Job Description :
Title: Linux System Admin
Location: Minneapolis, MN – 55402
Duration: Long term
Interview Process: Face to face after telephonic discussion
Required Skills :
PingFederate, PingAccess, Linux/Unix
Job Description :
Skill set:
Ping experience
Troubleshooting experience/background
Capacity to dig in on technical issues
Work well with vendor support- may need to call Ping or Forgerock directly to get an answer
Strong communication skills:
App framework on Linux- Linux experience is a must have as it SAML foundation background
Position Summary:
SEI’s Enterprise Security Administrators are charged with the operational maintenance and support of SEI’s enterprise Single Signon Ecosystem. As such, their role can have an impact on the entire organization. The Enterprise Security Administrator delivers and enforces technical directives as led by the Manager of Linux Applications Operations. Their areas of focus are maintaining production support service level agreements, customer service, issue escalation and documentation. It is expected that an Enterprise Security Administrator will continue the pursuit of technical expertise in the areas pertinent to enterprise single-signon Administration while remaining cognizant of vendor best practices and future product development within the industry. SEI current vendors for Enterprise SSO and IDM are Ping and Forgerock, respectively.
Primary Respon? sibilities (Reliant on Business Need)
Job Functions & Standard Expectations
Assist in? the implementation/maintenance of SEI best practices for PingAccess/Federate and Forgerock IDM as directed by Manager of Linux Applications Administration.
Act as technical resource on medium to large Ping integration efforts with oversight from Senior Level+ Ping Administrators and/or Manager of Linux Administration.
Participate in implementing vendor-delivered updates/upgrades by employing vendor best practices and architecture.
Perform root cause analysis on system issues/outages.
Maintain configuration and automation required for building production, QA and development environments. Ensure and maintain quality of non-production environments.
Participate in regularly scheduled on-call and migration rotations.
Actively create/update documentation pertaining to Ping/Forgerock Administration duties and ongoing issues.
Required Qualifications
3-5 years Systems Administration and/or Experience with enterprise Single Sign-on Applications
Additional required competencies/skills:
Experience in working with single sign-on and federation protocols like SAML.
Good understanding of access management, federated identity, 2-factor solutions, and LDAP directories.
Good hands-on experience in PingFederate, PingAccess and/or similar SSO solution a plus.
Experience in installing and maintaining the PingFederate/PingAccess across different environments.
Strong working knowledge of PingFederate Policy server, policy enforcement products/concepts.
Excellent troubleshooting skills with PingFederate and For PingAccess
Experience with operating systems (Windows Server, Linux/Unix) and application servers.
Experience in working with Active directory .
Experience with HTTP Servers web/proxy rules configuration.
A developing maturity and prudence interfacing with production systems.
Developing proficiency in system automation (shell scripting, programming, etc
Basic understanding of software architecture.
Basic know ledge of project management methodology and terminology
Note: onsite but may have some remote flexibility dependent on performance