Job description
Job Title: Ping Directory Lead (AD-to-Ping Directory Migration)
Location: Malvern, PA Hybrid 2 3 Days/Week
Duration: 12+ Months
Rate: $Market/Hour
Project Summary:
Enterprise IAM & Directory Modernization Project Lead the modernization and operational engineering of a business-critical Ping Directory environment, including AD-to-Ping Directory migration, directory synchronization, cloud/IAM integrations, automation, high availability, security hardening, disaster recovery, and production reliability. The SME will work across IAM, security, cloud, infrastructure, application, vendor, and audit teams to ensure a scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise directory platform.
Job Description
Lead the technical strategy, architecture, engineering standards, and lifecycle of Ping Directory platforms.
Design and manage Ping Directory, PingDirectoryProxy, and PingDataSync, including schema, indexing, replication, synchronization, access controls, and high availability.
Automate infrastructure and configuration using Terraform, Git, Kubernetes/cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.
Lead Active Directory (AD) migration activities including dependency analysis, data mapping, coexistence, cutover, validation, and rollback.
Integrate directory services with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, PingFederate, LDAP/LDAPS, REST, SCIM, PAM, and cloud platforms.
Drive platform reliability through monitoring, capacity planning, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, patching, upgrades, and failover testing.
Implement security controls including least privilege, secure LDAP/replication, non-human identities, audit logging, SIEM integration, and compliance requirements.
Provide senior-level production support, incident leadership, RCA, performance tuning, and preventive remediation.
Govern production changes, validation, data integrity, backout readiness, and continuous reliability improvements.
Develop architecture standards, implementation guides, runbooks, recovery procedures, and operational documentation.
Participate in on-call support for critical incidents, releases, failover events, and recovery exercises.
Key Skills
Ping Directory / PingDirectoryProxy / PingDataSync
Active Directory (AD) Migration & LDAP/LDAPS
Directory Architecture, DIT, Schema, Indexing & Replication
High Availability, Synchronization & Disaster Recovery
AWS / Cloud Infrastructure / Kubernetes
Terraform / Git / CI/CD / Infrastructure as Code
Okta / Microsoft Entra ID / PingFederate
REST APIs / SCIM / IAM / PAM
Linux / Java JVM Tuning / Python / PowerShell / Shell Scripting
Splunk / SIEM / Monitoring & Observability
Backup & Restore / Capacity Planning / Performance Tuning
Security, Compliance & Least Privilege
Production Incident Management & RCA
Location: Malvern, PA Hybrid 2 3 Days/Week
Duration: 12+ Months
Rate: $Market/Hour
Project Summary:
Enterprise IAM & Directory Modernization Project Lead the modernization and operational engineering of a business-critical Ping Directory environment, including AD-to-Ping Directory migration, directory synchronization, cloud/IAM integrations, automation, high availability, security hardening, disaster recovery, and production reliability. The SME will work across IAM, security, cloud, infrastructure, application, vendor, and audit teams to ensure a scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise directory platform.
Job Description
Lead the technical strategy, architecture, engineering standards, and lifecycle of Ping Directory platforms.
Design and manage Ping Directory, PingDirectoryProxy, and PingDataSync, including schema, indexing, replication, synchronization, access controls, and high availability.
Automate infrastructure and configuration using Terraform, Git, Kubernetes/cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.
Lead Active Directory (AD) migration activities including dependency analysis, data mapping, coexistence, cutover, validation, and rollback.
Integrate directory services with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, PingFederate, LDAP/LDAPS, REST, SCIM, PAM, and cloud platforms.
Drive platform reliability through monitoring, capacity planning, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, patching, upgrades, and failover testing.
Implement security controls including least privilege, secure LDAP/replication, non-human identities, audit logging, SIEM integration, and compliance requirements.
Provide senior-level production support, incident leadership, RCA, performance tuning, and preventive remediation.
Govern production changes, validation, data integrity, backout readiness, and continuous reliability improvements.
Develop architecture standards, implementation guides, runbooks, recovery procedures, and operational documentation.
Participate in on-call support for critical incidents, releases, failover events, and recovery exercises.
Key Skills
Ping Directory / PingDirectoryProxy / PingDataSync
Active Directory (AD) Migration & LDAP/LDAPS
Directory Architecture, DIT, Schema, Indexing & Replication
High Availability, Synchronization & Disaster Recovery
AWS / Cloud Infrastructure / Kubernetes
Terraform / Git / CI/CD / Infrastructure as Code
Okta / Microsoft Entra ID / PingFederate
REST APIs / SCIM / IAM / PAM
Linux / Java JVM Tuning / Python / PowerShell / Shell Scripting
Splunk / SIEM / Monitoring & Observability
Backup & Restore / Capacity Planning / Performance Tuning
Security, Compliance & Least Privilege
Production Incident Management & RCA
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