Senior Security Advisor, Identity
$115,000–$115,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Define and evolve the enterprise identity and access management strategy, roadmap, and target architecture while balancing risk reduction and user experience. Lead the design, configuration, and deployment of identity solutions using Okta and Microsoft Entra ID, driving implementation of access certifications, role management, and joiner/mover/leaver processes. Oversee privileged account provisioning and session management, enforce identity standards across engineering and operations teams, and serve as the primary vendor contact for contract and roadmap alignment. Present progress and recommendations to leadership and the CISO, communicating complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders across clinical, operational, and technology groups.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in a senior identity or IAM advisory role, ideally within a regulated industry
- Experience with SCIM, SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect protocols
- Deep hands-on expertise with Okta (Workforce Identity), including configuration, SSO, MFA, lifecycle management, and API access management
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD, including conditional access, PIM, hybrid identity, and B2B federation
- Solid understanding of IGA principles and tooling: access reviews, role-based access control (RBAC), and provisioning workflows
- Practical experience with PAM solutions and privileged account governance
- Ability to operate at both a strategic and technical level, equally comfortable writing a roadmap paper or reviewing an integration design
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with experience influencing senior decision-makers
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working within healthcare, or other highly regulated environments
- Familiarity with relevant frameworks and standards such as HITRUST and NIST
- Exposure to Zero Trust architecture principles and their application to identity
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Okta Certified Administrator, or Microsoft SC-300
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