Lead Analyst, IT Security – Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Role Overview
The University of Ottawa's Information Technology department seeks an experienced Lead Analyst, IT Security.
The role leads design, development, implementation, integration, and support of enterprise IAM solutions.
The role provides technical leadership for mission-critical systems and supervises Senior Analysts.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The University of Ottawa's Information Technology department seeks an experienced Lead Analyst, IT Security.
The role leads design, development, implementation, integration, and support of enterprise IAM solutions.
The role provides technical leadership for mission-critical systems and supervises Senior Analysts.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, implement, test, and enhance enterprise IAM solutions.
- Optimize identity lifecycle management, RBAC, ABAC, access certification, and policy enforcement.
- Lead and mentor Senior Analysts; plan, prioritize, estimate, and assign technical work.
- Design and integrate IAM solutions across cloud and hybrid environments; manage and support SSO, MFA, PAM, roles, permissions, and access controls.
- Contribute to architecture, validation, testing, deployment, migration, and production support; troubleshoot complex issues and support incident resolution.
- Ensure compliance with security protocols, architecture standards, development frameworks, and industry best practices.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Security, Enterprise Architecture, developers, vendors, and stakeholders on secure, scalable solutions.
Required qualifications
- A university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 7 years of IAM, IT security, or related experience, including at least 5 years in solution development, platform engineering, and implementation.
- Strong IAM knowledge, including RBAC, ABAC, identity lifecycle management, access certification, and policy enforcement.
- In-depth knowledge of SAML, OAuth, OIDC, LDAP, and SCIM; enterprise IAM platform experience in large-scale mission-critical environments.
- Strong experience with IAM, SSO, MFA, PAM, APIs, middleware, integrations, and automation; Saviynt experience is particularly relevant.
- Advanced programming or scripting knowledge such as Java, JavaScript, Python, Node.js, and PowerShell; database experience including SQL and Oracle.
- Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Written and spoken French and English are required.
Pay
- Pay is $100,000 to $125,000 per year.
Workplace
- The position is hybrid remote in the National Capital Region, Ontario.
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