Location : San Jose ,CA
Duration : 12+ Months
Client : Cadence
Role Overview
We are seeking an LDAP Expert to architect, implement, and manage enterprise directory services that support authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, and secure access across our global environment. This role requires deep expertise in LDAP schema design, directory performance tuning, integration with IAM platforms, and troubleshooting complex identity‑related issues.
You will collaborate with security, DevOps, cloud, and application teams to ensure our directory infrastructure is scalable, resilient, and aligned with modern identity standards.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, deploy, and maintain LDAP directory services (OpenLDAP, Active Directory LDS, 389 Directory Server, Oracle Unified Directory, etc.)
• Develop and manage LDAP schemas, object classes, attributes, and directory hierarchies. • Implement secure authentication and authorization workflows using LDAP, LDAPS, Kerberos, SAML, OAuth, or SCIM. • Integrate LDAP with enterprise applications, including Linux/Unix systems, web apps, cloud platforms, and identity providers. • Optimize directory performance through indexing, replication tuning, caching, and load balancing.
• Manage multi‑master and distributed replication topologies.
• Harden directory services with TLS/SSL, certificate management, access control policies, and audit logging.
• Automate directory operations using Python, Bash, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Troubleshoot complex identity issues involving authentication failures, replication conflicts, schema mismatches
