Remote Access Control Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Resource Innovations is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Microsoft IAM Engineer to join our growing team. We are seeking an experienced Microsoft IAM Engineer to lead the administration, governance, security, and operational maturity of our enterprise identity and access management environment. This role will serve as a technical leader responsible for Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), identity lifecycle management, authentication services, access governance, and enterprise application integrations.

A key focus of this role is the integration and synchronization between Microsoft Entra and Workday, ensuring accurate and automated identity provisioning, role assignment, and deprovisioning processes across the organization. This role will also support cloud identity and access governance initiatives across Microsoft Azure environments, helping secure enterprise infrastructure, SaaS applications, and cloud-native services. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in identity management with strong operational discipline, automation capabilities, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

While this position is open to candidates nationwide, preference will be given candidates who are located in or near Salt Lake City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chandler/Phoenix, or Denver. Candidates outside of these preferred locations are still encouraged to apply and will be considered based on qualifications and experience. 

Resource Innovations (RI) is a women-led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we're constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges. Load flexibility. Electrification. Carbon reduction. With every step, we're leading the charge to power change.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Administer and support enterprise identity and access management services across Microsoft Entra ID, Azure environments, and on premises Active Directory environment.

• Manage user lifecycle processes including onboarding, transfers, role changes, and offboarding.
• Configure and maintain authentication and access controls including Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Conditional Access, passwordless authentication, self-service password reset (SSPR), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Managed Identities.
• Manage enterprise applications, application registrations, API permissions, and federated authentication integrations utilizing SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and SCIM provisioning.
• Administer privileged access controls and role-based security models while supporting least-privilege and Zero Trust security principles.
• Support identity governance initiatives including access reviews, entitlement management, administrative role governance, and identity-based access policies.
• Manage identity integrations and access controls for cloud-native, SaaS, and Microsoft 365 platforms.
• Support Azure tenant governance including subscriptions, management groups, administrative roles, and security policies.
• Monitor and optimize identity security posture across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 environments.
• Assist with governance and operational oversight of Azure Virtual Machines, Storage, Networking integrations, Key Vault, and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) resources.
• Partner with Security Operations, Infrastructure, and Cloud Engineering teams to support secure cloud adoption, modernization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Develop automation solutions and operational efficiencies utilizing PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, Azure Automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.
• Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and operational escalations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• At least 3+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM) administration required; 5 years preferred
• At least 3+ years of hands-on experience administering Microsoft Entra / AD required; 5 years preferred
• Experience integrating and supporting Workday with identity platforms
• Experience supporting and administering Microsoft Azure environments
• Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, SSO and federation technologies, Conditional Access, MFA, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
• Experience with hybrid identity environments and Active Directory synchronization
• Advanced PowerShell scripting and automation experience
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale identity operations
• ServiceNow or other ticketing system experience and ability to work from a queue
• Must be willing to travel up to 15% of the time as needed.

Benefits

About Resource Innovations

Resource Innovations (RI) is a women-led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we're constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges. Load flexibility. Electrification. Carbon reduction. With every step, we're leading the charge to power change.

Resource Innovations is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, Resource Innovations complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company does work.

Compensation & Benefits

Resource Innovations offers competitive salaries based on a candidate's skills, experience and qualifications for the position.  The compensation range for the base salary for this position is $75,000-$115,000. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.  The stated salary represents the expected compensation for this position. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as the candidate's experience, education and location. 

At Resource Innovations, we believe supporting our people is essential to delivering impact. We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote health, financial security, and work-life balance. This includes three weeks of paid vacation annually, paid holidays, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, an employee assistance program, commuter benefits, and additional supplemental offerings.

 Employment with Resource Innovations is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check and reference check. If applicable to the position, a pre-employment drug screen may also be required.

 The above job description and job requirements are not intended to be all inclusive. Resource Innovations retains the right to make changes or adjustments to job descriptions and/or job requirements at any time without notice.