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IAM Consultant

Excelgens, Austin, TX, United States


Positions: 3

Location (Hybrid): Austin or San Fran

Job Title: Identity & Access Management (IAM) Consultant - RBAC & Access Governance

Duration: ~6 Months

Experience Level: 5-10 years (deep expertise in RBAC model development)

Job Summary :

Seeking an IAM Consultant with expertise in Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Access Governance, and Identity Lifecycle Management to support multiple IAM workstreams. The consultant will play a key role in shaping fine-grained authorization strategies, optimizing access control mechanisms, and enhancing compliance and security measures.

Key Responsibilities:

1.

RBAC Capability Discovery & Assessment:

o Conduct a comprehensive discovery of RBAC maturity across enterprise resources.

o Analyze fine-grained authorization support and entitlement management for applications.

o Document RBAC implementation gaps, data sensitivity levels, and authorization workflows.

2.

Persona Inventory & Access Mapping:

o Identify key personas across business units, including Engineering, Security, IT, and Finance.

o Define user journeys, access needs, and required permissions based on business requirements.

o Establish a standardized persona-to-access mapping model for scalable governance.

3.

Resource Inventory & Access Visibility:

o Perform detailed access assessments across systems to understand who has access to what.

o Define and document roles, entitlements, and privileged access structures.

4.

Access Controls & Least Privilege Implementation:

o Design access controls adhering to the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP) and Segregation of Duties (SoD).

o Identify and mitigate high-risk access combinations and privileged access vulnerabilities.

o Develop Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) rules for automated access provisioning.

5.

Access Governance & Compliance:

o Implement long-term governance models for access reviews, recertifications, and compliance validation.

6.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Documentation:

o Work with business, security, and IT teams to align RBAC strategy with compliance requirements.

o Create and maintain detailed documentation of access models, persona mappings, and system inventories.

o Conduct workshops and training to educate teams on IAM best practices and role structures.

Required Skills & Experience : • 5+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM), RBAC, and Governance. • Strong understanding of RBAC, ABAC, SoD, and least privilege access models. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess complex access models. • Excellent communication skills to interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders. "