Junior IAM Administrator – Remote Opportunity

BRMi; Maryland City (MD); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vis

Employer-Paid Life Insurance

Employer-Paid Short-Term and Long-Term

401(k)

PTO including Vacation/Sick/Holidays

Educational Assistance

Job summary

BRMi is seeking a Junior IT Administrator to support IAM operations across the organization. You will work with Microsoft Entra, Active Directory, AD-LDS, and ADFS to ensure secure authentication and identity governance.

You will handle routine IAM requests, troubleshoot auth issues, review app integrations, and assist with identity governance. A foundational IT background and strong problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent; IT operations or technical support experience welcome.
• 1–3 years in IT operations, technical support, service desk, or related role.
• Working knowledge of Active Directory; authentication fundamentals.
• Foundational IAM concepts: authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, least-privilege.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Entra administration center and basic user/group/app management.
• Ability to troubleshoot and document findings.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Willingness to follow procedures and change-management processes.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• PowerShell/Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK experience preferred.
• IT service management familiarity (ServiceNow) preferred.
• Certifications (SC-300/900, AZ-104, Security+) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer IAM systems including Entra, AD, AD-LDS, and ADFS.
• Manage service principals in Entra per standards and workflows.
• Create Entra Enterprise Applications and assign signs-on configurations.
• Review API permissions and enforce least privilege and approvals.
• Coordinate secrets management for client secrets and certs.
• Evaluate new application requests for IAM security alignment.
• Assess authentication requirements and dependencies.
• Review user provisioning methods (SCIM, JIT, manual).
• Troubleshoot AD account lockouts and auth failures.
• Support authentication technologies like YubiKey, HYPR, LastPass.
• Assist with recovery of AD objects.
• Document requests, incidents, and resolutions.
• Escalate complex issues to engineering/security.
• Maintain compliance with security policies and change management.
• Provide guidance on IAM governance decisions.
• Engage with end users and app teams for IAM intake procedures.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Troubleshooting

Communication

Organization

Team collaboration

Education

Associate degree in IT or related field

Bachelor's degree in IT or cybersecurity preferred

Tools

Microsoft Entra

Active Directory

AD-LDS

ADFS

PowerShell

Job description

BRMi is seeking a Junior IT Administrator to support IAM operations across the organization. You will work with Microsoft Entra, Active Directory, AD-LDS, and ADFS to ensure secure authentication and identity governance.

You will handle routine IAM requests, troubleshoot auth issues, review app integrations, and assist with identity governance. A foundational IT background and strong problem-solving skills are essential.