Principal Systems Analyst

Company: Eliassen Group
Location: Merrimack
Posted on: February 16, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Description: Hybrid Every other week onsite/5 days in either Merrimack, NH or Smithfield, RI Our client seeks a Principal Systems Analyst to lead entitlement strategy and identity governance across enterprise platforms. The role will align access models with governance frameworks, support IAM and platform integrations, and maintain audit-ready documentation while partnering with cross-functional teams to mitigate risk and scale securely. Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Rate: $55.00 to $65.00/hr. w2 Responsibilities: Responsibilities Define and maintain user roles, entitlement groups, and access levels aligned to business functions and security requirements. Establish clear naming conventions and taxonomy for entitlements to support scalability. Document and maintain user flows for personas requiring authorization across environments. Ensure entitlement structures align with security policies, regulatory requirements, and governance frameworks. Identify and remediate outdated or excessive entitlements and drive cleanup of unused data and applications. Document policies, standards, and approval workflows and maintain accountability with governance bodies. Partner with cybersecurity and risk teams to identify, document, and remediate access risks or policy violations. Validate technical artifacts for identity federation and ensure correct integration with IAM and platform systems. Maintain traceability between business roles and system access while understanding authorization models. Provide business and technical requirements for current and future identity and access use cases. Coordinate with digital security teams for policy enforcement and technical controls. Facilitate cross-functional communication to align stakeholders and support product priorities. Maintain accurate records of accounts, roles, and entitlements and enforce RBAC and least privilege. Lead access request workflows, approvals, exceptions, and periodic access reviews. Ensure identity activities are logged and auditable and prepare compliance reports. Document provisioning, de-provisioning, role management policies, and support segregation of duties analysis. Use IAG tools to develop dashboards and metrics and deliver training and mentorship on governance policies. Perform data mapping across platforms and document end-to-end data flows for access-related integrations. Write SQL queries and analyze APIs to validate data exchange, documenting results with the team. Translate technical analysis and UI changes into actionable user stories. Experience Requirements: Experience Requirements Strong project management skills with ability to execute against a roadmap. Proficiency in data mapping across multiple platforms. Interest in developing subject-matter expertise in enterprise applications and cybersecurity, audits, and compliance. Ability to write SQL queries and analyze APIs to validate data exchanges and mappings. Technical analysis experience to interrogate system behavior and translate findings into user stories. Background in cybersecurity and auditing (preferred). Agile delivery and Jira experience (preferred). 10 years of systems analysis with 3–5 years in identity and access management or governance. Experience with entitlement hierarchy, RBAC, and audit evidence creation. Familiarity with compliance frameworks. Proficiency in data analysis and documentation with ability to maintain entitlement organization and classification. Stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technical audiences. Experience with database structures, Salesforce, certificate management, and federation metadata. Scripting or query skills in SQL for reporting. Education Requirements: Education Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience. Recruitment Transparency Notice Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process. Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range. W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com. About Eliassen Group: Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate. Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Don’t miss out on our referral program! If we hire a candidate that you refer us to then you can be eligible for a $1,000 referral check!

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