IAM Solution Architect

Client: County of Santa Clara

Location: Remote (San Jose CA)

Duration: 6 months w/ option to extend

Rate: $110/hr

Interview mode: 23 rounds via Skype/Webex

Visa restrictions: this is a very highlevel role and the right candidate will likely have 12 years of U.S. based experience. We are most likely going to be dealing with GC holders or Citizens.

Please note that we are looking for a highly experienced individual with excellent English communication skills (writing/speaking). This person not only needs to have experience with very large IAM solution implementations (our client has 18000 users) but this individual must be able to analyze our clients current environments while leading the proof of concept product selection and deployment of the solutions. This requires extensive domain experience and superb communication and documentation skills.

Position Title: IAM Solution Architect

Objective:

Our client seeks a highly qualified Identity & Access Management (IAM) subject matter expert (SME) who will play a key role in decisionmaking processes for the implementation operation and maintenance of an enterprisewide IAM solution. Your responsibilities will include researching designing architecting and operationalizing an enterprise IAM solution with a focus on integrating existing systems and solutions. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in Single SignOn integrations Azure IAM and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Work with internal stakeholders across numerous technical functions to develop and update a technical roadmap for an IAM solution
• Operate as the senior subject matter expert for the IAM project
• Define the policies and procedures related to IAM functions
• Responsible for complex program design testing debugging and documentation.
• Ensure user experience considerations are incorporated into the program design and delivered solution.
• Provide recommendations on IAM best practices and help establish the centralized IAM service function to support an internal user base
• Lead the proof of concept product selection and deployment of the IAM solution
• Identify areas of technical consolidation as well as IAM governance requirements for noncentralized functions
• Understand system dependencies and interrelation to the business
• Perform capacity planning and analysis of infrastructure systems
• Analyze complex crossfunctional and crossplatform issues

Required Skills & Abilities:

• 8 years of relevant Identity and Access Management and/or Identity Governance and Administration experience
• Proven track record of successful IAM implementations and support of those applications
• 5 years of experience with multiple authentication and authorization solutions and directory platforms
• 3 years of experience with privileged access management solutions
• Extensive experience with the design and configuration of ThirdParty integrations leveraging SAML
• Excellent understanding of authentication authorization rolebased access least privilege and segregation of duties access control concepts.
• Proven experience leading the troubleshooting and solving issues related to identities access accounts authentication authorization entitlements and permissions.
• Strong decisionmaking capabilities with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate actions.
• Thorough detailoriented and qualitydriven with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Relevant industry training and/or certification preferred
• Experience migrating from Microsoft Identity Manager to an equivalent identity management solution
• Good understanding of Microsoft Identity Manager synchronization service password change notification service and connectors.

Contract Term: 6 months w/ option to extend

OnSite Requirements: Remote work allowed