Senior Identity & Access Management Specialist
Talent is recruiting for an experienced Senior Identity and Access Management Specialist to join our client in the Education Sector based in St Lucia, Brisbane on a long-term contract through until November 2027.
// Senior IAM Specialist w/Okta Experience
// Contract until end of November 2027
// Higher Education Sector
Responsibilities:
- Conduct detailed technical discovery of various IAM components such as systems of record ingestion, access policies, MFA services, SSO, federated services, etc.
- Document and/or assist with documentation associated with detailed designs, key decision papers, options analysis, etc.
- Conduct key stakeholder meetings with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Assist with the implementation of the new IAM platform and the associated services.
- Assist with the transition of services from the current platform to the new platform.
- Conduct and/or assist with reporting of technical elements for the project.
- Collaborate strongly with the project manager, program architect, business analyst, implementation partner and operation support team.
- Provide technical advice and guidance for the operational support teams.
Qualifications / Accreditations:
- IAM related technical qualifications (eg: Okta Certified Professional or Azure Identity & Access Administrator)
- Desirable: Bachelor of Information Technology (or similar degree)
Ideal Skills:
- Centralised IAM solutions such as Okta, Ping ID, Entra ID, etc.
- Downstream directory services such as Active Directory or similar
- Passwordless authentication services
- Business to Business (B2B) guest access
- Consumer to Business (CSB) guest access (Social account access)
- Identity Governance and Administration
- SCIM (System for Cross-Domain Identity Management) user and group provisioning
- Deep knowledge of standards and protocols such as SAML, OAuth, WS-FED, OpenID Connect, Kerberos.
- Design and implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), and other access management models.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (PowerShell, Python, Bash).
- Knowledge of APIs and RESTful services for integrating IAM solutions with other enterprise applications.
- Technical writing and documentation.
- Translating technical details into business-friendly language.
- Training and mentoring IT teams or end-users on the future IAM platform features and practices.
Experience:
- At least 5 years' experience working directly within an IAM team (or similar) as a technical specialist.
- Created design specification documentation from start to completion.
- Worked on large scale IAM projects.
- 2+ years of experience in designing and deploying solutions on Microsoft Azure platform and experience in workload migrations.
- Experience with public cloud platforms, including design, implementation and workload migration.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Azure services (IaaS and PaaS).
- Understanding of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, Enterprise Scale Landing Zones and Well Architected Framework and incorporating into Azure designs
- Desirable: A key technical resource on an IAM platform that has multiple systems of record (sources of truth).
- Desirable: Worked in an IAM team within a university.
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Senior Identity & Access Management Specialist in Brisbane employer: Talent Corp
Join a forward-thinking organisation that prioritises innovation and collaboration in the healthcare sector. As a Solution Architect, you'll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to transforming healthcare technology, with ample opportunities for professional growth and development. Enjoy a supportive work culture that values your expertise and encourages you to make a meaningful impact on the future of healthcare.
