Opportunity brief
Mcdonald's is hiring for the role of Sr Associate, Cybersecurity Operations!
Responsibilities of the Candidate:
- Design, implement, and maintain IAM solutions supporting secure authentication and access across enterprise systems, and identity lifecycle management
- Engineer and optimize identity security integrations to ensure reliable authentication between enterprise systems and platforms.
- Implement and maintain authentication solutions including Single Sign-On (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and federation services.
- Administer and engineer directory services (Active Directory, Entra ID, ADFS) to support secure identity and access frameworks.
- Perform root cause analysis on identity and access issues, designing long-term fixes to improve system resilience and reduce operational overhead.
- Build and maintain role models and access control structures to enforce least privilege and support enterprise security standards.
- Support ongoing IAM platform enhancements, upgrades, and integration of new applications into the identity ecosystem.
- Partner with security, application, and infrastructure teams to design scalable IAM integrations and solutions.
- Generate engineering-level documentation, including architecture diagrams, workflows, and technical standards.
- Contribute to audit readiness by designing and supporting access controls, logging, and reporting mechanisms.
- Identify and implement continuous improvements to IAM platforms, focusing on automation, scalability, and user experience.
Requirements:
- Directory & Identity Systems: Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, ADFS (Also having Saviynt, Silverfort, and/or BeyondTrust experience is a plus)
- Authentication & Security: SSO, MFA, access governance, audit controls
- Automation & Integration: APIs, scripting (PowerShell), workflow automation
- ITSM & Dev Tools: ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence
- Data & Reporting: Identity data validation, reporting, analytics
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field
- Related Certifications are a plus