Identity Directories Tech Lead

**Job no**: 518222

**Work type**: full time

**Location**: Sydney, NSW

**Categories**: Information Technology
- **Key full time continuing role as a Senior Specialist, Identity and Access Management within our IT Cyber team**:

- **Excellent salary package including generous superannuation and leave loading**:

- **Kensington, Sydney with flexible and hybrid working available**

This role plays a lead role within the Identity and Access Management (IAM) team in the IT Cyber department. The person in this role will provide technical leadership to a diversified project team in a major effort to replace UNSW central identity management systems via the implementation of a modern IAM framework - a set of business processes, policies, data governance, and supporting technologies that enable appropriate and timely creation, maintenance, and use of digital identities.

The Senior Specialist - Identity Directories Tech Lead will provide technical direction, guidance, and stewardship in accordance with the scope of work identified, agreed, and signed off by the appointed IAM Project Board

The role reports to Head of Enterprise Identity and has no direct reports.

**Specific accountabilities for this role include**:

- Develop and oversee the design of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, from conceptual, logical, and physical design to meet business and technical requirements leveraging architecture patterns and following development processes.
- Design and develop secure, robust, and reliable solutions for complex integration scenarios.
- Develop, review and update policies, procedures and other documentation required to support IAM Solutions.
- Continue to keep well-informed and up to date in learning new programming languages, frameworks, and paradigms.
- Oversee and finalise effective communications with key stakeholders, both internal and external and provide influential input with stakeholders to achieve business outcomes.
- Align with and actively demonstrate the UNSW Values in Action: Our Behaviours and the UNSW Code of Conduct
- Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health & safety of yourself or others.

**Skills and experience**
- Strong scripting skills is a must, e.g., PowerShell, Microsoft Graph.
- Knowledge of Active Directory, Azure AD, and Federation Services.
- Knowledge of OAuth2.0, OpenID Connect and SAML protocols and experience in managing external identities by creating custom workflows in IAM system.
- Proficiency in JAVA JEE Web Services is a must.
- Knowledge of certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
- Extensive experience in development and specifically leading development for Identity Management solutions, enhancing custom connectors and workflows for IAM product.
- Knowledge of CI/CD. Working experience in Git Hub, and Jenkins (or Bamboo).
- Experience troubleshooting IAM Solutions in a production environment.
- Understanding of key IT/Cybersecurity concepts (Network Security, Security Operations & Administration, Incident Response & Recovery, Identity and Access Management, Vulnerability Management etc).
- Strong Experience in Unix/Linux and Cloud services.
- Relevant tertiary qualification with subsequent relevant experience or equivalent competence gained through any combination of education, training, and experience.
- Comprehensive analytical and problem-solving skills and proven capacity to exercise initiative, flexibility and to be proactive in development of robust solutions to problems.
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of attention to detail for deliverables produced.
- Demonstrated success working effectively and collaboratively on initiatives with a range of people at different levels within an organisation.
- Excellent time management skills, with a demonstrated ability to respond to changing priorities, manage multiple tasks and meet competing deadlines by using judgement and initiative.
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.

**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.

**Benefits and Culture**
- Flexible hybrid working
- Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period
- Access to lifelong learning and career development
- Progressive HR practices
- Discounts and entitlements

**Contact**

**Applications close: Tuesday 15**th** of August 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 disabilit