Solution Lead, Privileged Access Management (PAM)

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McKesson is seeking a Solution Lead PAM to help advance and scale enterprise privileged access management capabilities. This role will serve as the technical lead for the PAM service area responsible for shaping PAM strategy owning solution architecture and design patterns identifying capability gaps and helping drive practical solutions that protect privileged accounts credentials secrets machine identities and cloud privileges across hybrid environments.

The Solution Lead will partner closely with security architects engineers application teams and business stakeholders to ensure PAM capabilities are secure scalable automated supportable and aligned to enterprise architecture service priorities and risk reduction objectives.

What Youll Do:

• Lead the design implementation and continuous improvement of enterprise PAM capabilities across cloud and on-premises environments.

• Help shape and evolve the PAM roadmap by identifying capability gaps prioritizing initiatives and driving strategic security outcomes.

• Partner with application teams and business stakeholders to understand requirements shape practical and supportable PAM solutions and ensure outcomes are delivered.

• Own solution architecture and lead implementation of controls for privileged accounts credential vaulting secrets management session monitoring service accounts and machine identities.

• Serve as an escalation point for PAM operational issues and incidents helping assess impact guide resolution and identify follow-up actions to reduce recurrence.

• Develop standards automation and operational processes that improve PAM adoption supportability scalability and alignment with Zero Trust principles.

• Evaluate emerging technologies industry trends and threats related to privileged access secrets management cloud privilege management and privileged identity security.

• Provide technical leadership mentoring and guidance across cybersecurity engineering initiatives.

Basic Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10 years of relevant experience. Less years required if has relevant Masters degree etc.
• 8 years of experience in cybersecurity PAM IAM security or security engineering roles.

• Hands-on experience with enterprise Privileged Access Management platforms.

• Strong knowledge of privileged accounts and identities credential management session management secrets management service accounts machine identities and cloud privilege management.

• Experience leading security initiatives from requirements through solution design implementation and operationalization.

• Experience supporting operational escalations incident management or production issues for security platforms or services.

• Experience partnering with application teams architects engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to shape and deliver practical security solutions.

• Ability to identify capability gaps contribute to roadmap planning prioritize work and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Experience with CyberArk strongly preferred; experience with similar enterprise PAM technologies such as Delinea BeyondTrust or HashiCorp Vault also considered.

• Experience leading large-scale PAM IAM security or privileged identity security transformations.

• Experience securing cloud environments such as Azure AWS or GCP.

• Knowledge of Privileged Identity Management (PIM) Zero Trust principles and adjacent IAM capabilities such as Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).

• Experience with DevSecOps CI/CD security controls and infrastructure automation.

• Experience with PAM secrets or access control patterns for APIs containers Kubernetes or cloud-native platforms.

• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks in healthcare or other regulated industries.

• Relevant certifications such as CISSP CyberArk certifications or equivalent.

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Our Base Pay Range for this position

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