Identity Management Engineer, Senior

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The Office of Information Technology at Florida Atlantic University is seeking an Identity Management Engineer, Senior - Boca Raton, FL

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions across Development, Test, and Production environments.
• Serve as the technical lead for IAM initiatives, providing architectural guidance and subject matter expertise for authentication, authorization, identity governance, privileged access management, and lifecycle management solutions.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce IAM standards, procedures, and best practices, including Active Directory, LDAP, role-based access control (RBAC), and privileged access management.
• Lead the design and management of identity lifecycle processes, including provisioning, deprovisioning, access requests, approvals, certifications, and periodic access reviews.
• Provide technical leadership in the integration of enterprise applications, cloud services, and third-party systems with IAM platforms utilizing connectors, APIs, scripting, and automation.
• Develop and maintain advanced scripts, workflows, and automation solutions to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, and streamline identity management processes.
• Lead infrastructure planning, upgrades, migrations, and patch management activities to maintain security, stability, and vendor supportability.
• Monitor system performance, capacity, availability, and security posture. Establish alerts, dashboards, and operational metrics to ensure service-level objectives are achieved.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex IAM incidents, service disruptions, security events, and integration issues. Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Information Security, Infrastructure, Application Development, Database Administration, Cloud Services, and Network Services teams to develop secure and scalable identity solutions.
• Participate in security audits, compliance initiatives, risk assessments, and access certification activities to ensure adherence to institutional policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
• Serve as the highest level of technical escalation for IAM-related issues and provide mentorship, training, and guidance to engineers, analysts, administrators, and project teams.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, implementation guides, operational procedures, runbooks, disaster recovery plans, and troubleshooting documentation.
• Evaluate emerging IAM technologies, industry trends, and security best practices, making recommendations for continuous improvement and modernization of the IAM program.
• Lead project planning, technical design reviews, implementation activities, and vendor engagements related to IAM initiatives.
• Support on-call activities and provide leadership during critical incidents and service restoration efforts.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor.

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