Cybersecurity Engineer - IAM

Who We Are
​Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy.  Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world.  The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, and form a brand marketing services division, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for eight consecutive years, CAA represents more than 2,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, social impact, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally. 

Summary 

This is a hands-on security position working within the Information Security group and with the internal IT department at large. We are looking for candidates who have a passion for cyber security, identity management, and threat response. You will provide domain expertise to design and develop the capabilities of the identity and access management platform and the automation of application deployment pipelines to the platform.  

The Role

In this role, you will be an essential partner and technical specialist for identity and access platform development and provide thought leadership on overall security and authentication across various workflows. You will be a key part of our efforts to enable the business needs in a highly collaborative organization. The environment is fast-paced and commonly on the leading edge of technology, including early adoption of various cloud services along with the challenges of integrating those services into our security practice. 

Responsibilities 

• Provide design, evaluation, analysis, testing, debugging and implementation of identity and access management programs to support the company’s strategy 

• Maintain configuration, updates, and overall administration of the identity access management platform 

• Have a deep understanding of user lifecycle management; including provisioning/de-provisioning, access requests, user entitlements and audit & validations 

• Maintain standards for access management across the company and department 

• Collaborate with HRIS, IT service owners, and service desk to troubleshoot and fulfill identity related workflows 

• Knowledge of identity governance workflows with the concepts of attestation and auditing. 

• Integrate new applications into the identity access management platform through RESTful APIs, JDBC, flat file, or built-in connectors and configure aggregation, provisioning, and entitlements 

• Automate identity workflows and processes for lifecycle management, auditing, reporting, governance and self-service 

• Provide and maintain a RESTful identity API to downstream services 

• Play an active role in CAA’s security incident response efforts, working to identify and mitigate information security threats 

Required Capabilities 

• A minimum of 4 years in Information Technology, ideally with a focus on information security 

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in identity and access management or CyberSecurity 

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a relevant field of work 

• Experience scripting in at least one of the following languages:  PowerShell, Python, JavaScript 

• Experience with the deployment and support of Zero Trust Identity architecture and infastructure 

• A strong understanding of the fundamental operations of servers, operating systems, networks, firewalls, cloud applications, and infrastructure 

• Experience in automation and integration with SaaS applications 

• Understanding of OAuth, SAML and OpenID frameworks 

• Experience in lifecycle management and provisioning and de-provisioning 

• Knowledge of different MFA and compensating controls for identity 

• Knowledge of privilege identity management, privileged access management, and concepts of just in time provisioning, just enough access, and principal of least privilege 

Desired Capabilities 

• Set up and integrated Single Sign-On with various SaaS vendors 

• Account set-up and access management 

• Using and coding against REST APIs  

• Knowledge and experience of SCIM provisioning and integration 

• Worked closely with human resources and help desk support staff 

• Experience supporting and following identity framework or IDaaS 

• An understanding of the NIST framework and using a continuous improvement loop 

Desired Skills 

Azure AD, Active Directory, AD Connect, Azure Automation, Power Automate, SAML, OpenID, WS-Fed, SSO, SCIM, OAuth, Programming (java, python), PowerShell, RESTful APIs, MSSQL, OGNL, GraphQL, Workday, SailPoint, Okta, Ping Federate, PingID, Splunk, RBAC

Location

This role is based in our Nashville office.

Compensation

The annual base salary for this position is in the range of $122,000 - $153,000 in Nashville. This position is also eligible for benefits and a discretionary bonus. Ultimately, the salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in the role, business sector, and geographic location, among other criteria. Please talk with a CAA Recruiter to learn more.

Environment 

CAA has a service oriented collaborative environment where we help our colleagues then focus on our own work.