Lead - Identity Access Management

About Future Fund

At the Future Fund, we’re for future minds – like yours. The new investors and creators who thrive on different thinking and doing it together. Those who glimpse opportunity before it strikes and step up every day to grab it.

The Future Fund is Australia's Sovereign Wealth Fund, managing over $310 billion across seven public asset funds with the same purpose: growing Australia’s future. We are a global investor and work closely with world leading investment organisations to access the best investment ideas.

Where others see challenges, we see more interesting investment experiences. Every person, every skillset, every mindset is an asset. We’ve got every future generation to consider, yet our approach to investing is incredibly pure: we think about it deeply, and daily. Ours is a culture where great people grow the future together, with the rare ability to work collaboratively, think freely, and make a real difference.

Are you Futureminded? Let’s create what’s next.

The Opportunity

The Identity Access Management Lead plays a key role in materially supporting and uplifting the identity and access management capabilities of the Agency, including credential management and privileged access management systems.
The role assists other team members when required in maintaining, improving and reporting on the security posture of the Agency.  Working closely with all members of the Technology Security team and with other Technology team members, the Identity Access Management Lead ensures Agency related business needs are guided towards a secure implementation, using fit-for-purpose and best-practice-based mitigation measures.  
The Identity Access Management Lead will build a deep understanding of all Agency Technology solutions and assist the Security Operations teams to operate and maintain the Agency’s services and infrastructure securely.
Key to the success of this role is the passion to continually learn, keep abreast of emerging threats and controls; have a good understanding of the Agency’s business and investment objectives; protect the data and systems that support it; always focusing on achieving successful outcomes and providing value to the Agency, as a valued team member.
 

Key Responsibilities

Identity and Access Management    

•    Maintain Agency identity management security posture, especially from a role-based-access-control and privileged access perspective.
•    Lead and guide technical strategies for Identity and Access Management (“IDAM”) systems, driving best practices and innovation.
•    Govern and support the maintenance of IDAM technologies like Active Directory and CyberArk.
•    Ensure regular review and maintenance of the relevant identity and access management standards.
•    Assist in the design and implementation of authentication and authorisation mechanisms.

Credential Management    

•    Provide maintenance and support for the Agency’s Password Vault solutions.
•    Govern and administer the Agency’s password vault and secrets management platforms including password rotation of secrets, maintenance of procedures, vault structures and access requests.
•    Play a key role in uplift of credential management / password and secret vault solutions and uplift projects.

Privileged Access Management    

•    Maintenance and uplift of the Agency’s Privileged Access Management (“PAM”) solution and framework including supporting documentation.
•    Administration of access requests to privileged roles and resources on Agency systems.
•    Secure systems and services by onboarding privileged accounts into the PAM solution. Onboard new service providers aligned to least privilege principles.
•    Management of service accounts including lifecycle management through processes and technology. 
•    Establish Principle of Least Privilege access to systems and implement role-based-access-control (“RBAC”) group access roles and implement dual-control for highly privileged accounts. 
•    Monitor and audit PAM solution.
•    Provide temporary privileged escalation support when needed.
•    Mentor and train Agency teams and users to the PAM framework and usage.
•    Management of the PAM managed service provider and support partners.

Research & Evaluation    

•    Stay up-to-date with the latest product developments pertaining to the Microsoft security toolsets and processes in use.
•    Undertake research to contribute to future initiatives and continual security improvements that mitigate information security risks relevant to the Agency.

Continuous Security Improvement    

•    Identify improvement capabilities within the current security toolsets and processes, actively participating in the planning and implementation of the improvements.
•    Assist the Technology Security team with transition of initiatives from proof-of-concept into a production / business-as-usual operational mode, including the development of standard operating procedures, taking the lead as required.

About You

Qualifications    

•    Be a qualified security professional with demonstrated relevant experience.
•    A current certification is desirable.

Knowledge and Experience     

•    Proficient skills in IDAM tools (CyberArk preferred), privilege access, role-based access control.
•    A strong technical background in on-premises services specifically Identity Services and Directory Services.
•    Experience with secrets and password management solutions, supporting and managing through the full lifecycle.
•    Strong Security architecture experience.
 

Applicants for this role should hold Australian Citizenship.

We Are For Everyone

At Future Fund, we are better for our differences. Every person, every skillset, every mindset is an asset. We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. Which is why we’re looking for future minds like yours. Your past experiences help us expand our collective knowledge, add value and create something better. When doing your job means Australia has more money to invest in renewables, education, healthcare and medical breakthroughs – there’s a tangible impact to what we do. And we want you to be part of it.

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The Future Fund acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and work. We pay respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as we work to create meaningful change for reconciliation.

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