IT Security Analyst, Senior

Job Summary

Purdue IT | Remote for the right person

Join a collaborative and evolving Banner Security team responsible for safeguarding access to the University's student and administrative systems. This role offers the opportunity to help shape the future of our security program through automation, process improvement, and the expansion of security services to our regional campuses. Candidates will have the chance to make a meaningful impact by improving operational efficiency, strengthening security controls, and supporting critical institutional initiatives.

In this role, you’ll provide technical leadership and expertise for security within Purdue’s Ellucian Banner ERP environment and related systems. You’ll design, implement, and maintain role-based security and access controls, helping ensure institutional data remains protected while supporting the operational needs of the University.

Working collaboratively with functional teams, application administrators, developers, database administrators, and auditors, you’ll help strengthen security governance, manage complex access requirements, and support Banner upgrades, releases, patches, and environment changes. You’ll also analyze security and compliance needs, troubleshoot complex access issues, and develop practical solutions, documentation, and automation that improve the consistency and efficiency of security administration. As a seasoned security professional, you’ll provide guidance on role design, user provisioning, segregation of duties, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance, while contributing to projects involving new Banner functionality, security enhancements, and ERP process improvements.

What You’ll Do

• Administer and enhance security and access management across the Banner ERP environment.
• Design and maintain role-based security structures, classes, and user access.
• Partner across technical and functional teams to balance security requirements with business needs.
• Evaluate and implement security changes associated with Banner upgrades, patches, releases, and environment clones.
• Analyze complex access, compliance, and segregation-of-duties requirements.
• Improve security processes through documentation, standardization, and automation.
• Provide expertise and recommendations that strengthen security governance and audit preparedness.
• Contribute to complex ERP security initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.

Why Purdue IT?

This is an opportunity to bring your security expertise to a complex enterprise environment where your work directly supports the integrity and reliability of systems serving the University. You’ll collaborate with professionals across Purdue, solve meaningful security challenges, and help shape secure, sustainable approaches to enterprise access management.

Bring your expertise to Purdue IT and help protect the systems, data, and technology that keep Purdue moving forward.

What We're Looking For

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, business information systems, management information systems, or related field preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be accepted
• At least four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise application security, ERP administration, identity and access management, systems administration, or a related information technology discipline
  • Demonstrated experience supporting user access requests, troubleshooting security-related issues, and collaborating with functional and technical stakeholders to ensure appropriate access controls are implemented
  • Experience
    • analyzing business requirements and translating them into secure and effective role-based security solutions
    • supporting ERP upgrades, patches, releases, environment refreshes, and system implementations with an emphasis on security configuration, validation, and testing
    • administering security within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is required

Preferred:

• Experience:
  • with access governance, segregation of duties analysis, audit support, compliance activities, and the documentation of security processes and procedures
  • writing and troubleshooting SQL queries, generating reports, and utilizing automation or scripting tools to improve security administration processes
  • working with higher education administrative systems, including student, finance, human resources, or financial aid modules
  • with Ellucian Banner security administration, including role-based access controls, security classes, user provisioning, security maintenance, and access management processes

Skills Required:

• Ability to:
  • develop procedures, documentation, and automation that improve security administration processes
  • analyze complex business processes and translate requirements into secure and maintainable security rolesExtensive knowledge of Ellucian Banner security architecture, including roles, classes, objects, user provisioning, and access controls
• Understanding of role-based access control (RBAC), least-privilege principles, and segregation of duties concepts
• Experience supporting:
  • ERP upgrades, releases, environment refreshes, and system implementations from a security perspective
  • internal and external audits related to user access and security controls
• Strong SQL, reporting, and troubleshooting skills

Additional Information:

• Purdue University will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
• A background check will be required for employment in this position
• FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible for Overtime)
• Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period
• Benefit Statement: Purdue University offers a substantial Benefit Package including medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a generous paid time off package for sick and vacation days -Summary of Benefits for Professional levels 1-3, Management levels 1-2 - Human Resources - Purdue University.

Career Stream

Professional 3

• Pay Band S075
• Job Code #20002253

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