Senior IAM Software Engineer with Entra ID experience to support a legacy system migration with one of our major banking clients- 35132

Senior IAM Software Engineer with Entra ID experience to support a legacy system migration with one of our major banking clients- 35132

Location Address: Fully remote (prefer candidates located within the GTA) - Scarborough

Contract Duration: 10/28/2024 to 10/27/2025 (Possibility for Extension)

Scheduled Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm (Potential after hour support may be required from 11pm-4am)

Story Behind the Need:

• The GIAM IAM Engineering team oversees the management of staff authentication processes and provides IAM platform system set up and support. Currently, the team is involved in transitioning towards a Cloud-based Multi-Factor Authentication system. The IAM Software Engineer will be supporting the migration from the legacy solution to the new solution (Microsoft Entra ID/Azure Active Directory).

Typical Day in Role:

• Deliver solutions for Identity and Access Management in a large enterprise environment in alignment with enterprise security requirements and standards.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Identity Access Management during project lifecycle including development, testing and implementation.
• Partnering with stakeholders of both upstream and downstream systems to ensure proposed solutions align to appropriate technical and security standards or frameworks.
• Onboarding and supporting enterprise-wide applications integrated with IAM solutions.
• Investigate, perform root cause analysis and resolve system problems during standard work hours and/or assigned on call hours.
• Reporting to Principal Solution Architect.

Must-Have skills:

• 10+ years of working experience as a Software Engineer.
• 3+ years of experience with Microsoft Entra ID and Conditional Access in a large enterprise environment.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with technologies about web access management, authentication, single sign-on authorization, and identity lifecycle management, such as on SAML, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, LDAP, MFA, REST and API Gateway integration.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience on DevOps such as Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket etc. and understanding of Java and web application development.
• Strong knowledge on technologies about cloud computing, Windows server operating system, directory system, networking, and system monitoring.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Microsoft certifications related to Entra ID or MS security.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, GISF, GSEC.

Best vs. Average Candidate:

• Worked on similar business transformation projects, specifically migration within the IAM space.
• Strong Entra ID background.

Education:

• A bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is an asset.

Candidate Review & Selection

• 1st round MS Teams video interview - Hiring Manager (1 hour) o Assess both technical (70%) and soft skills/team fit (30%) • Possibility of 2nd round