Cathay Bank · 1 day ago
AVP, IAM Platform Application Onboarding and Administration
Cathay Bank is a financial institution that values its team members and fosters a caring culture. The AVP, IAM Platform Application Onboarding and Administration is responsible for the technical and operational management of the bank's Identity Governance and Administration platform, ensuring compliance with security policies and overseeing the integration of various applications to enhance identity lifecycle management.
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Responsibilities
Manage and monitor Cathay Bank’s IGA platform’s availability, capacity, changes, performance, and compliance to our IAM policy and security program and its enforcement on the management of identity lifecycle and application/asset access management
Drive and coordinate all relevant interactions to achieve the connected-technical interfacing of systems and applications to Cathay Bank’s relevant IAM platforms and maximize the automated enforcement of IAM processes and controls leading to self-sustainable compliance
Advocate and promote benefits, efficacies and efficiencies gained by integrating systems / applications to Cathay Bank’s IAM platforms, policy and security program enforcing the management of identity lifecycle and application/asset access management
Drive the scheduling, implementation, and execution of access reviews / attestation campaigns and their effectiveness and proactively verify, amend, and remediate gaps in process to both general and individual campaigns supporting and providing solid auditable traceability that confirms effective end-to-end processes and controls are in place
Support, collaborate and provide relevant regulatory proof of compliance to Internal / External audit efforts
Collaborate with Managed Service Providers (MSP) towards the delivery of expert IAM services (application onboarding, connector development, platform evolution) guaranteeing satisfaction of service level agreements and overall continuous improvement
Provide and coordinate timely engineering support and guidance to our Digital Identity Administration and extended IAM / Security and overall IT Application Management teams to ensure timely incident and problem resolution, effective platform capacity management, and ongoing protocol(s) support and continuous environment integration
Ensure efficient handing of logs and audit trails supporting compliance verification, event evidencing, and overall security operations efforts
Support the development of information security processes and procedures as they apply to Bank informational assets, networks, and equipment
Drive performance and compliance data / metrics analysis related to the bank’s identity and access management program, policy, and standards providing periodic operational / compliance / risk KPIs associated to overall platform performance and IAM compliance baseline
Participate in efforts to remediate audit and regulatory findings and recommendations related to identity and access management
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in information technology engineering or related degree
3-5 years of hands-on experience driving the technical integration (onboarding) efforts, from collection of requirements through the definition and mapping of business / application roles to IGA workflows and enforcement of access review campaigns
Holistic view and understanding of end-to-end IAM (authentication and authorization data, endpoint security, network security, policy engine) and solid understanding of IAM technologies and concepts including but not limited to Single IGA, PAM, Sign-On (SSO), Multi-factor authentication (MFA), step-up authentication (SUA), and out of band authorization (OOBA) and core IAM protocols: OAuth, OIDC, FIDO, SCIM, LDAP, SAML…
Strong ability to collaborate, participate and lead groups and projects
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Proven ability to collaborate with peer technical teams and manage third-party service providers
Proven ability to effectively manage concurrent requests and objectives
Comfortable working and collaborating with key stakeholders, peers, clients, and partners
Assist efforts around requirement definitions, learning new concepts, and producing clear and accurate documentation
Demonstrate agility accepting and delivering assignments with high quality solutions
Proven track record of building strong relationships across business functions
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills with the ability to adjust presentation details based on target audience
Extensive knowledge and experience in regulatory guidance, most importantly from the FDIC, CFPB, and FFIEC requirements and supporting guidelines
Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and report writing skills, including the ability to evaluate the usefulness of data and use if in meaningful communication
Preferred
Proven familiarity (certification preferred) with IT Security, Risk Management and Identity and Access Management principles and practices (CISSP, CISM, CIAM)
Relevant product certifications preferred (Okta, SailPoint, OIM…)
Desired connector development skills for connected provisioning, change and deprovisioning of access and entitlements
Benefits
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Long-term disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Health saving account (HSA) with company contributions
Voluntary coverages
401(k)
Company
Cathay Bank
Cathay Bank is a financial services company originally founded to support Los Angeles’ growing Chinese American community. It is a sub-organization of Cathay General Bancorp.
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