Senior Lead, IAM Administration

Northern Trust

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Tempe, AZ
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Northern Trust is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services to corporations, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Management

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TL;DR · Senior Lead, IAM Administration

The Senior Lead - IAM Administration serves as an operational leader within the Identity & Access Management organization, overseeing the day-to-day management of IAM platforms and services. This role involves managing the identity lifecycle, including onboarding, transfers, and terminations, while ensuring effective access provisioning, entitlement administration, and privileged access management. The individual will support authentication, federation, single sign-on, and multi-factor authentication services while driving operational excellence through standardized procedures and automation. Key responsibilities include administering access certification campaigns, monitoring control effectiveness, and producing performance metrics for audit and regulatory stakeholders. The position requires expertise in Identity Governance & Administration, Cyber Security Operations, and Technology Operations. The role solves critical security problems by ensuring reliable, scalable, and compliant identity services across the enterprise infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Lead the daily administration and operational support of IAM platforms and services.
  • Oversee identity lifecycle processes including onboarding, transfers, role changes, and terminations.
  • Manage user access provisioning, deprovisioning, and entitlement administration activities.
  • Administer privileged account onboarding, maintenance, credential rotation, and monitoring activities.
  • Coordinate periodic access reviews, certification campaigns, and segregation of duties controls.
  • Support authentication, federation, single sign-on (SSO), and multi-factor authentication (MFA) services.
  • Develop and maintain operational metrics, dashboards, and service performance reporting for stakeholders.
  • Drive process improvements through standardized procedures, runbooks, and automation capabilities.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
  • 5-10 years of experience in Identity & Access Management, Cyber Security Operations, Technology Operations, or related disciplines.
  • Experience supporting Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Access Management, Authentication, or Privileged Access Management platforms.
  • Experience supporting IAM platforms in a production operations environment.
  • Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, user provisioning, entitlement management, and access certification processes.
  • Knowledge of regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements related to identity and access management.
  • Familiarity with automation tools and operational workflow optimization.
  • Work Authorization.

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