Security Analyst

Novalink Solutions LLC•Madison, WI

About The Position

Under the general review of the IT Solution Center (ITSC) Supervisor, this position supports and maintains an Identity and Access Management (IAM) program and standards for ETF. This position will guide the user access security environment consisting of Active Directory, 3rd party Active Directory tools, Mainframe Resource Access Control Facility (RACF), legacy application access, and technical Directory and Authentication Services of employees, members, and vendors with the capability to support cloud and on-premises application services. The position will also be responsible for Identity Governance Administration (IGA) to maintain a secure and healthy user access environment for ETF. This position will provide vendor oversight and brokerage of system and service access and will partner with DOA/DET to support all enterprise IAM services provided to ETF. This position will also be responsible for gathering and interpreting IAM metrics and data that will allow the agency to have a broad understanding of the performance of this service. The IAM Coordinator position duties will include user provisioning, on-boarding and off-boarding processes, identity lifecycle and access management, user access changes, preparing documentation and reviews for audits, acts as the point of contact for audit issues, and consults with business units when implementing access level changes or implementation of new systems. The position will ensure the quality and accuracy of user system access, will recommend best practice service improvements, and will drive the enhancement process for the IAM program to meet ETF’s business unit and strategic needs.

Requirements

Knowledge on concepts of authentication, authorization, active directory policies, active directory federation services (ADFS), and web filtering solutions (5 years)
Knowledge and skill to provide security administration in a mainframe environment. (5 years)
Experience in access role development and maintenance and defining application level roles/groups and permissions to ensure secure authentication and authorization mechanisms are aligned with policies, standards, and best practices. (5 years)
Experience with user administration, Active Directory and the user administration functions of a wide variety of multi-user services applications. (5 years)

Nice To Haves

Knowledge in mainframe automation programing languages such as Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) and Identity and Access Management systems, such as Cayosoft. (Preferred Skill)
Understanding of agency audit and compliance requirements. (Preferred Skill)

Responsibilities

Supports and maintains an Identity and Access Management (IAM) program and standards for ETF.
Guides the user access security environment consisting of Active Directory, 3rd party Active Directory tools, Mainframe Resource Access Control Facility (RACF), legacy application access, and technical Directory and Authentication Services of employees, members, and vendors with the capability to support cloud and on-premises application services.
Responsible for Identity Governance Administration (IGA) to maintain a secure and healthy user access environment for ETF.
Provides vendor oversight and brokerage of system and service access.
Partners with DOA/DET to support all enterprise IAM services provided to ETF.
Responsible for gathering and interpreting IAM metrics and data.
User provisioning, on-boarding and off-boarding processes.
Identity lifecycle and access management.
User access changes.
Preparing documentation and reviews for audits.
Acts as the point of contact for audit issues.
Consults with business units when implementing access level changes or implementation of new systems.
Ensures the quality and accuracy of user system access.
Recommends best practice service improvements.
Drives the enhancement process for the IAM program to meet ETF’s business unit and strategic needs.