Identity Administrator Job Description
Identity administrator
provides technical leadership and implementation on Identity & Access Management, directory services, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), and Federated Identities and emerging technologies in the identity space.
Identity Administrator Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Active Directory 2008 R2 and higher, Active Directory integrated DNS, and Active Directory Federation Services v 2.0 and greater (ADFS)
Administer Windows Active Directory Domain
Provision network and application access for users
Resolve complex Email and Active Directory related issues in a timely manner
You will be responsible for the periodic review of database and system access, the ongoing implementation of compliance protocols concerning systems access
Effectively applies fundamental concepts of function
Works from established procedures with limited instruction
Makes recommendations for changes to procedures
Performs varied work, requiring some originality
Exhibits core behaviors
Identity Administrator Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Identity Administrator
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: RHCE, ITIL, MCSE, MCSA, MCM, MCTS, MCITP, CISSP, CIAM, II
Education for Identity Administrator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the identity administrator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Computer Science, Management, Education, Administration, Technical, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Business, Associates
Skills for Identity Administrator
Desired skills for identity administrator include:
APIs and scripting languages
Implement Identity & Access-Federated Identity Manager
Account administration
Kerberos
Active Directory
Principles
SQL/Oracle queries
SOX/SSAE16 and regulatory related obligations
Methods
IT risk management frameworks/concepts
Desired experience for identity administrator includes:
Flat File Process Evolution and Maturity
Minimum 3-5 years experience in Access Administration, global operations and/or technology risk management
Minimum of1 year experience in an application or platform access admin role
Flexible with regard to working shifts
Previous administrative experience in a customer support facing role
An appreciation of the importance of protocols in database / systems access and risk management is required
Identity Administrator Examples
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Identity Administrator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of identity administrator. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for identity administrator
- Manage/coordinate staff participation in Audit Support activities
- Monitor intake points (team mailbox, ITSM assignment queue, ) for incidents and service requests around identity and access management (IAM)
- Participates in identifying access needs & recommends plans/resolutions
- Ensure all attributes to all identities are current (ownership, purpose, entitlements, ) providing necessary updates in a timely fashion
- Work with more senior administrators and other teams to implement the defined requirements of corporate single sign on in new and existing corporate applications
- An ability to complete requests within SLA
- Write queries and administration scripts using PowerShell
- Create basic data analysis tools using Microsoft Excel and Access
- Ensure system access adheres to standards, policies, and procedures
- Document and highlight any risk concerns and escalate to management as necessary
Qualifications for identity administrator
- Maturity that will allow you to work directly with senior team members to solve issues at hand
- Experience in either an IT systems support or compliance administration environment will be highly regarded
- On some platforms
- Open audit issues
- A four year computer science or related technical degree or equivalent work experience is required
- A minimum of 2 years of related work experience is required for the Intermediate level and a minimum of 5 years of related work experience is required for the Senior level
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for an identity administrator. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for identity administrator
- Accurately update work requests in Service Now, request tracking system
- Perform root cause analysis of incidents and service requests
- Monitors operating system tasks, which includes memory and processor utilization
- Office 365 Exchange Online Email, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, and Outlook 2010/2013/2016
- Implement, promote and adhere to relevant standards and policies
- Patch and upgrade and on premise servers managed by the team
- Create and maintain project and operational how-to documentation
- Support management systems and act as escalation point from Service Desk
- Conducts complete diagnostics of identity management issues from an IT perspective, factoring in a strong understanding of the technical architecture
- Executes day to day management of attributes and entitlements to digital identities and accounts as required
Qualifications for identity administrator
- Intermediate understanding of various integration technologies including web services
- Basic understanding of Information Security policies/practices
- The ability to mine value from large volumes of data using available tools (Excel, Access, Oracle/SQL ) is a definite asset
- Professional IT Security certifications
- Working knowledge of and experience with user provisioning
- 1 to 3 years of experience with provisioning and de-provisioning access to systems and applications
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of identity administrator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for identity administrator
- 5-6 years of experience in Infrastructure security space with sound technical knowledge and must have implemented different security technologies including Firewall, IPS, ISIM and ISAM
- Demonstrated experience Security Patch Management, Patching of OS, Patching Cycles
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for all Identity platforms (AD, ADFS, SSO, MIM)
- Serve as a technology advocate/evangelist by finding ways to bring advanced features and functions of MIM (Microsoft Identity Management) into the business
- Ability to perform migrations and upgrades
- Provide technical expertise around Identity architecture, set-up, maintenance, problem resolution and overall management of all platforms
- Implemented and maintained Password Self-service using MIM
- Develop extensive platform monitoring strategy
- Capable of supporting a 24/7 coverage model with on call responsibilities
- Provide direct and remote L3 application/server support for environments
Qualifications for identity administrator
- Undergraduate degree and 1 year relevant Access Administration and /or IT Risk Management experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- A bachelor's degree in business or information technology and 1-3 years of prior experience in administering systems access is a plusstrongly preferred
- Associate’s degree or thorough background in IT concepts
- Good communication skills and working well with development and administration groups
- 2+ years of experience in application administration, help desk / user support, or similar IT customer service positions
- Windows and Mac administration experience, preferably in a large distributed environment
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of identity administrator. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for identity administrator
- Determine causes of security violations and recommends corrective actions to ensure data security
- Assist internal and external customers with multi-platform security access issues and requests
- Provide expert information security project support to critical business and IT projects
- Provide management with operational Metrics/SLAs
- Mentor Information Security Administrators, Interns and work with new hires/onboarding process across the organization (for security access)
- Add, remove and modify application federation configurations
- Modify user entitlements
- Basic and intermediate troubleshooting
- Provide regular feed back for improving the product
- Work with the AirWatch team for product integration
Qualifications for identity administrator
- Proficient in Windows PowerShell
- Data mining or data analytics skills preferred
- Ability to work ethically and confidentially with minimal supervision and as part of a team
- Ability to adapt readily to changing priorities
- Proactive, driven, and able to work on his or her own initiative
- Available for occasional off-hours and weekend support
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for an identity administrator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for identity administrator
- Provide technical information and apply an advanced knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures to develop better utilization of resources and the impact on daily production cycles
- Assist in maintaining architecture documentation
- Build Knowledge base Articles
- Day-to-day activities include working with customer teams and supporting current tasks and activities
- Responsibilities include leading customer engineering teams
- Participate in technical meetings with customers’ technical specialists
- Provide tier 2/3 support for incidents relating to security tools/solutions
- Continuously improve customers’ security deployments and integrate new technologies and services
- Setup configurations like SSO, AD to OUD Synch, SSL, and certificate key stores
- Assist in ongoing security assessments, remediation activities and Identity Management server and application health
Qualifications for identity administrator
- Undergraduate degree and 2+ years relevant Access Administration and /or IT Risk Management experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Experience working with two-factor authentication security, security tokens, and users across the enterprise with One Identity Defender and RSA
- Experience working Hitachi Password Manager Tool
- Bachelor’s degree, or last year student in Computer Science, Engineering, or/and equivalent work experience
- Does this position require any specialized certifications? (If yes please list here)
- What are the top REQUIRED skill-sets that the candidates need to have for this assignment?