IAM JAVA DEVELOPER

$145,000 - $165,000/Yr

University of California - Oakland, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Oakland, CA

Educational Services

About the position

The Java Developer/Analyst at the University of California Office of the President will serve as a technical resource for application and interface design, configuration, and operation, particularly focusing on identity and access management (IAM) functions. This role involves coding, deployment, and support for IAM-related software and integrations, ensuring secure and efficient management of user identities across various systems.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, modifies, debugs, deploys and evaluates user identity, provisioning, and authentication related software and scripts.
• Performs data analysis and analyzes the design and use of data sources, including relational databases, LDAP data stores, and file-based data stores.
• Monitors and employs identity authentication and provisioning related source code control techniques and configuration management.
• Performs adequate testing of software to ensure proper operation and conformance to test plans.
• Implements release management.
• Manages user identity authentication systems and services for an organization of moderate size comprising multiple, integrated systems.
• Makes recommendations for upgrade of computer hardware, software and services relating to identity and access management.
• Performs analysis to acquire, install, modify and support operating systems, web services, software, databases, utilities and/or tools for the management of user identities, federated authentication, user provisioning interfaces, and related logging, audit, and monitoring.
• Applies and manages essential security configurations.
• Identifies, evaluates and develops complex systems, processes and procedures specific to the creation, lifecycle management, and provisioning of trusted user accounts and related authentication mechanisms.
• Creates specifications for IAM related systems to meet end-user requirements.
• Develops user interface designs, including self-registration and user provisioning/approval workflow mechanisms.
• Gathers, analyzes, and documents IAM system requirements, revising existing system and process logic issues as necessary.
• Troubleshoots and resolves complex technical issues, including hardware, custom and off-the-shelf software, supporting service integrations, and related interfaces and network configurations.
• Coordinates workflow of support requests, setting priorities and tracking resolution.
• Ensures compliance with and provides input to service level agreements.
• Participates in security training and keeps current with industry best practices to ensure software is not exposing the organization to unnecessary risk.
• Contributes to architecture design to ensure that software/applications are secure.
• Addresses vulnerabilities as they are discovered by assisting in developing action plans and remediating issues discovered in the software.
• Keeps up to date of new developments in software vulnerabilities and prevention.
• Acts as the IT point of contact for questions, application support, and maintenance of the system.
• Participates in a 24x7 on-call rotation and performs regular system maintenance during off hours and over the weekends as needed.

Requirements

• Min 8 years of related Information Technology work experience.
• Demonstrated skills associated with programming design, modification and implementation.
• Advanced knowledge of secure software development.
• Demonstrated ability to create software specifications.
• Demonstrated ability to install software and troubleshoot and repair moderately complex problems with computing devices, peripherals and software.
• Understanding of and experience troubleshooting client, server and peripherals-related issues and actions that can be taken to improve or correct performance.
• Experience in incident response and digital forensics, including data collection, examination and analysis.
• Skills and experience with development, configuration, testing, and operational support of identity and access management related tools and technologies.
• Knowledge of identity and access management concepts, tools, and technologies.

Nice-to-haves

• Thorough knowledge of business and process analysis functions.
• Knowledge of the design, development and application of technology and systems to meet business needs.
• Demonstrated experience with database administration.
• Working knowledge of database management systems and standards.
• Advanced database querying and modeling skills working with moderately complex databases.
• Ability to write technical documentation in a clear and concise manner.
• Advanced knowledge of computer security tools, best practices and policies including demonstrated experience securing server-based software.
• Demonstrated skill at administering moderately complex security controls and configurations to computer hardware, software and networks.
• Demonstrated testing and test planning skills.
• Demonstrated comprehensive understanding of how system management actions affect other systems, system users and dependent/related functions.
• Interpersonal skills sufficient to work with both technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization.
• Ability to elicit and communicate technical and non-technical information in a clear and concise manner.
• Familiarity with data quality and governance issues and requirements.
• Familiarity with logical data design and data mapping or data conversion.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.