Job Description

As an S&C Electric Canada team member, you’ll work on tasks and projects that have real-world impact. You’ll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has a history of more than 70 years of innovation in Canada. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the power industry. As a team member, you will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We’re big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively.

Join Our Team as a Senior Systems Administrator, Identity!

Work arrangement: Hybrid (2 days WFH)

Compensation

At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members and are committed to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated annual base salary range for this position is $87990 - $116578.8. Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors, including performance, knowledge, job-related skills and experience, and relevant education or training.

This position may also be eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP). AIP amounts are variable and are dependent on both company and individual performance, subject to eligibility criteria. The target bonus percentage for this role is 5% of annual base earnings.

The Senior Systems Administrator, Identity is responsible for the secure administration, support, and continuous improvement of the organization’s identity and access management environment. This role manages user identities, authentication, authorization, access lifecycle processes, privileged access controls, identity governance, and hybrid identity services across Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, cloud services, and integrated enterprise applications. The position helps ensure that employees, contractors, applications, and systems have appropriate access based on business need, security standards, compliance requirements, and least-privilege principles.

Key Responsibilities

Administer and support enterprise identity platforms, including Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 identity services, privileged access management, identity governance, single sign-on, multifactor authentication, conditional access, and hybrid identity synchronization.

• Provision, modify, review, and deprovision access in alignment with joiner, mover, leaver, and approved access request processes.
• Implement and maintain role-based access controls, least-privilege access, privileged access management, access reviews, access packages, lifecycle workflows, and identity governance processes.
• Configure and support authentication and authorization controls, including integrations, multifactor authentication, conditional access, passwordless authentication, single sign-on, federation, and application access policies.
• Monitor identity-related alerts, logs, reports, sign-in activity, access review results, and privileged role activity to identify policy exceptions, operational issues, and security risks.
• Troubleshoot complex identity, authentication, authorization, synchronization, service account, application access, and directory issues in partnership with infrastructure, security, application, and support teams.
• Maintain identity management documentation, operational procedures, configuration records, access standards, and audit evidence to support compliance and operational consistency.
• Apply company security standards, change management practices, privacy requirements, and Zero Trust principles when administering identity and access services.

Support identity modernization initiatives, including identity lifecycle automation, application onboarding, privileged access improvements, access governance enhancements, identity reporting, and operational process improvements.

• Support internal and external audit requests by collecting identity, access, privileged role, and control evidence.
• Recommend improvements to access request workflows, approval models, reporting, automation, role design, and access recertification processes.
• Provide guidance to service desk teams, application owners, project teams, and business stakeholders on identity and access procedures.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation activities related to identity and access controls.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with others and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive workplace.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

What we are looking for:

• Associate degree, college diploma, or equivalent formal education in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
• Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of experience administering Microsoft hybrid identity environments, including Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
• 5+ years of experience in identity and access management, access administration, security operations, infrastructure administration, or a closely related technology role.
• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300), Azure Security Engineer Associate, or comparable Microsoft identity certification (within 6 mos).
• Experience with Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management, Conditional Access, Identity Governance, lifecycle workflows, access packages, entitlement management, and hybrid identity synchronization.
• Deep knowledge of identity and access management concepts, including authentication, authorization, least privilege, role-based access control, single sign-on, multifactor authentication, conditional access, privileged access, and access lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 identity services, users, groups, roles, licenses, service accounts, and enterprise application access.
• Strong experience supporting audit and compliance activities.
• Ability to analyze access requests, troubleshoot complex identity issues, interpret sign-in and audit logs, and apply security policies accurately.
• Understanding of identity governance practices, including access reviews, privileged access management, account recertification, joiner-mover-leaver controls, and audit evidence collection.
• Proficiency with PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, Kusto Query Language, service management processes, audit controls, security frameworks, and automation of identity lifecycle tasks.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, document procedures, and provide guidance to stakeholders.
• Capable of embracing diversity and equity to contribute to a respectful and inclusive workplace.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Microsoft 365 Administrator certification, Security+, ITIL Foundation, or equivalent identity, cloud, security, or service management certification.
• Experience in a global, highly confidential, regulated, manufacturing, or professional-services environment.
• Working knowledge of cloud security, networking, PKI and certificates, application architecture, and security operations, supported by strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Physical Effort:

Normal or frequent minor physical effort required for the day-to-day activity in the workplace. May involve standing, sitting, walking, climbing stairs and lifting/moving/using objects or equipment up to 20lbs.

Work Environment:

Acceptable working environment with minor or almost no disagreeable or challenging working conditions as part of everyday expected levels (all jobs will occasionally experience undesirable or disagreeable events).

Vacancy Disclosure:

This posting is to fill an existing vacancy within S&C Electric Canada.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure:

Please note that S&C Electric Canada may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants for this position.

Why Work for S&C Electric Canada Ltd

Celebrating a Century of Innovation. S&C has been around for over 100 years, and we help companies keep the lights on for their customers. Integrity, enthusiasm, sustained energy. These are the traits that S&C has always looked for and found when seeking people to join our team. S&C offers a competitive package of pay and benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation and Bonus Plan
• Pension Plan
• Flexible Benefit Options, medical 100% paid by S&C
• Paid Holiday Shutdown
• Summer Hours
• Seniority Recognition Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• A safe and fun working environment where we celebrate our milestones.
• Access to Spark LMS, our internal learning platform, which gives you an opportunity to learn new skills and improve on the ones you already have.

These are just some of the other reasons why S&C is a great place to work. We are a large team that believes in providing growth opportunities to our team members. The career possibilities at S&C are endless. Do we still have your attention? If so, click on the link to submit your application and join our team today!

S&C Electric Canada Ltd. is an equal-opportunity employer.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, S&C Electric Canada Ltd. will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform S&C Electric Canada Ltd.’s Human Resources staff of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

About Us

In 1909, S&C Electric Company transformed the delivery of safe, reliable electricity with the invention of the Liquid Power Fuse. Today, as the world faces extreme weather events and the demand for electricity grows, S&C continues to innovate and advance the electrical grid, ensuring reliable and resilient power for homes, communities, and critical infrastructure around the world.

With a diverse, global workforce and core values around integrity, safety, and quality, S&C is a trusted industry leader and top workplace that offers meaningful careers to more than 3,500 team members. As a people-first organization, S&C is committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative workplace where team members advance their careers through robust talent-development programs and involved leadership.

S&C’s deeply rooted belief diversity fosters greater creativity, innovation, and success guides the company to advance and sustain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture.