Senior JD Edwards User Security, CNC Administrator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ireland, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Administer, manage, and oversee user access and security within the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne environment.

• Create, modify, deactivate, and delete JDE user accounts in accordance with established processes.

• Oversee user access throughout the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, transfers, and departures.

• Assign and manage JDE roles, responsibilities, menus, environments, and security permissions.

• Process and validate requests for additional or modified access, ensuring appropriate business approvals are obtained.

• Maintain accurate records of user access and any security modifications.

• Investigate and resolve issues related to user access and authentication.

• Administer JDE EnterpriseOne users, roles, applications, menus, UDOs, and security configurations.

• Maintain role-based access controls and uphold least-privilege access principles.

• Monitor and review security settings and access assignments regularly.

• Design and update JDE security roles as business processes and organizational structures evolve.

• Support security modifications for new functionalities, enhancements, projects, and system upgrades.

• Identify inappropriate, excessive, or conflicting access and escalate as necessary.

• Assist with user access reviews, certification activities, segregation-of-duties reviews, and remediation efforts.

• Generate access and security reports for management, internal controls, and audit requirements.

• Maintain documentation of access approvals and security changes.

• Aid internal and external audits concerning JDE security and user access.

• Ensure that security administration complies with company policies, procedures, and regulatory standards.

• Serve as a primary contact for queries related to JDE user security.

• Collaborate with the Service Desk and IT teams to resolve access-related incidents and requests.

• Work with business process owners to understand access needs and guarantee appropriate role assignments.

• Communicate security requirements and access procedures to users and stakeholders effectively.

• Provide guidance to managers and system owners on suitable JDE access.

• Maintain JDE security procedures, work instructions, and supporting documentation.

• Ensure role and access documentation is up-to-date.

• Enhance the efficiency, control, and automation of security administration processes.

• Support standardized security administration practices.

• Contribute to JDE projects, upgrades, integrations, and initiatives influenced by security and access management.

• Assist CNC operations, including package builds and deployments, object promotions, path codes, OCM mappings, data sources, environments, kernels, and server services.

• Troubleshoot issues related to EnterpriseOne applications, web, batch processing, authentication, performance, and connectivity.

• Support upgrades, patches, ESUs, tools releases, disaster-recovery testing, and environment refreshes.

• Adhere to PCI SOPs, health, safety, and environmental regulations, as well as GDPR, GMP, and other regulatory guidelines.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience supporting JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, with significant hands-on expertise in security and CNC administration.

• Familiarity with administering EnterpriseOne 9.2 across development, testing, and production environments.

• Strong understanding of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne security architecture and Security Workbench functionality, including UDO security.

• Comprehensive knowledge of EnterpriseOne CNC architecture, including Enterprise Server, HTML Server, Deployment Server, and Server Manager.

• Ability to analyze logs, identify root causes, and resolve complex technical or access-related challenges.

• Solid understanding of identity and access management, authentication, password controls, privileged access, and service accounts.

• Working knowledge of supported operating systems, databases, web/application servers, and networking principles.

• Understanding of internal controls, GDPR, audit requirements, segregation of duties, and security risk management.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to balance operational needs with security and compliance controls.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in translating technical or security matters for business stakeholders.

• Capacity to prioritize competing incidents, requests, projects, and planned maintenance in a global support environment.

• Exceptional attention to detail, documentation practices, and a commitment to controlled change processes.

• Ability to work autonomously, lead technical investigations, and mentor less-experienced colleagues.

• Preferred: hands-on experience with ALLOut Security software for JD Edwards.

• Preferred: practical experience supporting IBM i (iSeries/AS400) environments and Db2 for i databases.

• Preferred: experience in a regulated GxP pharmaceutical and SOX-compliant setting.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Business Systems, or a related field.

• Proven professional training or certification in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne administration, CNC, or security, or equivalent hands-on experience gained through extensive involvement.

• Desirable: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne certification or formal training.

• Desirable: recognized information security or governance certification, such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, or CompTIA Security+.

• Desirable: identity and access management certification or training.

• Desirable: ITIL Foundation or similar IT service management qualification.

• Desirable: training or certification in ALLOut Security for JD Edwards.

• Desirable: formal training in GxP, GMP, computerized system validation, data integrity, or 21 CFR Part 11 controls.

• Desirable: knowledge of SOX compliance and ITGC testing.

• Willingness to adjust working hours to accommodate business needs.

🏝️ Benefits

• Permanent position.

• Primarily a remote work opportunity.

• Chance to travel to other sites and locations globally within the PCI group periodically.