IgniteIT is seeking a Senior Identity Engineer to support and enhance enterprise identity and access management services across cloud and on-premises environments. This role will focus on identity lifecycle management, directory integrations, automation, and troubleshooting complex access and authentication issues.
The ideal candidate will have strong IAM engineering experience and a solid foundation in directory services, provisioning, and identity integrations. Direct NetIQ experience is preferred but not required. Candidates with experience in comparable IAM and directory platforms who can quickly learn NetIQ are encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support and maintain enterprise identity and access management services
- Design and troubleshoot identity provisioning, synchronization, and access workflows
- Integrate IAM platforms with directories, applications, databases, and web services
- Develop automation and support scripts to improve operational efficiency
- Troubleshoot complex authentication, directory, and identity data issues
- Work with infrastructure, security, and application teams to support identity integrations
- Document technical solutions, support procedures, and configuration changes
Requirements
- United States Citizen and ability to attain Public Trust clearance.
- 5+ years of experience in identity and access management, directory services, or identity engineering
- Experience with one or more IAM platforms such as NetIQ, SailPoint, Okta, Microsoft Identity Manager, ForgeRock, Ping, One Identity, or similar
- Experience with LDAP-based directories such as Active Directory, OpenLDAP, eDirectory, or similar
- Experience with identity provisioning, lifecycle management, and connector-based integrations
- Experience with scripting or automation using Java, Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar
- Familiarity with REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, SQL, and related integration technologies
- Strong troubleshooting skills in authentication, provisioning, and directory-related issues
- Ability to learn new IAM platforms quickly and operate in a complex enterprise environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with NetIQ eDirectory or NetIQ Identity Manager
- Experience with custom connectors, workflows, or directory schema management
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud and on-premises identity environments
Benefits
- 401(k) with matching and 100% Vested
- Health Insurance - 3 plans to select from
- Dental insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- AD&D
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Training
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Referral program
- Paid Legal Plan
- and more....
Ignite IT is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran status, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristic. In accordance with EO 13665 Final Rule, Ignite IT will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Applicants selected must be able to obtain and maintain a federal government clearance.
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
Skills Required
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with NetIQ eDirectory and NetIQ Identity Manager (IDM)
- Deep understanding of X.500 standards and LDAPv3 protocols
- Proficient in Java or C++ for building custom extensions/plugins
- Experience with JavaScript (ECMAScript) and XML/XSLT for IDM policy development
- Advanced proficiency in Python, Perl, or Linux Shell scripting for automation
- Experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, and SOAP
- Strong SQL skills (PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SQL Server)
What We Do
Passion and Purpose. We are a start-up borne out of a group of architects and engineers providing solutions that transform with digital breakthroughs. We Partner - Partnership to us means being all in - on the ground, in the weeds, producing and delivering mission solutions. We Innovate - driving digital innovation and experimentation to improve decision services for the American people. We Engage – co-creating to deliver HCD (human centered design) to solve tour customers digital challenges. We Deliver – and take pride and accountability in everything we do. We are Ignite IT. Ignite IT deploys teams that are customer-obsessed, delivering a CX (Customer Experience) renaissance to our Private and Public Sector customers. We combine Commercial BX (Business of Experience) with customer delivery experts to benefit agencies to innovate and improve services and launch new digital solutions. We have built a company foundation dependent on each of our employee’s success, and provide a healthy, engaging, community where learning and knowledge sharing are encouraged. We empower our employees to be bold, continually innovate and propose new ideas to improve processes and services. We engage daily on work that touches millions of people, always focusing on positive impacts and results. We enable mission services that enable Enterprise companies to succeed in digital transformation, protect Border Agents, deploy the Army Reserve and National Guard, providing decision dominance to make America safer. We apply these digital services across the Private and Public Sectors to include include HHS, DHS, AOUSC and Army. We aim to continually raise the bar for our customers to expect more from their digital services. For more information, visit www.igniteitservices.com
