Principal Identity & Access Management Engineer
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Job Description
About the Opportunity
This job description isintended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this isnot intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to the Associate Vice President - Infrastructure the Principal Identity Access Management Engineer contributes to the Identity and Access Management (IAM) program at Northeastern Universitys global campus system.
The Principal Identity Access Management Engineer is responsible for contributing to IAM component designs IAM service development service integration implementation and operations of university wide IAM services for all faculty staff students parents alumni vendors and University technology partners.
The Principal IAM engineer is proficient with the following: Modern approaches to IAM with Microsoft Azure/AD/SSO OAuth OpenID and SAML; expert knowledge of identity provisioning with IGAs (e.g. Saviynt); Role-based access control. Experience with DevOps/SRE methodologies and background in automation/IaC/GitOps.
The right individual for this role will have the ability to build partnerships and lead technical teams having proficiency in technical concepts and the ability to manage complex projects.
Regrettably the university is unable to work sponsor for this role now or in the future.
This position is hybrid; working three days onsite is required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors degree in Information Systems or Computer Science and/or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Seven years of professional IT experience preferably building or operating programs within the domain areas of Identity and Access Management.
Expert knowledge of Microsofts AzureAD/SSO/Active Directory with a strong focus on access control via RBAC/ABAC.
Well-versed in the information security issues affecting educational entities and cloud-based application service providers.
Ability to assess computer systems and business processes for security risks.
Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills including formal report writing experience.
Experience working in Agile teams with Scrum/Kanban/etc.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
3 years experience with coding in Python or Groovy to transfer manipulate identity data and accomplish process automation.
Experience with Saviynts IGA platform.
Experience with Grouper and Shibboleth.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES
Responsible for technical delivery and integration for authentication authorization identity provisioning and identity governance and administration (IGA) solutions across all University systems audience types and applications.
Help drive optimizations for IAM team operational performance across all IAM disciplines and functions. Responsible to assist in driving high levels of IAM services nimbleness agility and responsiveness to university systems and applications.
Without direct supervision perform tasks required to ensure customer satisfaction and departmental SLAs are achieved.
Provide Tier 1 2 and 3 support to customers on the services provided by the department.
Provide accurate and effective documentation on all issues and problems.
Provide training and documentation to Tier 1 support and other department team members on emerging issues.
Responsible for IAM system production support (may require outside of regular hours as needed)
Establishes success metrics for the IAM program that measure the reliability and availability of IAM environments.
Position Type
Information TechnologyAdditional Information
Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience education and skills when extending an offer.
Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical vision dental paid time off tuition assistance wellness & life retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin age sex sexual orientation disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Compensation Grade/Pay Type:
113SExpected Hiring Range:
$112180.00 - $162662.50With the pay range(s) shown above the starting salary will depend on several factors which may include your education experience location knowledge and expertise and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
