Technical Specialist

The Senior Technical Specialist - IAM Architect is responsible for designing implementing and supporting enterprise identity and access management solutions across Carriers global environment. The role provides technical leadership for authentication federation SSO MFA identity lifecycle integrations and large-scale migration initiatives with a primary focus on transitioning applications and services from Okta to Microsoft Entra ID.

• Serve as the technical architect for Okta Microsoft Entra ID and related identity platforms.
• Design authentication and federation architectures using SAML OIDC SCIM and modern identity standards.
• Define target-state identity architectures and migration approaches for enterprise applications.

• Lead technical assessment planning and execution of application migrations from Okta to Microsoft Entra ID.
• Develop migration patterns for SAML OIDC bookmark and custom-integrated applications.
• Partner with application owners business stakeholders and vendors to resolve migration challenges and support cutovers.
• Drive onboarding testing validation and production deployment activities throughout migration waves.

• Configure and support enterprise SSO and MFA integrations.
• Guide application teams through metadata exchanges federation setup authentication flows and code changes where required.
• Support integration of cloud SaaS and custom applications with enterprise identity platforms.

• Collaborate with IAM engineering operations cybersecurity and compliance teams to ensure secure identity controls.
• Support application onboarding processes and adherence to IAM standards.
• Participate in change management issue resolution root-cause investigations and production support activities.

• Provide subject matter expertise to business units and project teams on identity technologies and best practices.
• Lead technical working sessions migration reviews architecture discussions and vendor engagements.
• Mentor implementation teams and contractors supporting IAM initiatives.

• Work closely with cybersecurity cloud infrastructure application owners and external partners.
• Coordinate migration activities testing efforts production cutovers and application remediation workstreams.
• Drive status reviews and governance meetings related to IAM initiatives.

• Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
• Okta Workforce Identity
• Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• SAML 2.0 OpenID Connect (OIDC) OAuth
• SCIM Provisioning
• Identity Federation
• Application Authentication Architecture
• Cloud Identity Integrations
• Enterprise IAM Transformation Programs

• Technical lead and subject matter expert for identity modernization initiatives.
• Provides direction to contractor and migration delivery teams supporting IAM transformation programs.

• Modernize enterprise authentication platforms.
• Reduce dependency on legacy identity providers.
• Improve security posture through centralized identity controls.
• Enable secure and compliant application access across Carriers global environment.

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