Ping Identity Administrator

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a senior IT Administrator in Richmond, Virginia. This role involves managing the PingFederate platform and ensuring secure identity federation services. The ideal candidate will have 8-15 years of experience in IT and a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

The position offers a compensation range of $95,000 to $125,000 annually, depending on various factors including experience and education.

Qualifications

• 8-15 years of experience in information technology or systems administration.
• Master’s Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage configuration and oversight of the PingFederate platform.
• Ensure secure identity federation services.
• Collaborate with teams on user access solutions.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems

Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve complex problems

Advanced experience with Citrix and SAN storage systems

Proficient in developing infrastructure-as-a-code solutions

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

VMware

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsible for unique or complex information systems and/or information technology projects across more than one discipline, such as application support, database administration, software quality assurance/quality control, software engineering, network telecommunications, and infrastructure operations of administration, analysis, engineering and design. Provides direction to other IT Administrators on the project in a senior administrator capacity. Considered a technical specialist in a variety of IT administrator disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the end-to-end management, configuration, and operational oversight of the PingFederate platform within the Ganges project.
• Ensures secure, compliant, and highly available identity federation services, supporting both internal and external integrations.
• Collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust authentication, authorization, and user access solutions while maintaining governance and documentation standards.
• Oversees all aspects of PingFederate platform management, ensuring secure, reliable, and highly available identity federation services.
• Configuring SAML, OAuth, and OIDC connections.
• Developing authentication policies.
• Maintaining certificates and compliance with enterprise security standards.
• Supporting application integration and troubleshooting.
• Monitoring performance and implementing alerting.
• Maintaining comprehensive documentation and governance.
• Collaborating across technical and business teams on design reviews and modernization initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent relevant experience; Master’s Degree preferred.
• 8-15 years of experience in information technology, systems administration or other IT related field.

Other Job Specific Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems and products that include Microsoft Windows 7 & 8, Windows Servers, Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2013, Microsoft Lync 2013.
• Applies standard methodology, techniques, procedures and criteria.
• Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve complex system hardware, software or networking related problems.
• Ability to plan and coordinate the deployment of new technology and resolve technical problems individually and as a senior project participant.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing and to translate technical terminology into terms understandable to non-technical employees/customers.
• Ability to consistently meet and exceed expectations and incorporate customer service into all aspects of work.
• Advanced experience with Citrix, SAN storage systems, VMware (vCenter).
• Experience with a variety of systems to include VMware, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, vCenter, etc.
• Experience automating or orchestrating the provisioning of new services.
• Advanced knowledge of security policies, requirements, and vulnerabilities.
• Proficient in developing infrastructure-as-a-code solutions for continuous deployment.
• Working knowledge of token/PIV based authentications, desktop visualization software and director services, Oracle databases, configuration and auto deployment tools.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

$95,000 - $125,000

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties" or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.