IAM Consultant with Financial Services Industry

Role- IAM Consultant with Financial Services Industry
Work location: Remote(EST)
12+ month contract with possible hire/extensions

Job Title: Azure Identity & Access Management Engineer
Responsibilities:

Candidate must have the ability to understand and relate product technology, strategy and direction with business needs. The ideal candidate will have the following skills:

Experience working with using Jira, Jira Align, and working in an Agile format.
Extensive knowledge & experience with Azure AD including Azure Conditional Access, Azure MFA, Azure AD Privilege Identity Manager, and Provisioning Azure Roles. Knowledge of features including Identity Management, Management Groups, Security/Identity Protection, Password Management and App Proxy preferred.
Extensive experience working on Windows Server operating systems.
Technical knowledge & experience with Microsoft on-prem technologies like Active Directory, ADFS, PING ID & PING Fed, AADC, MIM, MS Assessment, SailPoint is preferred. 
Familiarity with management of public clouds like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. 
Scripting knowledge of Microsoft PowerShell, JSON, .Net, or Python preferred.
Knowledge of configuration management tools like Puppet a must. 
Knowledge and understanding of virtualization, automation, data analytics, enterprise storage, and networks a plus. 
Experience with native Windows features and third-party solutions like Splunk, Service Now, SailPoint, InfoBlox, Big Fix, and Microsoft System Center products a plus. 
Strong understanding of industry standard SSO technologies and protocols (OAuth, OpenID Connect, FIDO, SCIM, LDAP, SAML) a plus.
Candidate must have a technologist mindset with aptitude to work on complex projects while possessing organization, time management, and multitasking skills.
Candidates should have excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to cross-train other members. 
4+ years experience in information technology and a four year Bachelors degree of Science in an Information Systems related field.