Identity & Access Management Specialist||East Lansing, MI

[Adarsh Kumar]

Role: Identity & Access Management Specialist

Location: East Lansing, MI

 

 

Job Description: Okta Certified Administrator – Identity & Access Management Specialist

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Business Justification

Michigan State University requires temporary staff augmentation support following the departure of the University's primary Okta administrator. This engagement provides operational continuity for critical identity and access management services, reduces key-person dependency risk, maintains application onboarding activities, and supports knowledge transfer while internal staff are trained to assume long-term responsibilities.

Project Scope

Provide operational administration, application onboarding, authentication services management, and identity integration support for Michigan State University's Okta Identity Cloud environment.

Stakeholders include Identity & Access Management (IAM), the Identity Office (ID Office), Human Resources (HR), Student Information Systems (SIS), university-wide application owners, and Information Technology Services support teams.

This engagement is staff augmentation and is not tied to a single implementation project.

Position Summary

Michigan State University seeks an Okta Certified Administrator to serve as the dedicated operational expert for the University's Okta Identity platform and Unified Login Services environment. The position combines hands-on technical administration with operational leadership while supporting the continued growth and maturity of the IAM program.

 

Key Responsibilities

Act as the subject matter expert for Okta Identity Cloud within the IAM program.

Serve as the primary administrator for Okta tenant configuration, policy management, and operational support.

Configure and manage Okta applications, authentication policies, MFA policies, groups, workflows, and lifecycle management processes.

Lead onboarding efforts for applications integrating with Okta using SAML, OIDC, LDAP, SCIM, and API-based integrations.

Troubleshoot and resolve complex authentication, provisioning, federation, and lifecycle management issues.

Collaborate with SailPoint, Active Directory, Entra ID, Google Workspace, HR systems, SIS systems, and connected enterprise platforms.

Train and mentor IAM staff while developing operational documentation and standards.

Deliverables

Day-to-day administration and operational support of the Okta platform.

Configuration and maintenance of authentication, MFA, lifecycle management, and access policies.

Application onboarding and integration using SAML, OIDC, LDAP, SCIM, APIs, and related technologies.

Resolution of authentication, federation, provisioning, and identity lifecycle issues.

Development of operational documentation, runbooks, standards, and troubleshooting guides.

Knowledge-transfer sessions and mentoring for IAM team members.

Operational status updates and service improvement recommendations.

 

Required Qualifications

Okta Certified Administrator certification (or equivalent).

Minimum 3 years of experience administering Okta in a medium-to-large enterprise environment.

Demonstrated experience independently administering and supporting an enterprise Okta environment with minimal supervision.

Experience implementing and supporting enterprise authentication and single sign-on solutions.

Proven success managing application onboarding, federation troubleshooting, authentication policy management, and identity integrations.

Expertise with Okta Universal Directory, Adaptive MFA, Lifecycle Management, and Single Sign-On.

Experience implementing SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), LDAP, and SCIM integrations.

Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, RBAC, governance, and access controls.

Experience working directly with application owners and business stakeholders to onboard and support integrated applications.

Experience working with REST APIs, scripting, and automation tools.

 

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting higher education identity environments.

Experience with SailPoint IdentityIQ or Identity Security Cloud.

Experience integrating Okta with Active Directory, Entra ID, Google Workspace, SAP HCM, and PeopleSoft Campus Solutions.

Experience leading complex authentication and federation troubleshooting efforts.

Okta Certified Consultant certification preferred.

Experience with Okta Workflows and identity automation platforms.

 

 

 

Regards,

Adarsh Jaiswal