IAM Operations Engineer/Solutions Architect
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support identity solutions addressing complex application and business requirements using identity management, access control, authentication/authorization, and Single Sign-On (SSO) technologies
- Identify and remediate architectural deficiencies in IAM systems to enhance resilience and reliability
- Provide architectural guidance and implementation support to application teams for modernization, refactoring, and re-platforming initiatives
- Develop standardized migration paths for legacy applications transitioning to approved authentication, authorization, SSO, and MFA technologies; collaborate with partner teams on execution
- Participate in strategic planning and decision-making with stakeholders, partner teams, architects, and peers
- Analyze business process dependencies on IAM systems and resolve root causes of performance, reliability, and availability issues
- Create comprehensive design documentation for identity solutions and guide application teams through successful implementation
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience implementing authentication, authorization, SSO, and MFA solutions for enterprise applications
- Proven experience supporting identity systems for mission-critical applications in large-scale enterprise environments
- Expertise with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) administration, including enterprise applications, user/group management, MFA, and Conditional Access Policies (CAP)
- Advanced troubleshooting capabilities for authentication, authorization, and SSO infrastructure
- Deep understanding of SSO protocols (SAML, OIDC) with hands-on experience integrating on-premises and SaaS applications
- Working knowledge of RADIUS authentication and PKI solutions
- Ability to analyze legacy application authentication/authorization requirements and develop modernization strategies
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages (PowerShell, Python, Java preferred)
- Experience developing and supporting applications on AWS cloud platform
- Good knowledge of networking, security, device posture enforcement
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience implementing password less authentication solutions using passkeys, hardware tokens, and smart badge technologies
- Experience deploying and administering Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions
About Korn Ferry
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