Job ID: MNSITE-1974 (90090218)3P
Remote Oracle OIM/OAM Architect/Admin with IAM, IDCS, OCI cloud and government experience
Location: St Paul MN (MNEIAM)
Duration: 4-12 months
Interview: phone/online
Attachments: RTR/Skill Matrix
Positions: 1 (1/1)
Factors
Understanding of project goals
Oracle IAM 12c infrastructure components experience
IDCS and OCI cloud services implementation experience
Oracle IAM business process redesign experience
Oracle IAM solutions experience
Architectural strategy
Approach to business analysis and business architecture
Approach for designing recoverable, highly available environments
Documentation hand-off, meetings
Approach to project roles and responsibilities
Past experience with deliverable based work
Additional ideas or suggestions on the work
Project Plan
Team experience
Description of Project
Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) is upgrading the current Oracle Identity Management (OIM)/Oracle Access Management (OAM) 11.x platform to OIM/OAM 12c. MNIT seeks a vendor to assist in creating an optimized architecture/ design and to estimate the level of effort/plan for the upgrade.
The work will be completed in phases, with Phase 1 consisting of the optimized environment design and Phase 2 consisting of the optional implementation and migration of applications currently integrated in the existing environment.
Project Background
The State of Minnesota’s Enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) Program (MNEIAM) will be upgrading the current enterprise Oracle IAM 11g environment to Oracle IAM 12c. The system contains multiple sub-components and is accessed by several user types that access the system for different purposes, including:
• System Administrators
• Help Desk/Service Desk provisioning staff
• Providers, Brokers and Partners
• Citizens
• Employees
The current MNEIAM system was designed, developed, and deployed in 2013 and upgraded to Oracle 11g in 2016. The upgrade from 10g to 11g didn’t look at modernizing or simplifying integration methods but rather just lifted and shifted the current integration to the newer version. The overall approach and design were innovative for their time and allowed the program to support the implementation of Minnesota’s version of the Affordable Care Act called MnSure, while delivering much better customer service and much higher overall performance than nearly all other states. However, some of the technology is now nearing end of life and needs to be updated and replaced.
With the opportunity that arises with Oracle IAM cloud technology, the system design needs to take into consideration a hybrid design where sensitive information remains on prem and components that can provide efficiency in cost and flexibility should take advantage of cloud services where applicable. Finally, managing and maintaining both business and technical aspects of the current system requires very specific skills and knowledge and needs to be simplified so that State staff can easily integrate additional applications using standard and modern methods and remove reliance on contractors. The modernization process will enable the MNEIAM application to respond better to change, require less maintenance, and ultimately better serve the public.
The system requires an availability of 24/7 with limited downtime for maintenance. The design requires high availability as well as disaster recovery capabilities to meet a 4-hour downtime and data loss.
MNIT seeks a vendor that has demonstrated success in completing this type and strongly prefers a vendor with experience creating or maintaining Oracle IAM products and cloud services.
The selected vendor is expected to provide all resources and skills necessary to perform the work of each deliverable. The MNEIAM program will provide high-level business requirements gathered and will make resources available to be interviewed to validate detailed business requirements. The selected vendor will manage all projects and execution of work and MNEIAM expects vendor resources will include project managers, business analysts, testers, developers, architects, and other resources not named here that the vendor, through their experience, needs to complete the project successfully.
Project Phases and Deliverables
Phase 1: Optimized Environment Design
• Deliverable #1: Perform a detailed analysis of the current environment and formulate recommendations for optimizing the new environment.
• Deliverable 2: Develop a plan for executing implementation and migration to the new, optimized environment, which is highly available and recoverable/redundant.
• Deliverable #3: Create documentation on the plan for MNIT staff and conduct hand-off meetings.
Phase 2: Implementation and Migration (Optional)
• Deliverables for this phase will be determined upon completion of Phase 1.