Identity Specialist Bhjob13022 12425

Identity Specialist - Contract position in Richmond (Hybrid):
On behalf of our client in
**Richmond,**
**Ignite Technical Resources** is looking for an Identity Specialist
** **with our client
** **for a
**contract opportunity**.

**Role Description**:
The Identity Specialist is responsible for:

- planning, developing, implementing and supporting new and existing Identity and Access Management systems
- acting as a technical consultant to project teams
- defining and evaluating new methodologies and procedures
- addressing new requirements
- pursuing enhancements and improvements to new Identity and Access Management design and existing infrastructure

This is a professional-level job which has access to confidential files and materials.

**Responsibilities**:

- Administers the operation, support and maintenance of Company’s Identity and Access Management systems. This includes planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, documenting and optimizing.
- Delivers and supports the Identity and Access Management infrastructure including, but not limited to a) Broadcom Identity Minder b) Broadcom SiteMinder/Single Sign-On c) Azure single sign on d) Privileged Identity Management e) Microsoft Azure Active Directory Services f) Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services g) Microsoft Azure Conditional access policies
- Leads the design of the Identity and Access Management technologies. Manages the Identity and Access Management lifecycle of technologies.
- Monitors the Incident Management System and reports, investigates and coordinates problem resolution efforts. Records incidents in the designated tracking tool and provides documentation to assist in tracking of diagnosis and resolutions.
- Develops, executes and maintains Identity and Access Management support and operations documentation and procedures. Installs, configures and manages network management tools.
- Builds, manages, supports and tears down Identity and Access management infrastructure that is managed by company, or oversees service providers contracted for this purpose.
- Responds as needed and resolves all Identity and Access management platform, performance and related incidents end-to-end, coordinating as necessary between different service providers and with internal support teams. Ensures that root cause analysis is completed for all reported incidents.
- Oversees operations and contract teams by monitoring and reviewing services provided by IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and related service providers, ensuring that appropriate service levels are being met, and identifying gaps and failures in service delivery.
- Coordinates analysis to determine the viability and relative benefits of various internal and external service alternatives for Identity and Access Management infrastructure.
- Plans, Coordinates and implements changes to Identity and Access Management, platform and related services.
- Collaborates with IT teams (ie. Architecture Infrastructure, Capacity Management, Application Support and others) to ensure that Identity and Access Management infrastructure services are capable of meeting all functional and non-functional requirements and deliver the required availability and security levels.
- Leads and designs Identity and Access Management feature enhancements as requested by various business stakeholders.
- Proactively reviews service delivery performance and documents issues and recommends improvements.
- Provides guidance and partners with project managers, service providers and vendors to effective and efficient delivery of Identity and Access Management infrastructure.
- Reviews all IT planned changes and relevant security advisories for potential Identity and Access Management impact and remediation.
- Defines and evaluates new methodologies and procedures capable of responding to evolving and changing demands.
- Keeps up to date of new developments in Identity and Access Management technologies and best practices.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

**Requirements**:

- In-depth knowledge of multiple Identity and access management software i.e. Broadcom, Ping, IBM, Oracle
- Custom identity management connectors
- Single sign-on and federation technologies
- Experience with automated identity provisioning
- Able to comply with company’s Employee and Contractor Mandatory Vaccine Policy
- Development and programming knowledge e.g., Java, APIs
- Experience with LDAP directories
- Experience with Microsoft Azure security e.g., Conditional access policies, Azure SSO, PIM
- Security certifications e.g., CISSP, CISM, SSCP, etc.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure
- Based in Vancouver and proudly Canadian, Ignite Technical Resources has been providing Top Technical Talent to organizations across Canada since 2005._

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