Solution Architect – IAM

Location Address: Hybrid (as required for team meetings/white board sessions) – Scarborough 
Contract Duration: ASAP until October 31, 2024
Number of Positions: 1
Scheduled Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm
Extension Opportunity: Yes, the team has approvals up until December
FTE Opportunity: Yes

Story Behind the Need:
The GIAM – IAM Governance team plays an important role in evaluating various types of IAM roles, conducing gap analysis to bridge the current state with future objectives, and aligning controls in conjunction with business requirements. In order to onboard applications onto the Google Cloud Platform, privileged access management needs to be configured to allow users to securely access the cloud application. The team is seeking a Cloud IAM Governance Architect to support the governance tasks in the migration project.

Candidate Value Proposition:
We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work. You will get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology.

Typical Day in Role:
• Build and support within the lower environments and supporting the deployment of applications and users into production.
• Application production support.
• Managing and securing access to resources in Google Cloud and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Looking for various governance related policies and adjusting them up to the applicable standards of the enterprise.
• Support the migration of cloud acceleration/migration project.
• Working on cloud identities and IAM initiatives.
• Reporting to the Hiring Manager.

Candidate Requirements/Must-Have skills:
1. 10+ years of working experience as a Solutions Architect
2. 5+ years of hands-on experience and understanding of IAM Roles – Both the basic and predefined roles in Google Cloud’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) system. This includes roles like Viewer, Editor, and Owner, each of which grants different levels of access to Google Cloud resources.
3. Hands-on experience with Google Cloud and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
4. 5+ years of experience working with Kubernetes RBAC – Familiar with Kubernetes’ native role-based access control (RBAC) system, which manages access to resources in the cluster. They would need to understand how IAM and RBAC can work together to secure resources.
5. Basic understanding of IAM tools such as SailPoint/CyberArk.

Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Auditing experience – May be involved in auditing-related job functions. They could be part of a team that reviews logs and manages access to historical audit data.
• Data analytics experience.
• IAM/Cybersecurity/Cloud Certifications.

Soft Skills:
• Strong communications skills to facilitate meetings with various stakeholders, communicate ambiguous topics in a structured manner and deliver presentations/demos. Attention to details, high standards for quality.
• Strong decision making, forward thinking and creative problem-solving skills to anticipate and respond quickly to technological/market influences.
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction.
• Strong analytical skills.

Best vs. Average Candidate:
• Strong IAM and public cloud background (GCP preferred).
• Strong analytical skills and ability to analyze large sets of data.
• Strong communication skills to articulate business needs and collaborate with diverse team members and stakeholders.
Education:
• Post-secondary degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related IT field is an asset.

Candidate Review & Selection
• 1st round MS Teams video interview – Hiring Manager + Senior Manager (30 minutes)
• 2nd round MS Teams video interview – Director (30 minutes)
• Candidate should be prepared to discuss their previous working experience/projects. The interview will measure both soft skills and technical skills.