Senior IAM (Identity and Access Management) Engineer
Job Type | Permanent |
Area | Cape Town, South Africa |
Sector | IT - CloudIT - Cybersecurity |
Salary | R900 000 – R1 000 000 Per Annum |
Start Date | Approximately 1 month |
Job Ref | VR/25825 |
- Description
Our client is searching for a Senior IAM (Identity and Access Management) Engineer to join them in Cape Town. As the IAM Engineer, you will provide subject matter expertise and execution of the Organization's Identity Management landscape, including SSO and MFA.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the implementation, configuration, administration, maintenance and operation of Identity and Access Management Platforms & Services in accordance with the business's reliability and capacity requirements.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, including business leaders, project managers, developers and architects to understand requirements and constraints.
- Act as subject matter expert on IAM-related matters such as user provisioning/deprovisioning, role-based access control (RBAC), privilege escalation, etc.
- Active engagement with technology partners to deliver an integrated solution across platforms.
- Collaborate with Security Architecture as is applicable to IAM platforms and services.
- Design and implement procedures and best practices in Identity & Access Management (IGA).
- Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technology, emerging threats, and best practices in IAM, IGA, RBAC and security.
- Ensure appropriate standards, patterns, best practices and operational maturity models are in place and monitored.
- Assist in the development and implementation of comprehensive identity and access management strategies, policies, and procedures.
- Provide guidance to internal and external stake holders on matters relating to IAM integration.
- Assist the IAM team with automation of the IAM environment.
- Research and implement new technologies in the IAM technology space.
- Receive and process requests for account provisioning, modification and deprovisioning.
- The analysis, design and implementation of identity and access management (IAM) solutions, including automated processes for full user lifecycle management.
- Participate in IAM Platforms Product Development Lifecycle.
Requirements:
- Tertiary Qualification essential
- Proven experience in designing and implementing IAM/IDM solutions for large enterprises.
- 5+ Years Enterprise experience deploying, maintaining and integrating Identity and Access Management platforms (Equivalent experience on any of SailPoint, Ping, Saviynt, NetIQ , IBM Security Identity Governance & Intelligence (IGI, previously ISIM), IBM Security Verify Access (previously ISAM).
- Experience working in a hybrid- and multi-cloud environment (AWS preferred) and cloud technologies (AWS & Azure technologies preferred).
- Minimum 7 years of experience in technology roles.
- 5 years in solution architecture and systems design.
- A cloud certification or real world experience in IAM technologies will be beneficial
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (preferred) or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert can be ideal.
Apply today for more information.