My NJ brethren!!! I used to be there before I moved to get away from the cold. If I can offer some insight, it will be hard. Although you are in a opportunity dense state(or at least close to major cities if you in mid/south jersey) Its going to be a challenge. @Joel Jay @Keon Fraser-Morrison Lowest hanging fruit is MSP, School Districts, NOC companies. MSP is probably going to be more open because of the amount of companies in NY/NJ/PA that they can service. IAM is not entry level. Its entry level cyber. Cybersecurity isnt entry level. Like Srinath sad, do the lab, get better understanding. But I personally know a guy who is struggling to break into IAM because he refuses to go work IT Support or Help Desk for 6 months to a year. Trust me, you have to compete with people with 2-5yrs experience. So you either get really good to skip the line. I have 10 years of experience in the space in different positions. You have to compete with folks like me (this isnt to discourage you....you could be better than me or anyone else at your interviewing skills. I am just saying you have to put in that work!!!!) Go do an Active Directory lab, some M365/Intune at the same time you are doing the IAM to get better skills with handling user permissions and access. This gets you a step above someone who only does certs or degree

Would OpenIAM or KeyCloak be good options?

Ahh I'll definitely get on that video now. Thanks again

Thank you for recording this! I was pretty upset I had to miss it