Sr. Systems Engineer - PKI

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

The Sr. Systems Engineer leads activities that drive discovery, design, and delivery of Active Directory Services and Privileged Access Management platforms in a hybrid environment. In addition, this role is accountable for maintaining proper technical documentation of the supported systems, participating in audit and compliance activities, and a subject matter expert in Identity and Access Management. This person will also be charged with prototyping fresh solutions to Identity challenges and optimize existing systems and considering new technologies as they become available.

Essential Functions

• Provides operational excellence for multiple Active Directory environments including maintaining versions, vulnerability management, and overall health.
• Proactively monitors and maintains Active Directory security assurances such as threat detection, user behavior and privileged user monitoring.
• Provides operational excellence for our Privileged Access Management platforms maintaining versions, vulnerability management, and overall health.
• Proactively monitors and maintains our Privileged Access Management security assurances such as threat detection, user behavior and privileged user monitoring.
• Authors PowerShell scripts, or other related scripting languages to automate repetitive tasks.
• Protects privileged access and accounts utilizing an enterprise Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform.
• Ensures just-in-time and just-enough privileged access is being enforced without hindering productivity or user experience.
• Continuously evaluates the IAM organizational structure, system configuration, application integrations and provides recommendations for operational and/or security enhancements.
• Collaborates with Enterprise Architects, Security Architects and Application Architects to drive the adoption of IAM best practices, adoption, and assist in documentation.
• Develops a relationship with business and technology stakeholders ensuring on-time delivery.
• Actively participates in team stand-up, technical engineering discussions, change control process, audit activities, business continuity efforts, and on-call rotation.
• Mentors, Coaches, and trains junior systems engineers; models strong sense of responsibility, ownership, and pride in delivering quality results.

• Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
• The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 7+ years' relevant experience supporting, maintaining, integrating, and implementing Active Directory in a hybrid environment.
• 5+ years' experience managing Privileged Access Management platforms with demonstrated realized benefits.
• Knowledge in key IAM concepts and methodologies including Single Sign On, Multi-Factor Authentication and Identity Lifecycle Management
• Demonstrate advanced and practical knowledge of Identity and Access Management platforms and integrations.
• Ability to perform duties independently, without direct supervision and detailed guidance.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment that often requires shifting priorities.
• Great organizational and time management skills with the ability to communicate/collaborate effectively with team members and cross functional teams.
• Comfortable wor