IAM Governance Analyst III

Job Description

Inova Information Security is looking for a IAM Governance Analyst III to join the Team. This hybrid role will be full-time working day-shift Monday - Friday.

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) Governance Specialist 3 serves as a senior individual contributor responsible for designing, overseeing, and continuously improving enterprise-wide IAM processes to ensure secure, compliant, and auditable access. This role provides advanced oversight of identity lifecycle, access controls, and certification activities, advises leadership on IAM risk and process effectiveness, and ensures IAM capabilities align with organizational objectives, security policies, and regulatory requirements.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

IAM Governance Analyst III Responsibilities:

• Designs, implements, and maintains enterprise-wide IAM processes to support secure and compliant access management.
• Provides senior-level oversight of identity lifecycle, access control, and high-risk IAM activities.
• Ensures IAM processes scale effectively across identity sources, populations, and enterprise roles.
• Evaluates IAM controls for effectiveness, maturity, and alignment with security and compliance requirements.
• Advises leadership on identity source integration strategies and authoritative systems of record.
• Establishes and maintains standards for identity attributes, relationships, and authorization alignment.
• Ensures IAM processes support accurate and automated Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) lifecycle execution.
• Identifies and assesses risks related to identity management, access control, and lifecycle processes.
• Develops and delivers metrics, reporting, and analysis on IAM process effectiveness and outcomes.
• Provides oversight and subject matter expertise for identity, role, and administrator certification activities.
• Analyzes certification results, trends, and exceptions to inform process and risk improvements.
• Serves as a senior IAM advisor for internal and external audit and compliance activities.
• Leads requirements definition and process design for IAM enhancements and automation initiatives.
• Collaborates with IAM engineering, system owners, and security partners to align technical solutions with IAM requirements.
• Mentors and guides lower-level IAM staff and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree; or Associate's degree and 2 years relevant professional experience in addition to the minimum experience required; or HS Diploma/GED and 4 years relevant professional experience in addition to the minimum experience required
• Experience: 5 years of technology operations support, system administration, IAM support, or related experience.
• Certification: At least one vendor-agnostic security industry certification related to access management is required. To include: CISSP (Certified Information systems Security Professional), CIMP (Certified Identity Management Professional), CIPA (Certified Identity Protection Advisor) or other equivalent

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.


Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.