Security Analyst – Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Security Analyst – Identity and Access Management (IAM) HIGHLIGHTS
Location: REMOTE
Position Type: Contract to Hire
Hourly / Salary: Â Based on Experience
Residency Status: Â US Citizen or Green Card Holder ONLY


Our client is looking for a ​​​​Security Analyst – IAM to join their team!



Job Summary:


The Security Analyst for Identity and Access Management (IAM) is responsible for supporting the maintenance of clients Security Program with a focus on the company’s identity systems and single sign-on systems (SSO). This includes enhancing the information security management framework, supporting the user lifecycle management process, and monitoring for internal and external threats.



Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Â

• Implement, at management direction, and monitor a strategic, comprehensive enterprise information security management system to ensure the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information owned, controlled, or processed by the organization.
• Deploy and support IAM systems to facilitate user life-cycle management, identity and access governance, and Privileged Account Management (PAM).
• Assist and administer the deployment of the Okta identity solution, demonstrating proficiency with SSO protocols, workflows, and MFA with Okta.
• Provide operational support for IAM products, including day-to-day management of systems and incident/support ticket management.
• Experience troubleshooting problems across various environment types ranging from on-premises, cloud, and SaaS.
• Partner closely with other security team members, as well as those on other IT teams and operating companies to drive IAM maturity and awareness.
• Monitor the external threat environment for emerging threats and advise relevant stakeholders on the appropriate courses of action.
• Manage, upgrade, and maintain servers and applications for information security tools.
• Track, manage and follow-up on existing security issues.
• Support and maintain Security Program.
• Special projects as assigned.

Qualifications: Â

• Five years minimum experience in Microsoft Active Directory (Preferably in a multi domain environment).
• Three years minimum experience in Microsoft Entra ID.
• Three years’ minimum experience with Okta Access Management or similar single sign-on systems.
• One year minimum experience with Privileged Access Management systems.
• Experience and/or thorough understanding in one or more of the following technologies/languages: Microsoft Azure, MFA, SSO, RADIUS, LDAP, SAML, OAuth, OpenID, WS-FED, REST API, or PowerShell.
• MCSA, MCSE, CISSP or GSEC certification is preferable.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with personnel at all levels.
• Strong project management skills.
• Must be capable of delivering a very high level of customer service.

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