and build deployment pipelines that enable faster, better, data-informed decision-making within the business.
• Perform/Implement existing test suites (integration, regression, and performance), analyse test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause.
• Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.
• Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.
• Identify gaps in environment management standards adherence and work with appropriate partners to develop plans to close gaps

Requirements

Education : B.E. / B. Tech/M.E. /M. Tech/B.Sc./M.Sc./BCA/MCA (prefer IT/CS specialization)

Certifications If Any : NA

Experience Range : 7+ years

Foundational skills

• 7+ years of experience in Information Security
• Strong hands-on experience with industry standard SSO technologies and protocols (OAuth, OpenID Connect, FIDO, SCIM, LDAP, SAML)
• Expertise in Identity and Authentication solutions such as Ping Federate/Ping Access (preferred)
• Strong experience in designing Ping policies including custom solutions
• Strong expertise in development of Cloud IAM solutions for AWS, GCP and Azure
• Strong experience in federating cloud applications with PingFederate
• Strong experience in implementing identity synchronization to Cloud IAM using PingIDM/SCIM
• Strong development experience in Java/J2EE technologies
• Knowledge of LDAP and Active Directory services, MFA, Risk based authentication and privileged access management
• Holistic view of IAM (Authentication and Authorization Data, Endpoint Security, Network Security, Policy Engine)
• Proficient in Linux, Windows, Tomcat, Web Logic, IBM WebSphere environments
• Ability to utilize various programming or scripting languages such as Shell scripting, Perl, Java, Python, JavaScript and PowerShell
• Familiarity with deployments and integration of IAM solutions within the cloud (Azure, AWS or Google Cloud)
• Experience in deploying large-scale, global projects and programs
• Leadership skills and qualities which enable you to work with peers and various levels of management
• Effective communication skills and motivation/willingness to learn

Desired skills

•Experience in Web-Development technologies: HTML, XML, XSL/XSLT, XPATH and Java script

• Understanding of API design concepts, RESTful Services and modern application interaction patterns

• Familiarity with IT security and risk management practices

Work Timings : 1:30pm to 10:30 pm

Job Location : Hyderabad, Chennai