Identity and Access Management Lead

Job Description

• Manage the digital identity and access lifecycle ensuring it aligns with the University’s IAM strategy, continuously seeking opportunities to improve IAM capabilities.
• Ensure reliable operations and management of identity and access management technologies and processes across the enterprise.
• Maintain identity and access compliance with industry regulations, legislative requirements, university policies and procedures.
• Build and maintain clear operational reports that track the effectiveness of IAM operational controls and capabilities.
• Educate stakeholders on IAM services, policies, procedures and standards

About Us:

At Victoria University, our aim is to be a global leader in dual-sector learning and research by 2028. Join us on the journey and help us achieve our strategic drives embedded in our Strategic Plan 2022-2028: Start well, finish brilliantly. One of the drivers “Thriving place to Study and Work” will enable us to continue to create places that our students and staff love to belong and feel immense pride.

About the Role:

The Identity and Access Management Lead will support the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in the end-to-end management of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) function within Digital and Campus Services. An exciting opportunity within a dynamic and highly motivated professional team to lead, design, deliver and manage Identity & Access Management capability and services within the University. You will be the technical SME guiding a team of technical and operational resources to ensure all capabilities supporting the right access, at the right time and for the right systems are managed, monitored and controlled to protect university systems and information assets.

As the IAM Lead you will act as a technical subject matter expert (SME) and be responsible for the following:

• Manage the implementation of the University’s digital IAM strategy and ensure it’s aligned with the University’s related policies and procedures, regulatory and state and federal legislative compliance.
• Work closely with the CISO and other key stakeholders to develop an IAM roadmap that defines a phased approach, activities, timelines, effort, and investments that considers transitioning from current to target state.
• Collaborate with other cyber functions to ensure transparency across risk, awareness, design and operations to ensure and escalation points are established and the team is aware and across IAM initiatives
• Establish a framework to govern and manage access across non-human identities such Internet of Things (IoT) and Application Program Interface (API).
• Manage the collection and analysis of business and technical requirements to develop enterprise-wide IAM standards and processes.
• Work closely with the CISO to ensure that IAM function is responsive to governance needs of the University and security is upheld in an efficient manner.
• Deliver exceptional service and stakeholder management and continuously improve the delivery of identity and access management services.
• Provide subject matter expertise to support to project deliverables relating to identity and access management.
• Prepare and disseminate high-level internal written communications and reports to keep senior leadership informed about identity and access management issues and conduct training as required on related policies, procedures and standards.
• Continuously assess define, document and deliver target state Identity reference Architecture utilising zero-trust security principles and context of the higher education sector.
• Manage governance and management of privileged accounts across the University, uplift security policies, standards and processes that explicitly cover privileged accounts and IT administrator access to critical systems.
• Manage the identification, assessment and remediation of inappropriate access and accounts across the University platforms, systems and applications escalating to the Cybersecurity operations team for further investigation and incident response.
• Provide high-quality and timely specialist advice/expertise on learning technologies and the learning environment.
• Rationalise use of technologies and platforms support IAM processes including SSO, Password Management, Identity and Access provisioning, governance and reporting.
• Build and maintain relationships with vendors and service providers, and also perform periodic market research on the development of trends and products in this space.
• Provide governance and guidance to IAM staff to ensure key objectives of the team are met

This position is a full-time continuing role working 36.75 hours per week.

About You:

A highly motivated, self-driven and self-managed individual with strong expertise in identity and access management systems and processes will be an ideal candidate for this role. 

What We Offer:

For information on our employee benefits, flexible working, discounts in private health insurance and gym memberships and salary packaging please visit https://www.vu.edu.au/staff/benefits-services-for-staff

How to Apply:

To view a copy of the position description, please click here . Your application must include: 

• A cover letter,
• Your curriculum vitae/resume, 
• Your responses to the Key Selection Criteria listed in the Position Description  
• Evidence of applicable qualifications, licences and registrations

Application Closing Date: Wednesday the 10th of April 2024 (11:59pm AEST)

Who Do You Contact?

For further information relating to the position, please contact James Munro, Associate Director VU Cyber at [email protected].

Our Commitment to Protecting Country: 

Victoria University honours its deep diversity as a foundation for collaboration and social progress. We will demonstrate sensitivity in respecting First Nation perspectives. We will ensure that we respect our Indigenous voices and commit to sustainable Protecting Country. We will take leadership responsibility, in all that we do, to improve the health and wellbeing of our local and global communities, and the planet that we share. 

Victoria University is committed to inclusion, equity and diversity. VU encourages applications from women, gender diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and individuals from under-represented backgrounds in this field.

About Us
Victoria University (VU) is the  University of the West .
For more than 100 years, Victoria University (VU) has offered accessible education to students in Melbourne’s west and beyond.
We are one of Australia’s few dual-sector universities, with currently over 40,000 enrolled vocational and higher education students studying across our campuses.
Our moral purpose is to provide vocational and higher education that transforms the lives of students and the communities we serve. Our values are a living set of actions that underpin our moral purpose.
The VU Values are that we are always:
• welcoming
• ethical
• shaping the future 
• together.
This is the VU Way. We are always WEST.
At VU we believe diversity is a strength – the more diverse perspectives, identities, cultural backgrounds, ages and experience of our students and staff, the better our working environment, research and educational experience of our students.
With a culturally diverse population of students and staff from a wide range of backgrounds, we strive to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment where all students and staff are respected, valued and enabled to thrive.