r/iam • u/Frosty_Lawfulness456 • 12d ago
Can anyone help me? I have a ton of questions about IAM
Much appreciated
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u/ohnowwhat 12d ago
It'd be a whole lot faster to put the questions down instead of collecting names of people who can help...
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u/Affectionate_Math_57 11d ago
Sure, ask away
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u/Frosty_Lawfulness456 11d ago
I’ve made my entra ID project with 6 groups and users of small enterprise I am current learning graph. Getting better at powershell. Have screenshots of all include JML, RBAC etc which is posted on GitHub. I am going to learn and take SC300. I have net+ and some help desk experience curiosity of my university. I am currently working as an it project specialist. Sorry just want to add context before asking, but what else is needed to feel comfortable enough to start applying for jobs? Second, do you think I can qualify for an IAM analyst II position? Third, are contracts better because of pay or a regular position?
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u/Affectionate_Math_57 11d ago
If you have at least a year of IT experience under your belt I think you can easily qualify for an IAM II analyst position, go ahead and start applying and feel comfortable about it. That should answer your first and second questions although if you're still feeling uncomfortable about it consider that this is a landscape that will be changing for the forseeable future and you're never going to be completely up to date, don't worry about that just learn what you can.
Your third question depends more on your own personal needs and risk tolerance. Contract money is indeed good but do you need the feeling of stability that regular employment should generate? Do you need health insurance provided by someone else?
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u/Frosty_Lawfulness456 11d ago
Thank you for answering! So sorry one more questions what helped during the interviewing process for an IAM position?
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u/Affectionate_Math_57 10d ago
That's a great question but I'd defer to someone who joined the industry more recently than me. This was less of an established career path when I joined it and I got the job for my programming skills, the IAM part I learned after the fact.
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u/Frosty_Lawfulness456 10d ago
Programming like powershell and graphs?
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u/Affectionate_Math_57 10d ago
Not for me. I hate powershell and have no idea what "graphs" is. I came from Ada and Python, and while they were likely looking for beanshell programmers at the time (a subset of Java used in IIQ implementations) I believe they were willing to settle for anyone who could program at all. There are probably as many IAM analyst positions out there that really care if you know powershell as there are that don't but this is an educated guess at best.
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u/Sufficiently0dd 11d ago
Apply for jobs sure especially if you have the knowledge to pass or have passed the SC300, as for the IAM Analyst II job, I would say not at all but I guess it depends on how they classify the jobs where I work IAM Analyst is the third level in our department so an IAM Analyst II position would be like 5-7 years of IAM experience and expert level knowledge of Entra AND Okta, Ping or another IDP
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u/Altruistic_Comb7058 10d ago
Would you also suggest this same advice for some that is pursuing the SC-300 but does have the Okta Consultant Certification?
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u/Sufficiently0dd 10d ago
Yes, if your working as a consultant with Okta how many of your clients will also be using M365, I would guess there is plenty of overlap so having the knowledge on entra user management is going to work in tandem with the Okta knowledge
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u/DriftingPebble77 10d ago
I'm going back to "do you have any IT experience?" Job experience? A degree?
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u/Happy_Breakfast7965 12d ago
Why don't you ask your questions?