There's a Junior Identity and Access Management Analyst opening in Hinjewadi, Pune, and it's a genuinely good starting point for someone early in a cybersecurity career. It's full-time, on-site, and pays up to ₹40,000 a month.
IAM work sits at a specific, useful corner of security. It's less about chasing down active attacks and more about making sure the right people have the right access to the right systems, and that nobody has access they shouldn't. When an employee joins, changes teams, or leaves, someone has to ensure their accounts and permissions are updated accordingly. That's the core of what this role does.
A lot of people picture cybersecurity as constant firefighting, chasing alerts and patching holes under pressure. This role is calmer than that most days, built more around process and consistency than crisis response, though it still connects directly to the incident-response side when an access issue turns out to be part of something bigger.
What you'll be doing
- Set up, adjust, and remove user access across company systems as people join, move between roles, or leave
- Watch access logs and login activity for anything that looks off, like an account suddenly reaching for permissions it's never used before
- Help investigate and respond to access-related security incidents, working alongside more senior analysts on anything serious
- Support periodic access reviews, making sure permissions granted months ago still make sense today
- Apply and help maintain the company's access control policies across directory services and connected applications
Picture a scenario where a finance team member moves to marketing but keeps their old accounting-system access for another six months because nobody flagged it. That's precisely the kind of gap this role exists to catch before it becomes a real problem, whether through a scheduled review or a system alert.
Skills you'll bring
This is a junior role, so the bar is about foundation rather than years of polish. A hiring manager here isn't expecting someone who's already run an enterprise IAM rollout. They're looking for someone who understands the concepts well enough to be useful quickly and who's genuinely curious about how access and identity systems work under the hood.
- Working knowledge of IAM tools and how access provisioning generally works
- Understanding of access control policies and why least-privilege matters in practice, not just in theory
- Familiarity with directory services like Active Directory or similar systems
- Solid security fundamentals, covering the basics of authentication, authorization, and common attack patterns
Nice to have
None of the following is required, but any of it helps. Hands-on exposure to platforms like Okta, SailPoint, or CyberArk moves a resume up the pile quickly. Basic scripting in PowerShell or Python is useful too, since a fair amount of access administration can be automated once someone knows how to write a simple script. A CompTIA Security+ certification, or active progress toward one, also signals real intent to build a career in this direction. Some exposure to compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001 is a bonus as well, since access control ties directly to audit requirements at most mid-sized companies.
Education and experience
The degree bar is a bachelor's, and a technical background works best here; think IT, computer science, or a security-focused program. This particular listing only asks for 3 months of hands-on experience, which puts it firmly in reach for someone finishing a degree or coming off an internship rather than someone with years already logged. Naukri Mitra sees plenty of candidates worry that "junior" postings secretly want three or four years of experience anyway; that isn't the case here, and the low experience bar is intentional given how much of the role can genuinely be learned on the job. A short internship, a college security club project, or even a well-documented home lab exploring an open-source IAM tool would count toward that experience bar in practice, even if it wasn't a formal job.
Pay and benefits
The role pays up to ₹40,000 a month. Alongside that:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Provident fund contributions
- On-site cafeteria access
- Cab or commute support, which matters given how spread out Hinjewadi's IT campuses can be
The provident fund contribution is deducted automatically from every paycheck as a retirement savings measure, standard practice for full-time employment in India, so it's worth expecting a smaller take-home figure than the headline salary might suggest at first glance.
Where and how you'll work
This is an on-site position in Hinjewadi, Pune, with no remote component. Hinjewadi is one of Pune's busiest IT hubs, so anyone coming from farther away in the city should factor in commute time when making their decision, even with cab support included. For someone actively looking for identity and access management analyst jobs in Pune right now, entry points like this one, aimed specifically at freshers and early-career candidates, aren't especially common; most postings at this level default to broader "security analyst" titles that don't focus on IAM.
Identity and access management analyst salary in Pune per month tends to climb noticeably with even a year or two of hands-on IAM tool experience, so this role can work well as a first real step rather than a long-term ceiling. Someone who spends a year or two here and picks up one of the major platforms along the way generally has an easier time moving into a mid-level IAM or broader security role afterward, whether that's with the same employer or elsewhere.
Applying
A resume doesn't need years of professional history to stand out here. Coursework, internships, personal lab projects with an IAM tool, or a certification in progress all count as real signal. Mention specific tools by name if you've touched any of them, even briefly, since that's what a hiring manager will scan for first. Shortlisted candidates can expect a conversation focused on fundamentals, like how access provisioning works and why access reviews matter, rather than deep technical trivia. Anyone nervous about a lack of formal work history shouldn't be; this level of role is built around bringing someone up to speed, not expecting them to arrive fully formed.
