JOB SUMMARY:

The IGA Associate Solution Architect position requires technical knowledge and experience as an Identity and Access Management Architect to design and implement secure and efficient identity and access management solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of IGA principles and technologies and experience working with large-scale enterprise systems.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

Required:

• Bachelors in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity or a related field or equivalent experience/certification.
• 7 years progressive Information Technology/Information Security technical experience in developing, managing, and securing technical solutions.
• 5 years combined experience as follows:
o IGA Engineering & Architecture
o Solution design and development
o Infrastructure, software/hardware/code management

Additional Skills and Qualifications
• Master’s degree
• Project Management experience
• Agile Experience
• Certifications such as Project Management, SCRUM, AWS, security-related
• Experience creating formal roadmaps
• Backlog management
• Strong oral and written communications skills

Core Work Activities:
• Develop and maintain IGA architecture, strategy, and roadmap to ensure consistent, reliable, and secure access to enterprise systems and data and achieve strategic goals
• Leads the design, development, and implementation of IGA solutions, including user provisioning, access management, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
• Defines and prioritizes the product backlog items for the IGA capabilities based on organizational needs, and business objectives.
• Contributes to and documents/maintains the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the IGA capabilities.
• Leads the effort with stakeholders to deliver timely, high-quality products that meet our organization’s needs.
• Collaborates with security analysts, engineers, and developers to ensure that IGA capabilities are aligned with industry best practices and standards.
• Works with business stakeholders to understand and document requirements and provide technical solutions to meet their needs.
• Develops and maintains project documentation and provides status updates to stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Exercises strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Provides technical leadership and guidance on IGA issues, including authentication, authorization, and access control.
• Leads a team of IAM developers, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and support.
• Defines and enforces Coding best practices – specific to solutions and languages.
• Define the code build and release strategies 
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, providing updates, progress reports, and recommendations regarding IGA initiatives.

Managing Projects and Priorities
• Functions as a strategic senior technical expert within the department.
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.
• Champions leaders’ vision for product and service delivery.
• Makes and executes the necessary decisions to keep moving forward toward achievement of goals.
• Provides direction and assistance to other teams regarding projects.
• Determines priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to promote completion of any projects on schedule.
• Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Reviews vendor proposals and selects appropriate vendor for services/technologies/hardware. 
• Thinks creatively and practically to develop, execute, and implement new project plans.
• Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
• Plans, develops, implements, and evaluates the quality of operations.

Delivering on the Needs of Key Stakeholders
• Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders.
• Communicates concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand.
• Demonstrates an understanding of business priorities.
• Supports achievement of performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.

Providing Technical Support and Consultation
• Provides technical expertise and technical leadership within own and other teams.
• Provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness of processes and programs.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes. 
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of function-specific procedures.
• Applies knowledge/judgment to achieve business goals.
• Foresees, identifies, and resolves problems.
• Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job.
• Performs other reasonable duties as required for this position.

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