Senior Active Directory / IAM Engineer - Remote

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

** This is a Fully Remote Opportunity within the United States**

As a successful candidate, you will:

City of Hope is seeking an experienced and strategic-minded Senior Identity and Access Management / Active Director Engineer to join our Information Technology team. This individual will lead the design, implementation, and ongoing management of our hybrid identity infrastructure—including on-premises Active Directory and Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)—to ensure secure, efficient, and scalable access to enterprise systems.

The Senior IAM / Active Directory Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams and regularly present technical strategies, risks, and performance metrics to executive leadership. This position plays a critical role in advancing City of Hope’s security posture through innovation, standardization, and continuous improvement in identity and access management practices.

IAM Solution Design and Implementation:

  • Design, implement, and maintain IAM solutions to manage user identities, access privileges, and authentication mechanisms.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure that IAM solutions align with business needs.

System Integration and Optimization:

  • Integrate IAM solutions with existing systems, applications, and directory services.
  • Optimize IAM workflows and processes to enhance efficiency and user experience.

Access Control and Authorization:

  • Implement and manage role-based access controls (RBAC) to ensure that users have appropriate access permissions.
  • Conduct regular access reviews and audits to maintain a secure access environment.

Authentication and Federation:

  • Evaluate, implement, and manage authentication mechanisms, including multi-factor authentication (MFA).
  • Implement and maintain identity federation solutions for seamless and secure access across systems.

Incident Response and Troubleshooting:

  • Participate in incident response activities related to IAM, investigating and resolving security incidents.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve IAM-related issues in a timely manner.
  • Lead the administration, maintenance, and optimization of Microsoft Active Directory, including Group Policy Objects (GPOs), OU structures, trusts, and replication.
  • Design, implement, and manage hybrid identity solutions between on-prem Active Directory and Entra ID (Azure AD).
  • Maintain and enhance identity lifecycle processes (provisioning, deprovisioning, role-based access control) for both cloud and on-prem environments.
  • Manage synchronization and federation services such as Azure AD Connect, ADFS, or Entra Connect Cloud Sync.
  • Enforce identity governance policies including conditional access, MFA, and privileged access management in Entra ID.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot authentication and authorization issues across Active Directory and Entra services.
  • Develop and maintain automation scripts (e.g., PowerShell) to support IAM tasks and improve operational efficiency.
  • Support audits and ensure compliance with security standards such as NIST, HIPAA, or ISO 27001 by maintaining clean identity records and access logs.
  • Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application teams to integrate IAM services with enterprise platforms.

Your qualifications should include: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field; 4 additional years of experience plus the minimum experience requirement may substitute for minimum education
  • Seven or more years in a technology related field, with a minimum of 5 years in Identity and Access Management specific experience.  Hospital/healthcare industry experience is desirable, but not required.
  • Working knowledge of Information Security tools, practices, policies and processes in a multi-vendor environment with an emphasis on risk analysis, risk assessment and risk management.
  • Management/Computer Information Systems (MIS/CIS), Computer/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.  To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, please click here.

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