"Information Technology Spec 5 - Identity Management Specialist"

The ITS5-Security, Identity Management Specialist will play a leadership role in the development, deployment and administration of applications used as part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Enterprise Access Management strategic initiatives. This includes providing highly skilled subject matter expertise in identity management, reduced/single sign-on across Minnesota State’s enterprise solutions, and directory integration or synchronization with 33 institutions’ Active Directory systems and other enterprise and 3rd party systems. This position’s primary focus will be administering/implementing identity management systems/solutions, managing changes to the systems, developing and maintaining workflows, and working with stakeholders to ensure that systems and processes are implemented and used as intended. Assists in secure software development architectures, guidelines, and standards, and participates in the review and selection of secure software development products and services.

The ideal candidate will have experience with IDM solutions, Active Directory, EntraID, Shibboleth, Java EE or other development platform experience, and SQL.

Salary Range: $39.73 - $67.92/hourly ($82,956 - $141,817/annually)

Minimum Qualifications

Six (6) years of experience in designing/implementing/maintaining/configuring IAM systems. A bachelor's degree in computer science or related field may substitute for one (1) year of experience.

Experience with Identity Management tools like Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM), EntraID or other cloud identity systems. Development and configuration experience with Identity Systems

Directory synchronization Experience with technologies such as with Oracle/Sun Identity Manager, Microsoft Identity manager (MIM), Microsoft Active Directory, EntraID.

Development experience with Java EE, Modern Scripting languages, and SQL

Demonstrate initiative and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Demonstrate well developed project management/leadership skills.

Preferred Qualification

Federation services including OAuth2, Shibboleth, and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

Web Access Managers web application development

System integration experience with Minnesota State’s ISRS Workday ERP

Background in higher education or State government agencies

Experience with current 3rd party cloud Identity Systems.

Other Requirements

n/a

Work Shift (Hours / Days of work)

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Telework (Yes/No)

Yes

About Minnesota State

Minnesota State is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing talented employees who serve our 270,000 students each year throughout the state. We have a vibrant and diverse system of 33 colleges and universities with 14,567 dedicated faculty and staff focused on student success.