PING IDENTITY & LDAP ADMINISTRATOR

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Administration: Configure, tune, and maintain LDAP infrastructure (e.g., PingDirectory) hosted on Amazon EC2 or containers, optimizing for replication performance across AWS regions.
• Access Management: Administer PingFederate and PingAccess policies, custom adapters, and federation setups ($SAML$, $OAuth$, $OIDC) hosted in the Cloud.
• Policy Management: Design and maintain access control policies, authentication schemes, and authorization rules.
• Data Synchronization: Oversee data replication, synchronization, and integrity across multiple directory instances and environments.
• Migration: Lead or support lift-and-shift or refactoring initiatives to migrate legacy LDAP and Ping architectures to AWS.

Integration & Support

• Social Single Sign-On (SSO) Federation: Configure and troubleshoot Single Sign-On (SSO) integrations using protocols such as SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC (OpenID Connect), and WS-Federation.
• Application Onboarding: Partner with internal application teams to integrate custom and third-party SaaS applications into the identity platform.
• API Security: Implement and secure API gateways using PingAccess or similar tools.
• Troubleshooting: Provide technical support for complex identity, authentication, and directory service issues.

Security & Compliance

• Cloud Security: Implement AWS security best practices utilizing AWS IAM, Security Groups, VPC ACLs, and AWS Secrets Manager to protect directory data and API keys.
• Audit & Logging: Monitor system logs and audit trails to detect potential security breaches or operational anomalies.
• Certificates: Manage the lifecycle of SSL/TLS and signing certificates used within the IAM infrastructure.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Technical Skills: Directory Expertise: Deep understanding of LDAP schemas, object classes, attributes, tree structures, and ACIs (Access Control Instructions).
• IAM Tools: Proven hands-on experience with PingFederate, PingDirectory, and PingAccess.
• Protocols: Strong knowledge of federation protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC) and network protocols (TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS).
• Scripting: Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Shell) for automating administrative tasks.
• Operating Systems: Comfortable navigating and administering both Linux/Unix and Windows Server environments.

Soft Skills & Experience

• Experience: 3+ years of dedicated experience in Identity and Access Management with a focus on LDAP and Ping products on Cloud environments.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills to diagnose complex federation and replication issues across disparate networks.
• Collaboration: Ability to work closely with Cloud Architects, DevOps Engineers, and Security teams to enforce enterprise-wide IAM policies.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Certifications: Ping Certifications: Ping Identity Certified Professional or Expert.
• Cloud Experience: Experience migrating legacy on-premises LDAP/Ping infrastructures to cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• DevOps/CI-CD: Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) for deploying IAM solutions.