Senior IAM Operations Lead

Northern Trust; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust in Tempe seeks Lead IAM Administrator to oversee operational administration, provisioning, and governance across IAM platforms. You will partner with Engineering, Security, and Business teams to ensure secure, scalable identity services.

Ideal candidate has 5–10 years in IAM, strong analytical skills, and experience with authentication methods, MFA, and access reviews. This role offers a collaborative culture and opportunities to drive operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5–10 years IAM or cyber security operations experience.
• Experience with identity governance, access management, and privileged access management.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily administration and operational support of IAM platforms.
• Oversee identity lifecycle processes including onboarding, transfers, role changes, and terminations.
• Manage user access provisioning, deprovisioning, and entitlement administration activities.
• Support authentication, federation, single sign-on (SSO), and multi-factor authentication (MFA) services.
• Develop metrics and reports for governance, compliance, and service delivery.

Skills

IAM Operations

Identity Lifecycle

Access Governance

Privileged Access Management

Authentication & SSO

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field

Job description

Northern Trust in Tempe seeks Lead IAM Administrator to oversee operational administration, provisioning, and governance across IAM platforms. You will partner with Engineering, Security, and Business teams to ensure secure, scalable identity services.

Ideal candidate has 5–10 years in IAM, strong analytical skills, and experience with authentication methods, MFA, and access reviews. This role offers a collaborative culture and opportunities to drive operational excellence.