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Identity Access Management Systems Admin

Oxford Nanopore Technologies -
Oxford

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time

Qualifications

Authentication
Stakeholder liaison
Internal department liaison
Quality assurance
Operational security implementation
SharePoint
Technical writing
APIs
Communication skills
Active Directory
Identity & access management

Full job description

Duties

This role will be the technical engine behind our IAM platforms, ensuring our digital ecosystem remains secure and accessible. You will lead the deployment of identity solutions, configure integrations, and act as the bridge between our internal IT teams and our external managed service partners. Duties include but are not limited to:

Administer and Implement IAM Platforms: Serve as the primary technical owner for our Okta, Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID environments, ensuring identity lifecycle management is secure, compliant, and efficient.
Implement the Okta Security Roadmap: Execute hands-on deployments of security improvements, such as configuring device posture checking, patching alignment, and building out refined authentication policies.
Enhance the End-User Experience: Champion initiatives to reduce user friction, such as optimizing Single Sign-On (SSO), reducing password entry requirements.
Manage relationship with External Partners: Act as the primary liaison with our managed service provider for OKTA / Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory. Clearly define operational boundaries, manage escalations, and coordinate with them on complex project work, integrations, and testing environment alignment.
Liaise with internal teams: Liaise with infosec, architecture, infrastructure and support . Acting as the champion for IAM and ensuring that the processes and guidelines are respected.
Ensure QA and Testing Integrity: Manage the quality assurance process for IAM rollouts. Maintain testing and production environments to enable robust testing and reliable deployments into production.
Develop Technical Documentation: Create and maintain clear, user-friendly technical documentation and ticket-raising guidelines for ONTRC/SharePoint.
SSO integrations: Implement and manage SSO integration and SCIM provisioning for SaaS and other applications

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications/ Education

Relevant certifications in Okta (e.g., Okta Certified Professional/Administrator) or equivalent in Microsoft Security/Identity

Experience

Strong IAM Foundation: Demonstrable experience managing Identity and Access Management platforms
Integration & Troubleshooting: Proven experience integrating third-party applications with identity providers via SAML, OIDC and API integrations.
Testing & QA: Experience maintaining and migrating configurations between testing/QA environments and production.

Okta Expertise: Hands-on experience administering Okta (highly desirable, though candidates with strong alternative IAM backgrounds and a willingness to learn Okta will be considered).
Other IDPs: Experience with other Identity Providers (e.g. Ping Identity, ForgeRock, Auth0, Keycloak, or Google Cloud Identity) would be highly beneficial.
Okta Realms: Experience managing and configuring identity Realms will be considered a strong differentiator.
Vendor Management: Experience working alongside or directing external managed service providers (MSPs).

Knowledge/Skills/

Abilities

Solid understanding of Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID
Solid hands-on understanding of authentication and authorization protocols including SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect (OIDC)
You are passionate about finding inefficiencies in the user journey and building elegant, secure solutions to fix them (e.g., reducing password fatigue).
You possess strong communication skills and can clearly translate complex IAM changes to end-users through company-wide communications and training.

Security-First Mindset: A highly security-conscious approach to access management and system configuration.

Attitude/Other
Requirements

You are proactive; you do more than just fix urgent issues; you look ahead at the roadmap to make the platform better and more secure.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.

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