Conceptual understanding of secrets management platforms (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault) and/or non-human identity tooling, sufficient to work effectively with the engineers implementing product customizations. Strong technical project management experience — able to assess priority and risk, keep complex implementations on track, and proactively surface risks and ask for help rather than let issues surface late.
Numbers & Facts
Location
New York, NY (Remote)
Salary
$126.03–$131.03 Per Hour
Description
Our Client, a Global Services and Media company, is looking for a Senior Business Analyst for their New York¸ NY/ Remote(out of NYC) location.
Drive the end-to-end deployment of Client NHI governance platform across Client environment, including integration with cloud platforms, identity providers, SaaS tools, and internal systems
Partner with engineers and analysts on the IAM team to define and build the operational model for NHI discovery, classification, ownership assignment, and lifecycle management
Develop dashboards, alerting, and reporting that give Client and business stakeholders real-time visibility into machine identity posture
Machine Identity Governance
Establish intake, assessment, and approval workflows for new machine identities and agent credentials across lines of business
Partner with domain SMEs to define lifecycle management processes — provisioning, rotation, access reviews, and decommissioning — for secrets, service accounts, API keys, and OAuth tokens
Identify ungoverned or orphaned credentials and drive remediation in collaboration with Cloud, Identity, and Engineering teams
Cross-Functional Partnership
Serve as the operational connective tissue between Identity Management, Cloud Operations, Enterprise Applications, and the Cybersecurity team
Partner with the Cyber team to translate policy into enforceable, automated controls
Collaborate with the AI team and lines of business to enable governed adoption of agentic AI — governance as an enabler, not a bottleneck
Represent Client in cross-functional forums on AI governance and machine identity strategy
Program Development
Build and maintain runbooks, standards, and documentation for machine identity operations
Track metrics that demonstrate risk reduction and operational maturity over time
Stay current on the evolving NHI and agentic AI threat landscape and bring relevant practices back to Client
Requirements:
Experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), preferably including Identity Governance and Non-Human Identity (NHI) programs
Strong technical project management experience — able to assess priority and risk, keep complex implementations on track, and proactively surface risks and ask for help rather than let issues surface late
Solid technical grounding in modern integration technology, including APIs, cloud platforms, connectors, REST, SCIM, and enterprise system integrations
Familiarity with OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and API key-based authentication patterns
Business analysis experience, including the ability to gather requirements and produce technical requirements documents, design documents, and related program artifacts
Conceptual understanding of secrets management platforms (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault) and/or non-human identity tooling, sufficient to work effectively with the engineers implementing product customizations
Conceptual understanding of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and how machine identities are created and used within them
Ability to work across organizational boundaries: you're as comfortable in a technical deep-dive with engineers as you are presenting risk posture to stakeholders
Clear, structured communicator — written and verbal
Experience with NHI governance or secrets security platforms (e.g., Entro Security, Astrix, Elimity, or similar)
Background in or exposure to agentic AI frameworks and how AI agents authenticate to services