Senior Security Specialist ForgeRock at Standard Chartered Bank Kenya

The Role Responsibilities

• Would be responsible for transitioning multi-factor authentication capabilities for Desktop and Password-less authentication from project phase to operate phase
• Manages and continuously enhances capabilities within Security Technology service portfolio.
• Act as a subject matter expert for resolving Level 3 issues
• Provide subject matter expertise in ForgeRock  Access Manager, ForgeRock  Directory Services, Oracle Unified Directory, Secret Double Octopus tools to the build authentication capabilities.
• Responsible for Development, Testing, and implementing authentication solutions, preferably using a DevOps approach
• The role partners with technical teams and senior architects to analyse technical and non-technical requirements to build robust authentication solution for Desktop MFA and Passwordless
• Operates various Authentication technology tools, based on niche specialization such as Passwordless authentication
• Assist the Service and Project Team in troubleshooting and remediating issues
• Work collaboratively as a member of a Team to build and develop technical Identity and Access Management solutions

• Coordinate solution implementation, advisory, problem management, change control and incident response.
• Collaborates with business teams, infra teams, security operations and offers technical guidance
• Develops, tracks and analyses actionable metrics to continuously improve tooling and procedures and provide visibility of operations to management.
• Performs security assessments and vulnerability analysis as required to justify risk tolerances and acceptances
• Documentation of security infrastructure, implementation, operational manuals and developing configurations to meet new business requests
• Review findings from and Identify root causes for common issues and provide recommendations for sustainable improvement.

Our Ideal Candidate

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related fields
• 8 – 10  years of progressive IAM experience with focus on Authentication with at least 4 years in delivering enterprise solutions for modern authentication mechanism
• Strong understanding of Secret Double Octopus tooling, ForgeRock  Directory Services (Open DS), Oracle Unified Directory, ForgeRock  Access Manager (OpenAM), ForgeRock  Identity Gateway and Active & (Azure AD) Directory (desirable)
• Must have experience in implementation of authentication technologies and federated identity standards and protocols (multifactor authentication, secure-key, SSO, LDAP Kerberos, OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect) at an enterprise scale
• Skillsets in the following would be an advantage
  • Programming experience in Java/J2EE, Spring/Hibernate, Rest APIs, JSON, XML
  • Working knowledge of Containers and container orchestration platform
  • Knowledge on version control tools (SVN, GitHub), Groovy scripts.
• Must have a clear understanding of the concepts of Identity and Access Management and related workflows.
• Experience in working with geographically dispersed teams, preferably in the Financial Services industry.
• Experience with enterprise applications (architecture, development, support, and troubleshooting).
• Experience and exposure to threat modelling and design reviews to assess security implications and requirements for introduction of new technologies.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivated
• Technical writing experience is a plus
• Industry certifications like CISSP, ForgeRock  related certifications would be plus

Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions.