azure ad/iam engineer - hybrid

at Randstad US in chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

azure ad/iam engineer – hybrid.

+ chicago , illinois

+ posted april 11, 2024

job details

summary

+ $140,000 – $155,000 per year

+ permanent

+ bachelor degree

+ category computer and mathematical occupations

+ reference1048656

job details

job summary:

Hybrid with a top law firm in Chicago!

Pension and great benefits!

Work 35 hours = Full Time Salary!

-Warm, energetic, trusting team

-Great opportunity to work at a larger firm with a great reputation.

-Management style is trusting and the team is big on autonomy

-This is an opportunity to build technology from the ground up while molding the technology to the needs of the business

-This department is an evolving security team, and the team is attempting to be more robust, with opportunities for advancement and responsibility.

-Two engineers in total, including this role (AD focused)

-Five Operations Analysts (strictly IAM focused)

-This role will report into the IAM Manager

-This team sits in the Information Technology – Information Security Team

AD SME

Azure AD SME

The Engineer for the Identity & Access Management (IAM) function is responsible for identifying, delivering and supporting the technology used to deliver Sidley’s overall Identity & Access Management program, which is designed to ensure the Firm’s user identities, accounts, credentials and system access are fully and completely managed for all system users. The Engineer is responsible for the current technology in place (Okta Verify/SSO, Microsoft/Azure AD, Delinea, etc) and ensuring successful operations, interoperability and general well-being. S/he works proactively with IAM Manager and IAM Architect and various IT and business departments to implement services that meet Sidley’s current and future IAM needs.

The IAM Engineer is a proven technologist and a hands on problem solver, as well as, an effective internal consultant, who will regularly advise others on access and security/risk related issues. S/he must possess domain competencies in a number of related disciplines, including security, risk, access control, overseeing backend technology with Okta, ARS/AD/Azure (on premises and Cloud based) authentication, multi factor authentication and entitlements reviews.

Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Work with the IAM Manager to build out and oversee the IAM function’s technical controls and its related activities including planning, solutioning, testing, reporting and delivering IAM services.

+ Oversee the implementation of all current solutions to ensure they are configured appropriately and are delivering maximum value for the Firm. Review current documentation such as Procedures, run books, and Knowledge Base Articles used by the Service Desk. Review and/or establish Best Practices where applicable

+ Engage and interact with other IT Departmental Engineers to ensure future efforts (ours and their’s) result in continued uninterrupted delivery of all IAM services.

+ Demonstrate extensive understanding of IAM concepts such as directory services, SSO, federation, MFA, provisioning, access certification, roles and SOD.

+ The analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance of all layers of IAM applications, including Authorization / Authentication and Account Creation / Management / Provisioning / Retirement in data repositories. Including; strategy, organizational design, process re-engineering and technology implementation.

+ Functional areas and work experience should include; fine-grained access control, policy driven security, Identity Governance, Access Management, and Privileged access management, user provisioning/de-provisioning, and federation.

+ Provide support with respect to requirements gathering, project management and delivery of one or more Identity platforms, such as SailPoint (Identity IQ), Okta, and Saviynt.

+ Serve as the central point of contact for information security and IAM policy and process related issues.

+ Address Vulnerabilities, Pentest findings and audit issues in a timely manner.

+ Participate in a 24×7×365 on-call rotation

+ Stay abreast of industry trends, solution landscape and market conditions and update peers and management accordingly.

+ Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities (Duties) above satisfactorily and meet the requirements below. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email staffrecruiting@sidley.com (current employees should contact Human Resources).

Education and/or Experience:

Required:

+ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

+ Minimum of 3 years of experience in a Technical IAM related role, ranging from technical tool evaluation/selection, implementation and operations. Cloud based utilization and cloud adoption a must.

+ Experience with Microsoft Active Directory (Azure AD) and GPO management, Windows Desktop and Server environments.

+ Experience with IT Security and Governance Risk and Compliance functions and their needs.

+ Working knowledge of IT management frameworks such as Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT) and/or Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).

+ Experience developing, deploying, integrating and supporting IAM services within a larger IT organization showcasing strengths in teamwork and establishing successful partner ships.

Preferred:

+ Multiple years of Legal Industry or Financial Services experience

+ Experience initiating new technologies and delivery high level services

+ Experience interacting with senior/executive members and presenting material in a simple straight forward manner

+ Industry specific training or certification

Other Skills and Abilities:

The following will also be required of the successful candidate:

+ strong organizational skills

+ strong attention to detail

+ Good judgment

+ strong interpersonal communication skills

+ strong analytical and problem solving skills

+ Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others

+ Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion

+ Able to work under pressure

+ Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities

location: Chicago, Illinois

job type: Permanent

salary: $140,000 – 155,000 per year

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Work with the IAM Manager to build out and oversee the IAM function’s technical controls and its related activities including planning, solutioning, testing, reporting and delivering IAM services.

+ Oversee the implementation of all current solutions to ensure they are configured appropriately and are delivering maximum value for the Firm. Review current documentation such as Procedures, run books, and Knowledge Base Articles used by the Service Desk. Review and/or establish Best Practices where applicable

+ Engage and interact with other IT Departmental Engineers to ensure future efforts (ours and their’s) result in continued uninterrupted delivery of all IAM services.

+ Demonstrate extensive understanding of IAM concepts such as directory services, SSO, federation, MFA, provisioning, access certification, roles and SOD.

+ The analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance of all layers of IAM applications, including Authorization / Authentication and Account Creation / Management / Provisioning / Retirement in data repositories. Including; strategy, organizational design, process re-engineering and technology implementation.

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