Senior Identity and Access Management Engineer at Equity Bank Kenya

Job description

Reporting to the Information Security Manager, the ideal candidate will be in charge of identity and access management (IAM), model and determine how users within the organization will be provisioned with an identity - and how it will be protected, including saving critical applications, data and systems from unauthorized access while managing the identities and access rights of people both inside and outside the organization throughout the identity life cycle.

He/she will be required to ensure all the Bank’s integrations both internally and externally are secure and Bank data is not exposed to any Risk.

Key duties and responsibilities will include;

• Providing oversight in defining and modeling identities/access across the enterprise
• Guiding IAM architecture setups based on an in-depth analysis of roles and responsibilities within the enterprise
• Aligning IAM initiatives to business processes and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Defining user roles, where they don’t exist and provide guidance on existing roles
• Defining access controls necessary for application usage and data access
• Deciding how best to use the IAM infrastructure tools for overall business success.
• Managing provisioning and de-provisioning of user changes
• Ensuring proper maintenance of IAM technology infrastructure in partnership with the enterprise infrastructure team
• Managing the IAM applications and user-store integration
• Overseeing proper interfacing with the service desk team for timely resolution of IAM related issues
• Handling all exceptions pertaining to IAM solutions and address future integration of applications with IAM
• Ensuring timely upgrades and the requisite patch management of IAM solutions within the enterprise.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• University degree or equivalent with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Information Technology field
• At least 2 years’ experience handling Identity and Access Management, incident response and threat management.
• In-depth technical knowledge of implementing and operating IAM/IDM solutions
• Proven ability to identify and analyze complex security risks and threats and plan for mitigation and response.
• Experience in project management and running multiple security projects will be an added advantage

Essential Knowledge and desired competencies

• Experience in Identity Management - Provisioning and Workflow processes, Access Management - Authentication and Entitlements
• Must possess working knowledge of Data Security and Privacy Concepts
• Experience with role Based Access Control Solutions, implementing IDM solutions, Identity Management Provisioning and IT Security Administration
• Experience supporting and configuring Active Directory, Microsoft Azure AD, AAD Connect, DFS and ADFS roles and services.
• Versed with features such as Privileged Access Management Solutions, domain account authentication and authorization, Active directory auditing, RBAC implementation across different platforms, AD and File System Entitlement
• Strong understanding of messaging fundamentals and supporting technologies
• Experience in implementing, configuring and supporting Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to prioritize requests and projects based on impact and urgency.