ITS5 - Identity Management Specialist

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Working Title:

ITS5 - Identity Management Specialist

Institution:

Minnesota State System OfficeInformation Technology Spec 5

Bargaining Unit / Union:

214: Minnesota Association of Professional Employees

City:

St. Paul

FLSA:

Non Job Exempt

Full Time / Part Time:

Full time

Employment Condition:

Classified - Unlimited

Salary Range:

$39.14 - $66.92

Job 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.

Salary Range:

$39.14 - $66.92/hourly ($81,724 - $139,729/annually)

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

Other Requirements

n/a

Work Shift (Hours / Days of work)

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Telework (Yes/No)

Hybrid

About

Minnesota State is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing talented employees who serve our 270,000 students each year throughout the state. We have a vibrant and diverse system of 33 colleges and universities with 14,200 dedicated faculty and staff focused on student success.

Benefits Information:

At Minnesota State, we have a GREAT BENEFITS PACKAGE! Our generous benefits include 11 paid Holidays, Vacation Time, Sick Time, six weeks of Paid Parental Leave, low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles ($250 - $1500), a Pension Plan, 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options, pre-tax medical and dental expense (with roll-over option) and dependent care accounts, employer paid life insurance, short and long term disability, as well as professional development and a tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents, etc.  We promote the health and well-being of our employees and take work/life balance seriously.

Desired Start Date:

10-08-2025

Position End Date:

Open Date:

08-29-2025

Close Date:

09-16-2025

Posting Contact Name:

Shane Moore

Posting Contact Email:

[email protected]