IAM Engineer II

IAM Engineer II
8876BR
Finance & Administration
ITS Identity and Access Management

Job Summary
RIT is looking for a IAM Engineer II to join the Information Technology Services (ITS) team where we are always on to something amazing. The position is part of the Infrastructure Applications team responsible for centralized foundational IT services that support the greater RIT community. Primary responsibilities are for the technical design, development, and maintenance of complex software-intensive Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, applications and integrations.

Job Responsibilities:
Job Responsibilities :

• Collaborating with business partners and end users to gather IAM requirements, communicate IAM changes, develop IAM strategies for IAM services, and facilitate new integrations with authentication and authorization services.
• Performing ongoing maintenance, enhancements, integration, and improvements to authentication and authorization software platforms such as SSO, MFA, social logon, federation, and IAM source, target and downstream connectors such as HRMS, SIS, Payroll, AD, LDAP, email, API, etc.
• Identifiy and maintain appropriate hardware and software technologies that are essential to the integrity and function of IAM environments.
• Develops, programs, and / or deploys automation workflows for deployment, configuration, and monitoring of IAM systems / services
• Manages, maintains, selects, and develops IAM automation tools and infrastructure as code, including security configurations
• Build and manage relationships with relevant IAM vendors to evaluate, purchase, and implement new and emerging IAM technologies; maintain and document IAM systems, establish operational IAM procedures, and manage IAM projects.
• Consulting with service owners and data stewards on the development, configuration, and deployment of design changes and enhancements to IAM dataflow and data integrations to meet business requirements.
• Participating in the improvement of team skills, software techniques, system reliability and overall quality to ensure that IAM services are supported, monitored and maintained throughout their full life cycle.
• Creating and maintaining documentation for IAM services, troubleshooting performance issues, and partnering with other teams and vendors to implement improvements.
• Understanding the core functionality capabilities of IAM applications and assisting business partners in leveraging the technology to meet the needs of the university.
• Participating in the evaluation and selection process for new services.
• Participating in the evaluation and selection process for enterprise applications. This includes development of technical requirements and application assessments.
• Responsible for the administration, technical deployment, support and maintenance of enterprise IAM applications.
• Plans and schedules application maintenance, upgrades, and all other associated service overhead for enterprise IAM applications.
• Responsible for the completion of service requests and the resolution of incidents associated with selected IAM enterprise applications.
• Implements and administers application security that meets RIT security standards for IAM applications
• 24x7 service support, including on-call rotation responsibilities.
• Participates in ITIL practices of incident, problem management, service request, and change management as highest escalation point for software programs/services.

Level Scope :
As a level II IAM Platform Engineer, you are expected to have practical knowledge of specialized or multiple technologies, products, programs, and process areas. The scope and impact of your work will typically extend to a variety of other units, teams, areas of specialization, and departments. Work is accomplished with limited supervision and problems and issues faced are usually varied, vague, may require understanding of a broader set of issues. You will effectively explain complex policies, practices and procedures to others, and work to influence parties within your own area at an operational level. You may also provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees.

As a level II IAM Platform Engineer, you are expected to have practical knowledge of specialized or multiple technologies, products, programs, and process areas. The scope and impact of your work will typically extend to a variety of other units, teams, areas of specialization, and departments. Work is accomplished with limited supervision and problems and issues faced are usually varied, vague, may require understanding of a broader set of issues. You will effectively explain complex policies, practices and procedures to others, and work to influence parties within your own area at an operational level. You may also provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees.

Required Qualifications:

• Please note: The person hired into this position must be a U.S. Person as defined by NIST

Experience/Skills:

• 2 to 4 years of related information technology experience
• Conceptual understanding of identity & access management
• Experience in Unix environments
• Understanding of core networking principles
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization software platforms such as SSO, MFA, social logon, and federation.
• Conceptual understanding of CI/CD or GitOps
• Understanding of web technologies
• Proficient oral and written communications skills.
• Ability to work well with all areas of the organization and enable business outcomes by translating technical concepts into plain language.
• The ability to implement security and compliance controls
• The ability to implement and analyze monitoring and logging
• Collaborates well in a team environment.
• Sensitive to clients needs & can develop warm client relationships.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of basic cloud services: vaults, storage, resource groups, etc
• Recent experience working with authentication, authorization platforms in a higher education environment
• Ability to write and understand multiple programming languages: Python, Javascript, Bash, PHP

Department/College Description
Information and Technology Services(ITS) is committed to serving the university s information technology needs. We provide design, development, and support for centralized administrative applications, technology infrastructure, and client computing, as well as advice and support for a wide variety of other information technology needs. The ITS Infrastructure Applications team provides foundational IT services to support the greater RIT community in partnership with cross-functional individuals from other teams. The primary focus of these services is Identity and Access Management which includes; IAM consulting, business integrations, management tools, directories, authentication services, federated identity, and identity security.

Minimum Qualifications

• Please note: The person hired into this position must be a U.S. Person as defined by NIST

Experience/Skills:

• 2 to 4 years of related information technology experience
• Conceptual understanding of identity & access management
• Experience in Unix environments
• Understanding of core networking principles
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization software platforms such as SSO, MFA, social logon, and federation.
• Conceptual understanding of CI/CD or GitOps
• Understanding of web technologies
• Proficient oral and written communications skills.
• Ability to work well with all areas of the organization and enable business outcomes by translating technical concepts into plain language.
• The ability to implement security and compliance controls
• The ability to implement and analyze monitoring and logging
• Collaborates well in a team environment.
• Sensitive to clients needs & can develop warm client relationships.

Professional Area:
Employment Category: Fulltime
Staff Job Function: Wage Band: $68800 - $115200
Hourly/Salary Minimum: $68800
Hourly/Salary Maximum: $115200

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Rochester Institute of Technology, the 10th largest private university in the U.S., is among the world s leading technological universities. Its 18,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries are enrolled in over 200 academic programs, including 7 interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs. A pioneer in experiential education, RIT was the first to offer undergraduate degree programs in biotechnology, information technology, software engineering, and microelectronic engineering. As home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the university offers unparalleled academic opportunities and services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Founded in 1829, RIT has 115,000 alumni throughout the United States and around the world. RIT has been named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the Great Colleges to Work For. RIT is a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation site . click apply for full job details