Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Technology Architect

We have a requirement for a Technology Architect at Shared Services Canada (PWGSC).

Mandatory Requirements:

  • A minimum of 3 years demonstrated experience performing technical reviews of architecture proposals and deliverables.
  • A minimum of 2 years experience with the Liberty Alliance eGov 1.5 or Kantara eGov 2.0 SAML profile.
  • A minimum of 2 years experience with the OASIS SAML 2.0 standard for federated authentication.
  • A minimum of 12 months (within the last 36 months) of demonstrated experience in the development of architectures and designs and production implementation of authentication systems.
  • A minimum of 12 months (within the last 36 months) of demonstrated experience fulfilling the role of technology/technical architect in the context of Information Technology Security.
Rated Requirements:
  • Experience working with the following Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) SAML software products:
    o Entrust GetAccess;
    o IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager;
    o Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services v 2.0;
    o Novell Access Manager;
    o Ping PingFederate;
    o Computer Associates Federation Manager/Siteminder;
    o Oracle Identity Federation;
    o RSA Federated Identity Manager;
    o Sun OpenSSO (or ForgeRock OpenAM);
    o Symlabs Federated Identity Suite
    o Shibboleth
  • Experience in conducting architectural reviews.
  • Experience with the Government of Canada's Canada Cyber-Auth Tactical Solutions (CATS) Interface Architecture and Specification.
  • Experience consulting industry and industry feedback on behalf of the GC.
  • Experience in developing integration documentation.
  • Experience designing and implementing testing strategies and tools that assess the compliance and interoperability of products and systems with the SAML 2.0 standards.
    o Product Compliance (interoperability);
    o Identity Provider systems compliance;
    o Relying Party systems compliance.
Starting Date: February 2012
Duration: 1 year ( plus 2 one-year option periods)
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 5 years