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Solutions Architect (Identity and Access Management Implementation, SSO, Azure) (Remote, US)
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Solutions Architect (Identity and Access Management Implementation, SSO, Azure) (Remote, US)
We are looking for a Solutions Architect for our client, a County in the State of California. The focus of this role is to assist the client in their decision-making for implementing, operating, and maintaining an enterprise-wide IAM solution and to help in researching, designing, architecting, and operationalizing an enterprise IAM solution for the client while also taking into consideration the integration of existing systems and solutions.
This contract position is a 6-month role, extensions likely, 40 hours per week. This is a remote role in the US.
This is a W-2 role as a Stage 4 Solutions employee. Health benefits and 401K are offered.
Responsibilities:
- Work with internal stakeholders across numerous technical functions to develop and update a technical roadmap for an IAM solution
- Operate as the senior subject matter expert for the IAM project and define the policies and procedures related to IAM functions.
- Responsible for complex program design, testing, debugging, and documentation.
- Ensure user experience considerations are incorporated into the program design and delivered solution.
- Provide recommendations on IAM best practices and help establish the centralized IAM service function to support internal user base
- Lead the proof of concept, product selection and deployment of the IAM solution
- Identify areas of technical consolidation as well as IAM governance requirements for non-centralized functions and understand system dependencies and interrelation to the business
- Perform capacity planning and analysis of infrastructure systems and analyze complex cross-functional and cross-platform issues
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management and/or Identity Governance and Administration and a proven track record of successful IAM implementations and support of those applications.
- 5+ years of experience with multiple authentication and authorization solutions and directory platforms
- 3+ years of experience with privileged access management solutions
- Experience in Single Sign-On integrations, Azure, IAM, and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions.
- Experience with the design and configuration of Third-Party integrations leveraging SAML and with authentication, authorization, role-based access, least privilege, and segregation of duties access control concepts.
- Experience in leading the troubleshooting and solving issues related to identities, access, accounts, authentication, authorization, entitlements, and permissions.
- Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate actions.
- Experience in migrating from Microsoft Identity Manager to equivalent identity management solution and good understanding of Microsoft Identity Manager synchronization service, password change notification service, and connectors.
- Relevant industry training and/or certification preferred