Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks seventh in Forbes “World’s Best Employers”.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Costco’s Identity and Access Management team is responsible for the design and implementation of identity solutions that align with business goals and objectives.

The Identity Analyst will be responsible for managing expectations with application stakeholders, designing, implementing, and troubleshooting solutions related to the integration with Identity Management Systems. This role will also be responsible for various aspects of infrastructure management including maintenance, performance and capacity planning, security, and support. Individuals in this role will need to understand and interpret global technical and business requirements. This includes participation in the discovery, documentation, validation/refinement of solutions, deployments, and hypercare. This is a Senior Technical role that is responsible for the design, implementation, and operational stability of identity systems in the Provisioning domain.

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ROLE

Leads the ongoing technical development and deployment of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.

Automates and optimizes new and existing processes .

Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure quality of integration and designs.

Maintains current knowledge of industry trends, protocols and standards, and associated technologies.

Ensures all testing has been performed and documented before implementing into production.

Develops and documents standard operating procedures, IAM Standards, and technical design documentation (i.e. run-books; repository of documents).

Provides subject matter expertise on associated identity solutions, modules, IAM applications, platforms, frameworks, tools, and active directory, privileged account management, synchronization, provisioning, public key infrastructure, and other relevant identity applications.

Designs, installs, and configures enhanced security models and other applications used for Identity Authentication and Authorization.

Ensures compliance with corporate policies and procedures, ethical practices, and regulatory guidelines.

Manages IAM priorities and timelines, and provides task estimates and work-breakdown schedules.

Gathers data, tracks trend metrics, and analyzes the results for continuous service improvement (capacity, monitoring system health and uptime and growth).

Manages and audits accounts by privileged users (Administrative accounts).

Identifies opportunities for streamlining and increasing effectiveness through continuous process improvement.

Designs applications including code, functionality, and interoperability with other systems and applications.

Develops Identity and Access Management (IAM) specific detailed technical requirements and designs IAM solutions incorporating industry best practices for access management.

Follows all change control processes to ensure visibility of change and compliance.

Understands and follows least privilege access principles while adhering to best practices in Identity Lifecycle Management.

Triages issues under pressure and provides technical direction to peers.

Plans, implements, and analyzes provisioning architectures in a Global Enterprise environment.

Provides leadership to large scale enterprise IT projects and applies structured lifecycles (Plan, Design, and Implement) that meet business units’ overall needs.

REQUIRED

4+ years’ experience supporting Identity Provisioning Environment(s) and strong understanding of IdM protocols and standards.

4+ years’ Linux \ AIX experience.

4+ years’ hands-on technical experience planning, designing, and implementing IAM technologies and services with the ability to think outside the box

4+ years’ experience troubleshooting Provisioning solutions and integrated applications.

Experience with Identity Management Provisioning systems, including RBAC and Policy management.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Proven ability to manage priorities and timelines.

Able to work effectively and produce consistent results with minimum supervision.

Self-motivated, responsible, conscientious, and detail-oriented.

Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business; participates in on-call rotation for support of Production Identity Management infrastructure, coverage 24x7x365.

Recommended

Strong knowledge in scripting languages (json, bash, javascript, shell, etc.).

Required Documents

• Cover Letter

• Resume

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Pay Ranges:

Level 1 - $80,000 - $110,000

Level 2 - $100,000 - $130,000

Level 3 - $120,000 - $155,000

Level 4 - $145,000 - $180,000

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.