Responsible for unique or complex information systems and/or information technology projects across more than one discipline, such as application support, database administration, software quality assurance/quality control, software engineering, network telecommunications, and infrastructure operations of administration, analysis, engineering and design. Provides direction to other IT Administrators on the project in a senior administrator capacity. Considered a technical specialist in a variety of IT administrator disciplines.
- Responsible for the end-to-end management, configuration, and operational oversight of the PingFederate platform within the Ganges project.
- Ensures secure, compliant, and highly available identity federation services, supporting both internal and external integrations.
- Collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust authentication, authorization, and user access solutions while maintaining governance and documentation standards.
- Oversees all aspects of PingFederate platform management, ensuring secure, reliable, and highly available identity federation services.
- Configuring SAML, OAuth, and OIDC connections.
- Developing authentication policies.
- Maintaining certificates and compliance with enterprise security standards.
- Supporting application integration and troubleshooting.
- Monitoring performance and implementing alerting.
- Maintaining comprehensive documentation and governance.
- collaborating across technical and business teams on design reviews and modernization initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent relevant experience; Master's Degree preferred.
- 8-15 years of experience in information technology, systems administration or other IT related field.
Other Job Specific Skills- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems and products that include Microsoft Windows 7 & 8, Windows Servers, Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2013, Microsoft Lync 2013.
- Applies standard methodology, techniques, procedures and criteria.
- Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve complex system hardware, software or networking related problems.
- Ability to plan and coordinate the deployment of new technology and resolve technical problems individually and as a senior project participant.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing and to translate technical terminology into terms understandable to non-technical employees/customers.
- Ability to consistently meet and exceed expectations and incorporate customer service into all aspects of work.
- Advanced experience with Citrix, SAN storage systems, VMware (vCenter).
- Experience with a variety of systems to include VMware, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, vCenter, etc.
- Experience automating or orchestrating the provisioning of new services.
- Advanced knowledge of security policies, requirements, and vulnerabilities.
- Proficient in developing infrastructure-as-a-code solutions for continuous deployment.
- Working knowledge of token/PIV based authentications, desktop visualization software and director services, Oracle databases, configuration and auto deployment tools.
Compensation RangesCompensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.
