IT & Cloud Security Engineer

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Public Partnerships LLC supports individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses and aging adults, to remain in their homes and communities and "self" direct their own long-term home care. Our role as the nation's largest and most experienced Financial Management Service provider is to assist those eligible Medicaid recipients to choose and pay for their own support workers and services within their state-approved personalized budget. We are appointed by states and managed healthcare organizations to better serve more of their residents and members requiring long-term care and ensure the efficient use of taxpayer funded services. Our culture attracts and rewards people who are results-oriented and strive to exceed customer expectations. We desire motivated candidates who are excited to join our fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, and who want to make a difference in helping transform the lives of the consumers we serve. (learn more at www.pplfirst.com).

Access & Data Protection Analyst

Location : NY or 48 US States

Job Type : Full-time

Department : Information Security

Reports To : Director of Security Architecture and Engineering

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled Identity, Access & Data Protection Analyst to support and enhance our enterprise security posture. This role focuses on ensuring secure and appropriate access to systems, enforcing identity governance policies, and protecting sensitive data across the organization. The ideal candidate will possess a blend of technical expertise, risk awareness, and process knowledge to maintain compliance and safeguard digital assets.

This individual will also support audit readiness, data classification workflows, and risk mitigation aligned with HIPAA, SOC 2, and NIST 800-53 (particularly the AC and SC families), as well as support secure development practices in partnership with DevSecOps teams.

Key Responsibilities

Identity & Access Management (IAM) :

• Administer user lifecycle processes (provisioning, de-provisioning, access reviews).
• Maintain and enforce role-based access controls (RBAC) and least privilege principles.
• Support integration of identity providers (e.g., Azure AD, Okta, Ping) with SSO and MFA solutions.
• Monitor and respond to IAM-related alerts and anomalies.
• Conduct regular access reviews and certification campaigns.
• Ensure access decisions are auditable and documented to meet HIPAA §164.312(d), SOC 2 CC6, and NIST AC control requirements.
• Work with application and system owners to define, review, and maintain segregation of duties and least privilege mappings.
• Assist in onboarding IAM automation into DevOps pipelines and secure SDLC processes aligned with NIST SSDF.
• Leverage digital identity signals (device, geolocation, IP, behavioral biometrics, email / phone reputation) to assess user legitimacy.
• Integrate platforms like ThreatMetrix to correlate behavioral and device data against global digital identity networks.
• Evaluate anomalies such as bot behavior, velocity, and prior fraud associations.
• Use explainable risk scores to tailor adaptive authentication and access decisions.

Data Protection :

Security Operations & Compliance :

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Soft Skills

Salary Range : $105,000-$115,000

The above is intended to describe the general contents and requirements of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all duties, responsibilities, or skills of personnel so classified.

This position may have access to private, confidential or sensitive information related to PPL, its customers or clients, or patient information. Employees in this position are required to complete new hire and annual training for privacy and security, complete attestations for the PPL Code of Conduct, The Employee Handbook, and satisfactorily pass a background screen before access to any PPL information will be granted.

PPL is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to celebrating diversity and intentionally creating a culture of inclusion. We believe that we work best when our employees feel empowered and accepted, and that starts by honoring each of our unique life experiences. At PPL, all aspects of employment regarding recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are based on merit, business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and / or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. PPL will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!