Senior IAM Engineer - Cyber

• Daily rate contract role, 6 months initially within UNSW IT as Senior IAM Engineer
• Kensington, Sydney with Flexible and/or Hybrid working

The Senior IAM Engineer - Cyber will support the delivery of the University's Cyber Security Enablement Program, a multi year initiative designed to materially reduce the University's exposure to cyber security risk through the implementation of technology and business changes. The primary purpose of the Senior IAM Engineer - Cyber role is the development and delivery of technical and business process associated with Program initiatives and support for operationalisation of the services. 

Specific accountabilities for this role include:

• Analysis of business objectives and requirements. Works closely with ICT technical/development teams or vendors to ensure that captured business requirements are effectively translated into the functional specifications document so that an optimal solution can be delivered to the business.
• Investigation of operational requirements, problems, and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in automated and/or process change.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy custom and complex integration.
• Lead the design, management, and optimisation of UNSW Identity Stores and Federated Services, including all AD, LDS, and Entra ID environments.
• Lead the design, management, and optimisation of UNSW synchronisation services to Azure Active Directory (AAD Connect).
• Provide technical input surrounding Identity to the Enterprise Identity Manager and technical guidance to other ICT areas regarding consumption of UNSW Identity.
• Comply with all IT policies and procedures, and verify deliverables meet Information Security requirements.
• Identification of improvement opportunities and potential solutions that contribute to ongoing process standardization, unification and optimization.
• Identify tuning and optimisation opportunities in IAM platforms such as Entra ID, Active Directory, PAM and all UNSW identity stores.
• Champion and assist with the continual refinement, execution, and management of the organisation’s identity store integration development model, development toolkit, standards, and key policies and procedures related to integration development.
• Assist with troubleshooting activities related to IAM tools in conjunction with the application support team. Work closely with Cyber Security Operations and Identity Management, Infrastructure Operations and Vendors to implement Technical Solutions.
• Build, develop and maintain excellent professional working relationships with the University stakeholders to develop trust and confidence in business process improvement initiatives.
• Identifies stakeholders, conducts change impact assessments in collaboration with the Organizational Change Manager and Project Manager and builds a deep knowledge of the impact of the planned change on people in terms of the depth and scope of that change.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Relevant tertiary qualification with subsequent minimum of 5 years of experience in an Enterprise Identity Management function or in a senior IT support role.

• Demonstrated knowledge (Hands on development preferred) of Software development using Microsoft Visual Studio .Net including VB.Net, C#.Net, HTML, XML, Web Services (SOAP/REST), Powershell scripting, SQL
• Substantial experience in business and technical analysis in the following cyber security domains:

• • Multifactor Authentication solution and deployment
  • Single Sign On application onboarding and analysis
  • Active Directory Review
  • Privileged Access Management
  • User Access Review and Recertification procedures
  • Identity Access Management
• Extensive, enterprise-level knowledge of large-scale Entra ID, Active Directory environments (250,000+ Identities) including AAD Connect and synchronisation technologies.
• Extensive knowledge of advanced Active Directory Identity security (PAM; Zero-Standing Access; Tiered Administration Models; etc.).
• Extensive knowledge of Federated technologies – including, but not limited to: SAML 2.0; OAuth; OpenID Connect; WS-FED; App proxy, MFA, Relay-State; etc.
• Extensive knowledge of Authentication and Authorisation. Including Authentication protocols (Kerberos; NTLMv2; LDAP Auth; Digest; MD5; Sicily; etc.).
• Advanced experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio. Advanced knowledge with supporting tools, e.g. Jira, SharePoint and Confluence.
• Comprehensive analytical and problem-solving skills and proven capacity to exercise initiative, flexibility and to be proactive in development of robust solutions to problems.
• Demonstrated familiarity with contemporary security technologies and products.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to handle high demand situations with management and key stakeholders.
• Experience in the University / Higher Education sector desirable.

To Apply: If this is of interest to you, please submit your CV, Cover Letter and responses to the Skills and Experience outlined in the position description.

More Information: please see the Position Description or visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/

Contact

Jen MacLachlan

email: j.maclachlan@unsw.edu.au

Applications close:  23rd of March at 11.30pm

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.