Analyst, HPA Monitoring Analyst

About the Role

We are seeking an Information Security Analyst with hands-on security monitoring and Splunk experience to join the Highly Privileged Access (HPA) Monitoring team. This role is part of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Security organization. The team is responsible for monitoring and investigating activity involving privileged accounts and elevated access across Synchrony's technology environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security alerts involving privileged accounts and elevated access.
• Analyze security and identity telemetry in Splunk.
• Identify potentially unauthorized activity.
• Document investigation results.
• Work with technology and security stakeholders to resolve identified issues.
• Help improve the effectiveness of HPA monitoring by identifying false positives.
• Recognize monitoring gaps.
• Recommend alert-tuning opportunities.
• Support the development and enhancement of security monitoring use cases.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Hands-on security monitoring experience.
• Hands-on Splunk experience.
• Experience in SOC/security monitoring.
• Experience in SIEM analysis.
• Experience in identity or access-related investigations.
• Hands-on Splunk/SPL skills.

Prior experience with IAM or PAM technologies is preferred but not required if the candidate demonstrates strong security investigation and Splunk skills.

Qualifications

• Information Security Analyst role.
• Experience with the Highly Privileged Access (HPA) Monitoring team.
• Part of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Security organization.
• Grade/Level: 09.
• Job Family Group: Information Technology.