THE ROLE IN A NUTSHELLBase Salary: CAD $104,406.00 - 142,069.00
Lead and manage the Identity and Access Management (IAM) team to ensure secure and efficient operations. Oversee IAM strategy, operations, technical implementations, and align IAM initiatives with enterprise goals.
Responsibilities: - Responsible for developing and executing a 3-year IAM strategy.
- Provide IAM related project support through direct participation and collaboration with all Security and IT teams as appropriate.
- Work with all business units to regularly develop, review, and integrate business roles with access groups and permissions in applications.
- Provide regular operational and trending reports on tickets and recommendations.
- Ability to leverage existing ITSM system to manage requests efficiently with the team
- Perform root cause analysis and recommendations for process and IAM technology improvement, ensuring documentation of team processes and procedures
- Responsible for IAM-related escalations and resolutions (onboarding, offboarding, access requests).
- Working with manager and CISO to align IAM strategy to enterprise strategy.
- Strong working knowledge with IAM technologies (Saviynt, SailPoint, Okta, Auth0, Microsoft Azure AD, OIM).
- Experience with cloud IAM solutions (Azure, GCP, AWS)
- Enforce IAM policies and compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Adherence to IAM best practices, including segregation of duties, least privilege, functional ID management, privileged account management, and provisioning.
- Support Information Security Governance team in regular access reviews and audits.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Develop and present IAM and information security status to senior management.
- Responsible for adherence and management of IAM related OKRs and SLAs.
- Responsible for monitoring, managing, and forecasting resource load vs capacity.
- Train and mentor IAM team members. Provide regular coaching via ad-hoc engagements and established one-to-ones. Develop suitable succession plans.
- Collaborate with IT and security teams to ensure seamless integration of IAM solutions with user experience as a focus.
- Support IAM tool lifecycle (procurement, testing, implementation, licensing)
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR- Bachelor's degree or diploma in cybersecurity, IT management, technology, computer science.
- Preferred certifications: CISSP, CISA, CISM, CIAM.
- Experience with IAM technologies (Saviynt, SailPoint, Okta, Auth0, Microsoft Azure AD, OIM).
- Strong leadership and management skills.
- Knowledge of industry regulatory and compliance requirements (OSFI, PCI, ISO27001, SOC2, NIST-CSF, CSA)
- Strong technical background in Microsoft Active Directory, File and Operating Systems
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to perform root cause analysis and provide recommendations.
- Experience in developing and executing IAM strategies.
NICE TO HAVE - Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, PowerShell).
- Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture.
- Security Operations and Security Governance background.
- Prior management experience with an information technology access provisioning team.
- Understanding of web proxy technologies (ZScaler)
- Folder Access monitoring and provisioning tools (Quest)
AFEW MORE DETAILSProficiency in English is required for this position. As part of this role, you will be required to communicate with colleagues or customers who use English as their primary language. By requiring English proficiency for this position, we aim to ensure that our employees can excel in their roles, collaborate, and communicate effectively, and contribute to the success of our organization.
GS supports diversity, equity and inclusion in our teams and communities, and we value the unique contributions made by all. Even if your experience doesn't align perfectly to every requirement, we invite you to apply.