Information Security Analyst-SQL/ Python Data Reporting

Company: American Express
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job 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 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 on #TeamAmex.How will you make an impact in this role?This position will be part of the Identity Analytics and Controls operations team in Identity and Lifecycle Management. This role is responsible for completing key deliverables to support the entitlement lifecycle control management, policy-based access control and access revocation process, engineer and implement new controls measures to further improve data quality and drive least privilege. We are seeking a candidate with a solid grasp of information security and technology controls.Job Responsibilities

• This is a Mid-level professional and technical role, developing new strategy, and implementing control measures effectively.
• Design, Implement and Support the entitlement lifecycle management, policy-based access control (PBAC), access revocation, supporting its technologies, processes, and project initiatives.
• Engineer solutions that proactively reduce the need for human intervention in IAM controls.
• Identify trends and opportunities for access revocation through analysis of datasets from various sources.
• Participate in the development of plans and strategies for information security processes and programs.
• Perform exploratory analysis to identify patterns and insights in the data and automate access revocations based on insights.
• Provide day-to-day operational management over functional processes and project delivery.
• Create and update process and technical documentation.
• Accountable for ensuring security standard methodologies, policies, and procedures are implemented and adhered to.
• Conduct project requirements analysis, technical design, and implementation activities.Minimum qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in Information systems.
  • Understanding of Identity and Access Management, including threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Interpreting data from various sources to provide valuable insights and implement recommendations to drive least privilege.
  • Proficiency in Python for data wrangling, transformation, writing modular reusable scripts, automation of data pipelines and reporting.
  • Strong command of SQL for data querying, filtering and transformation.
  • Experience in automating reports or dashboards, knowledge on data quality checks and exception handling.
  • Ability to analyze data and produce meaningful conclusions.
  • Experience with Web Services and REST APIs.
  • Demonstrate ability to prioritize and handle multiple concurrent assignments with strong attention to detail.
  • Self-motivated and dedicated, with the ability to work effectively as a member of a team and independently.
  • Ability to learn quickly, work effectively in ambiguous situations, and a willingness to take charge and drive results.
  • Excellent time management skills, and the ability to prioritize and multi-task.
  • Understanding of the audit and regulatory environment of financial institutions.Salary Range: $85,000.00 to $150,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits.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
    • 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
    • Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
    • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
    • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
    • 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
    • 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 opportunitiesFor a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our .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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
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