Identity and Access Management Administrator

Overview

Posting Details

Position : Identity and Access Management Administrator (Staff)

University : UNCG (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)

Unit : Information Technology Services (ITS) – Enterprise Systems

Primary Purpose and Unit Context

The primary purpose of the Organizational Unit is to plan, design, implement and support stable and secure enterprise central and client IT systems infrastructure. ITS Enterprise Systems supports more than 21,000 students, faculty, and staff by administering and / or supporting the campus enterprise server infrastructure, enterprise databases, and client computing infrastructure. All core technology services rely on the successful design, development, implementation, growth, maintenance, and monitoring of the campus systems infrastructure.

Position Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to participate in the technical system design, deployment, and management of ITS and customer identity and access solutions, along with maintaining a coordinated register of centrally managed attribute and role-based access controls. The role will ideate novel solutions to multi-faceted identity challenges to safeguard confidential university information. It will participate in the discovery of new technologies and the implementation and configuration of systems and applications in support and optimization of Identity Governance and Role Based Access Control (RBAC). The position will provide knowledge of interactions between technologies and applications across product lines. It will examine external and internal technology trends and implications of alternative approaches, and articulate these concepts to internal staff. It will utilize in-depth knowledge of software engineering, cloud technologies and data engineering to define target architectures, patterns, and processes in support of customer identity and access solutions. It will lead and / or support tool and technology selection and drive standardization and reuse of industry-leading technology across the organization. It will lead and / or support the evaluation and selection process for application packages to satisfy solution requests and related university needs. The position collaborates with ITS Enterprise Systems management in setting guidelines and standards to ensure systems are consistent with ITS and UNCG long-term strategies. It provides technical direction to project teams and translates complex concepts into clear, understandable terms.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s Degree with 3 - 5 years of experience in Identity and Access Management or equivalent combination of education / experience
• 5 years of working within a complex identity lifecycle management environment, including user and group synchronization
• Working understanding of modern database schema design
• Working understanding of MFA, conditional access, and zero-trust architecture
• Knowledge of Single Sign-on protocols such as SAML or TGT
• Ability to implement federated identity management (IdP and SPs)
• 3+ years of experience with cross-platform provisioning / de-provisioning workflows
• Working knowledge of SCIM standards
• Proficient in RBAC and ABAC access control practices
• Working understanding of PAM and least privilege principles
• Working understanding of RESTful APIs and webhooks for integrations and automation
• Proficient in scripting languages such as PowerShell and Python

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Information

Recruitment Range : Salary commensurate with experience

Org - Department : Info Technology Services - 23101

Job Open Date : 09 / 04 / 2024

For Best Consideration Date : 09 / 11 / 2024

Open Until Filled : Yes

FTE : 1.000

Type of Appointment : Permanent

Number of Months per Year : 12

FLSA : Exempt

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