Identity and Access Management Architect

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Identity and Access Management Architect

@ University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Key Responsibilities:

• Subject-matter expertise across all IAM topics as it relates to both cloud and on-premises enterprise technology, and the relationship between the architectures.
• Leads discussions on IAM architecture, process, and governance development. 
• Drives the adoption of Authentication and Authorization reference architectures for existing, new, and emerging IAM technologies.
• Provides advanced architecture and engineering support to automate and administrator identity and compliance requirements into all enterprise information systems.
• Drives planning and execution of identity management roadmaps and technology enhancements.
• Creates and maintains standards surrounding documentation related to identity processes, procedure, and infrastructure. 
• Assesses current applications and architecture to ensure current implementations align with industry guidelines, best practices, and management approved standards. 
• Defines and documents RBAC to enable access management for Azure/Active directory resources.
• Develops Azure IAM policies, Standardizes and automates IAM activities, implements best practices, automating processes and troubleshooting issues.
• Automates provisioning of IAM and network constructs such as user provisioning to roles and entitlements, access roles, Security groups, NATs, KMS VPC, NACLs etc. Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Requirements:

• Advanced knowledge of identity technologies and concepts.
• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management functionalities, Authentication (Single Sign On, Federated Login, Multifactor, Biometric), Authorization, RBAC, Access and policy Governance and Compliance.
• Experience architecting IAM solutions within Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and, preferably, other cloud providers.
• Intimately familiar with IAM related protocols such as SAML, SPML, XACML, SCIM, OpenID and OAuth.
• Strong experience with Directories, SSO, Federation, Delegated administration, API gateways, SOA services.
• In-depth experience with Microsoft Azure, particularly Azure AD and architecture designs connecting Azure to enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience planning and implementing an Organizational Unit (OU) structure, as well as corresponding Group Policy configuration.
• Experience with ADFS and other Federation technologies.
• Experience with Azure Active Directory, O365 and Synchronization of entities between On-Premise and Cloud Directories.
• Hands on experience working with Windows server technologies, Linux servers with Bash and PowerShell scripting.
• Experience gained through college degree programs and/or certifications in the listed disciplines, information systems, computer science, system analysis with an emphasis in information technology or equivalent experience

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Qualifications:

Required Qualifications: 

• Undergraduate degree in information management, computer science, engineering or a related field.
• Eight years of experience as an information technology professional in one or many roles such as architect, systems engineer, network engineer, or systems analyst.
• A well-rounded infrastructure background with exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments with good experience in Virtualization, Operating Systems, Storage and Networking.
• Knowledge and understanding of networking technologies such as LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, Load Balancers, Firewalls etc.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading technical design projects during all phases of development and deployment.
• Demonstrated progressive experience successfully designing, delivering and/or supporting IT business solutions for large-scale organizations across multiple hardware and software platforms.
• Experience with monitoring, managing, analyzing, reporting and alarming on infrastructure components across the enterprise.
• Experience with specific management and monitoring tools and systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in an Information Technology related field.
• Experience working in a higher education research University.
• 2-4 years of Identity administration and governance experience.
• 1 -3 years of designing and implementing identity solutions.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical issues.
• Ability to adjust to changes in priorities.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new circumstances.
• Good organizational skills.
• Must be flexible and willing to work extended hours as necessary.
• Excellent written, presentation, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to establish staff and departmental goals and objectives that are measurable.
• Ability to adjust to abrupt changes in priorities and strategy.
• Ability to interact comfortably with all levels of management.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build relationships, influence outcomes, and to deliver effective presentations to a variety of audiences.

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How to Apply:

Please apply at: https://louisiana.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/2063?c=louisiana

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