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eSense Incorporated is a consulting and service firm specializing in Information Technology and Business Process Reengineering. The foundation of our company is a sense of extraordinary commitment to adding value for our clients in everything we do. We call it eSense®, and it is incorporated not only in the foundation of our company, but also in its name. We partner with our clients and enable them to achieve their business goals using technology. We enable our clients to envision and implement an optimal business model to achieve their objectives, improve organizational and operational performance. Our clients include many Fortune 500 companies as well as government agencies across the US. Joining eSense will provide you access to many opportunities that offer you challenging work, job satisfaction, and valuable career experience with some of the world's leading companies. Come, join eSense and be part of an exciting fast-growing firm where you will succeed and prosper doing what you love!

We are looking for Product Specialist -Siteminder. Local Candidates strongly preferred. The contract is expected to start on 02-Jan-2014 and will go on till 30-Jun-2014. This position would be either W2 or 1099 or Corp to Corp Hourly. We are unable to sponsor/transfer visas at this moment.

I have included the position description below for your review. If you are interested in pursuing this further, please respond with your current resume and with a good time and phone number for me to call you. I look forward to your prompt reply!

Job Description:

We require a Certified SiteMinder Professional or Administrator

Candidate will implement and maintain PennDOT’s Siteminder infrastructure.

The candidate will work on a team of 2 other subject matter experts supporting up to 5 SiteMinder environments with total server support consisting of up to 54 servers. 

Essential REQUIRED Skills/Experience:

•        Certified SiteMinder Professional or Administrator preferred

•        Ability to work independently on Siteminder and Federation integrations with different web servers.

•        Experience with different version of Siteminder products, 12.0 – 12.5 preferred

•        Ability to design, install, configure and maintain Siteminder infrastructure and application

•        Strong experience and expertise in Federation SSO

•        Exposure to PingIdentity, PingFederate, SunOne LDAP, Adaptive Federation, which includes Authentication Chaining and Authentication Rules

•        Ability to Lead the Architecture / Design of Federation Single Sign On

•        Strong working knowledge of CA-Siteminder (Netegrity) policy enforcement products/concepts.

SSO Login page concepts, Ping federation, RSO concept using new authorization standards like OAuth, OpenID and PKI authentication services

•        Identify and solve problems to supply leadership with technical answers and options

•        Independently handle assigned tasks with minimum guidance

•        Prepare technical documentation, as well as root cause analysis reports

•        Prepare and deliver regular status reports, updates and communication to the client

Be a proactive member of the on-call team

•        Ability to support multiple projects concurrently (typically critical projects or major Siteminder/LDAP upgrade etc)

•        Understanding of Oracle DB, LDAP, AD, Directory server (Sun/CA) and their use as data stores with SiteMinder

•        Excellent verbal and written communication skills required

•        Analyze all aspects of the existing infrastructure and recommends modifications that will enhance system reliability, availability, serviceability and scalability

•        Work with teammates, clients and other teams to identify and address systems problems

•        Evaluate new developments and recommend infrastructure modifications

•        Provide in depth consultation to application teams on a variety of different applications

•        Assist in defining standards, guidelines, best practices and metrics

•        Participates in the development of business strategy

•        Develops and manages business plans to achieve objectives

•        Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business

•        Translates highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences

•        Candidate will have responsibilities in the Identity and Access management team.

•        Candidate will be actively working with customers translating business requirements to security policy and policy implementation

Required Skills :

Overall IT experience.

Hands on experience with Siteminder SSO.

Experience with Siteminder and Federation integrations with different web servers.

Strong experience and expertise in Federation SSO.

Strong experience with CA-Siteminder (Netegrity) policy enforcement products/concepts (SSO Login page concepts, Ping federation, RSO concepts...)

Experience preparing technical documentation, as well as root cause analysis reports.

Experience preparing and delivering regular status reports, updates & communication to the client.

Experience supporting multiple projects concurrently (typically critical projects or major Siteminder/LDAP upgrade etc).

Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.

Experience designing, installing, configuring and maintaining Siteminder infrastructure and application.

Experience w/ Oracle DB, LDAP, AD, Directory server (Sun/CA) related to their use as data stores with SiteMinder.

Hands on experience with Federation SSO, SAML.

Ability to Lead the Architecture / Design of Federation Single Sign ON.

Highly Desired Skills :

Experience with Siteminder products versions, 12.0 – 12.5

Additional Details :

Absences of 2 weeks or more MUST be approved by CAI management in advance. PennDOT has the right to dismiss resources that do not return to work by the agreed upon date

The Client is requiring In Person Interviews for this position. An initial phone screening is possible but the final decision will be based on a face to face interview.

We expect this position to fill quickly, so please let me know your interest as soon as you can!

Respectfully,

Tushar Kulkarni

[email protected]

Tel: 317-493-8947

www.esense-inc.com

Product Specialist 4-Siteminder

Pay rate: Open (depends on experience and qualifications)