Our mission is simply stated: ERS offers competitive benefits to enhance the lives of its members. Each team member across the agency contributes to our ongoing success. ERS operates in a hybrid work environment, with flexible work schedules available to all employees.

Seeking an Identity and Access Management (IAM) Administrator to perform complex to highly complex computer systems administration. The IAM Administrator manages the authorization, authentication, and related permissions to ERS computer systems.

Essential Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage centralized authentication and identity management for ERS. Participate in creating, logging and resolving tickets to ensure timely, accurate and appropriate completion/resolution of requests and issues. Develop an understanding of, assess and manage business risk associated with the access to critical computer systems at ERS.
• Manage the identity management tools for ERS. Provide operational support for systems providing access and identity management. Improve management of existing authorization and authentication methods, data and tools.
• Update and maintain processes and controls for security and change management associated with IAM tools and activities. Update and maintain quality validations and reports for enterprise access across applications. Support and enhance the agency-wide Identity and Access Management (IAM) process model supporting privileged access management, including policy and procedural controls for access.
• Research, assess and evaluate new, upgraded and developing systems and technologies to determine suitability for current and future identity and access management needs. Evaluate systems and access design for discrepancies and vulnerabilities; suggest and carry-out improvements. Provide recommendations including new features, capacity and licensing requirements, high-availability, identity integration and risk assessment as appropriate. Maintain current knowledge of technology, solutions and security.
• Conduct development and documentation of best practices, operating procedures and guidelines and provide quality control through the application of standards and by ensuring that user requirements are met. Analyze existing procedures for efficiency and effectiveness. Participate in the design and implementation of IAM standards, tools and methodologies. Develop, collect and analyze metrics to identify improvement opportunities.

Required Minimum Qualifications: Your application for employment must reflect how you meet each of the following minimum qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in data processing, computer science, computer information systems, or management information systems or a related field; or attainment of a diploma from a two-year technical school with specialization in computer technology plus two years of related work experience. Each year of experience may substitute for the education on a 30 semester hour per year basis.
• Two (2) years experience with authentication, roles and permissions associated with Active Directory and NTFS.

Preferred Qualifications: Your application for employment should reflect how you meet the following preferred qualifications:

• Experience scripting using tools such as Powershell, Perl and Python.
• Experience with integration, authentication, authorization, single sign-on, identity federation, LDAP and enterprise account management.
• Experience with identity and access management security tools/services for example, Okta, Azure AD, Microsoft Identity Manager, and DUO.

PLEASE NOTE: All applications should contain complete job history entries, which includes job title, dates of employment, name of employer, supervisor's name and phone number and a description of duties performed. If this information is not submitted, your application may be rejected because it is incomplete. Resumes do not take the place of this required information.

Other Information: This is not a remote only position. Must work on-call or scheduled after hours work as required. This position may require access to privileged, confidential, or sensitive data. ERS will conduct either a TXDPS or FBI criminal history check on all new hires. For more information about this policy inquiries can be made to .

Military Occupational Specialty Codes:

Veterans, Reservists or Guardsmen with experience in the Military Occupational Specialty () along with the minimum qualifications listed above may meet the minimum requirements and are highly encouraged to apply. Please contact Human Resources at with questions or for additional information.

How to Apply: Ready to join the dedicated, customer-focused team at ERS? Submit the following to the ERS Human Resources Office by 5 P.M. on the closing date:

• A State of Texas Application for Employment submitted online through CAPPS Recruit.
  • Use the link below to create a CAPPS Recruit account and build your profile on the My JobPage tab in the upper left corner of the screen.

• Once your profile is complete, click on the Job Search tab in the upper left corner of the screen to view available career opportunities and submit your application.
• Note: Resumes will be accepted only as supplements to a State of Texas Application for Employment.

Applications submitted through Work in Texas:

If you apply for an ERS position via Work in Texas , you will also need to complete a supplemental questions form. For more details, refer to the instructions in the email you receive from CAPPS Recruit.

Please contact a Human Resources representative if you need assistance or require accommodation during the application process.

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