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# Information Technology Spec 5 - Identity Management Specialist

- **Company:** Minnesota State
- **Location:** Saint Paul, MN, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $84,094.0 - $143,749.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, Web Development, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Identity and Access Management, OAuth, Oracle (Applications), Standard Sql, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Information Technology, Workday
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=17a50f7d549de0b8

## About the Role

The ideal candidate will have experience with IDM solutions, Active Directory, EntraID, Shibboleth, Java EE or other development platform experience, and SQL., * Six (6) years of experience in designing/implementing/maintaining/configuring IAM systems. A bachelor's degree in computer science or related field may substitute for one (1) year of experience.

 * Experience with Identity Management tools like Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM), EntraID or other cloud identity systems.
 * Development and configuration experience with Identity Systems
 * Directory synchronization Experience with technologies such as with Oracle/Sun Identity Manager, Microsoft Identity manager (MIM), Microsoft Active Directory, EntraID.
 * Development experience with Java EE, Modern Scripting languages, and SQL
 * Demonstrate initiative and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
 * Demonstrate well developed project management/leadership skills.

Preferred Qualification

 * Federation services including OAuth2, Shibboleth, and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
 * Web Access Managers & web application development
 * System integration experience with Minnesota State's ISRS & Workday ERP
 * Background in higher education or State government agencies
 * Experience with current 3rd party cloud Identity Systems.

## Description

The ITS5-Security, Identity Management Specialist will play a leadership role in the development, deployment and administration of applications used as part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Enterprise Access Management strategic initiatives. This includes providing highly skilled subject matter expertise in identity management, reduced/single sign-on across Minnstate's enterprise solutions, and directory integration or synchronization with 33 institutions' Active Directory systems and other enterprise and 3rd party systems. This position's primary focus will be administering/implementing identity management systems/solutions, managing changes to the systems, developing and maintaining workflows, and working with stakeholders to ensure that systems and processes are implemented and used as intended. Assists in secure software development architectures, guidelines, and standards, and participates in the review and selection of secure software development products and services.


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