Senior Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Architect
Western DigitalAbout the role
Company Description
At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.
At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that. Our technology helped people put a man on the moon.
We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.
Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.
We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.
Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.
Job Description
Responsibilities and Professional Attributes
- Architect, design, and implement IGA solutions that align with the organization's security policies, compliance requirements, and business objectives.
- Develop identity lifecycle management processes and procedures for managing the entire identity lifecycle, including provisioning, authentication, authorization, and de-provisioning.
- Define access control policies and enforce least privilege principles to ensure that users have appropriate access rights based on their roles and responsibilities.
- Responsible for overseeing identity and access governance operation and architecture design.
- Demonstrate ability to handle heavy multi-tasking and hands-on development and support.
- Tasks involve integration of identity management processes or methodologies to resolve total system problems or technology problems.
- Applies analytical and systematic approaches in the resolution of problems of workflow, organization, and planning and directs and assists junior engineers in the application of system engineering principles to the solution of secure systems design problems.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to compile, analyze complex issues and recommend effective solutions.
- Work with teams to perform security assessments and tool evaluations on all application onboarding and integration requirements based on optimal enterprise architecture and design.
- Conducts workshops and integrates solutions for Identity Management platform as developed by IAM architect.
- Ability to work with leadership on IGA/IAM strategy and roadmap.
- Actively participates to improve procedures and standards.
- Escalates issues to management and other teams when appropriate; follows up on issues and the results of issue resolutions.
- Strength in communicating proactively and effectively.
- Reporting mechanisms to capture information on the status of the environment or assigned projects.
- Strong interpersonal skills to gather feedback from end users and collaborate with other groups in the business.
- Strong organizational, follow-up skills, time management skills.
- Clear ability to complete work with minimal oversight.
Qualifications
Technical Experience Required
- Identity and Access Management system architecture including RBAC and Single Sign-On Federation using SAML/OAuth 2.0 standards.
- Active Directory systems, Azure EntraID, Cloud applications / application access controls, delegated administration, API gateways, and SOA services.
- Product experience includes Saviynt Identity and Access Governance, Azure EntraID, Azure B2B/B2C, and Active Directory Federation Services.
- ERP application integration including SAP and Oracle.
- Integration with cloud authentication services.
- Experience with web and mobile technologies.
- External identities, such as B2B and B2C experience is preferred.
- In-depth understanding of identity lifecycle management concepts and processes including account management, access governance, and access control is a must-have.
- Experience in Governance, Risk, Compliance and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Audit support.
Programming + Tools
Java, ASP, VB/Java script, Shell script, .Net/C#, SQL
Career and Education Experience
- 12+ years o
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