Privileged Access Management; PAM) Engineer

Position: Privileged Access Management (PAM) Engineer
Why Mizuho

At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone

It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have the same ambition and drive, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest and growing banks in the world.

Role Overview :

Mizuho EMEA is building a strategic cybersecurity capability hub in Pune and expanding its Privileged Access Management (PAM) capability to strengthen identity security, automate privileged access controls, and establish scalable, globally consistent security controls across the enterprise. The PAM Engineer will play a key role in designing, implementing, and enhancing privileged access controls that protect critical business systems, identities, and assets while supporting a modern security operating model.

Key Responsibilities:

PAM Engineering & Platform Management
Design, implement, and optimize enterprise PAM capabilities across infrastructure, cloud platforms, applications, service accounts, and privileged credentials.
Automate privileged credential lifecycle processes, including onboarding, rotation, reconciliation, access provisioning, and decommissioning.
Configure and maintain PAM policies, role-based access controls, privileged account onboarding standards, workflows, and operational procedures.
Integrate PAM capabilities with identity, security, monitoring, cloud, and enterprise platforms.
Lead platform enhancements, upgrades, troubleshooting, and service reliability initiatives.
Develop and maintain technical standards, documentation, knowledge articles, and operational procedures.

Security Governance & Risk Management
Support privileged access controls aligned to Zero Trust, least privilege, segregation of duties, and enterprise security standards.
Partner with infrastructure, application, cloud, and cybersecurity teams to identify and reduce privileged access risks.
Support audit, compliance, regulatory, and control testing activities through evidence gathering and remediation tracking.
Contribute to the development of common PAM processes, governance standards, and control frameworks that support consistency across global regions.

Automation & Continuous Improvement
Identify opportunities to automate privileged access administration and control monitoring.
Enhance visibility, reporting, and operational metrics related to privileged identities and access controls.
Drive continuous improvements that strengthen security controls, improve user experience, and increase operational efficiency.

What Success Looks Like
Increased onboarding and governance of privileged accounts and credentials.
Improved visibility and control of privileged access across the enterprise.
Greater automation of privileged credential management processes.
Reduced privileged access risk and stronger control effectiveness.
Improved audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
Standardized PAM controls and processes that support scalable global operations.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
5+ years of experience in Privileged Access Management, Identity Security, Cybersecurity Engineering, or related fields.
Experience implementing and supporting enterprise PAM solutions within large-scale environments.
Strong understanding of privileged access controls, identity security, RBAC, Zero Trust, least privilege, and…