diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soc-restart b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soc-restart
index 9d252e2c1..0a678de96 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soc-restart
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soc-restart
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
+pkill salt-relay.sh
 /usr/sbin/so-restart soc $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
index 81bfa0d76..0a287aa7c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
@@ -11,29 +11,120 @@ source $(dirname $0)/so-common
 
 DEFAULT_ROLE=analyst
 
-if [[ $# -lt 1 || $# -gt 3 ]]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <operation> [email] [role]"
-  echo ""
-  echo " where <operation> is one of the following:"
-  echo ""
-  echo "     list: Lists all user email addresses currently defined in the identity system"
-  echo "      add: Adds a new user to the identity system; requires 'email' parameter, while 'role' parameter is optional and defaults to $DEFAULT_ROLE"
-  echo "  addrole: Grants a role to an existing user; requires 'email' and 'role' parameters"
-  echo "  delrole: Removes a role from an existing user; requires 'email' and 'role' parameters"
-  echo "   update: Updates a user's password and disables MFA; requires 'email' parameter"
-  echo "   enable: Enables a user; requires 'email' parameter"
-  echo "  disable: Disables a user; requires 'email' parameter"
-  echo " validate: Validates that the given email address and password are acceptable; requires 'email' parameter"
-  echo " valemail: Validates that the given email address is acceptable; requires 'email' parameter"
-  echo "  valpass: Validates that a password is acceptable"
-  echo ""
-  echo " Note that the password can be piped into STDIN to avoid prompting for it"
+function usage() {
+  cat <<USAGE_EOF
+  Usage: $0 <operation> [supporting parameters]"
+  
+  where <operation> is one of the following:"
+  
+      list: Lists all user email addresses currently defined in the identity system"
+  
+       add: Adds a new user to the identity system"
+            Required parameters: "
+              --email <email>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --role <role>             (defaults to $DEFAULT_ROLE)"
+              --firstName <firstName>   (defaults to blank)"
+              --lastName <lastName>     (defaults to blank)"
+              --note <note>             (defaults to blank)"
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
+  
+   addrole: Grants a role to an existing user"
+            Required parameters: "
+              --email <email>"
+              --role <role>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
+  
+   delrole: Removes a role from an existing user"
+            Required parameters: "
+              --email <email>"
+              --role <role>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
+  
+  password: Updates a user's password and disables MFA"
+            Required parameters: "
+              --email <email>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
+  
+    profile: Updates a user's profile information"
+            Required parameters: "
+              --email <email>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --role <role>             (defaults to $DEFAULT_ROLE)"
+              --firstName <firstName>   (defaults to blank)"
+              --lastName <lastName>     (defaults to blank)"
+              --note <note>             (defaults to blank)"
+  
+    enable: Enables a user"
+            Required parameters: "
+              --email <email>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
+  
+   disable: Disables a user"
+            Required parameters: "
+              --email <email>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
+  
+  validate: Validates that the given email address and password are acceptable"
+            Required parameters: "
+              --email <email>"
+  
+  valemail: Validates that the given email address is acceptable; requires 'email' parameter"
+            Required parameters: "
+              --email <email>"
+  
+   valpass: Validates that a password is acceptable"
+  
+  Note that the password can be piped into STDIN to avoid prompting for it"
+USAGE_EOF
   exit 1
+}
+
+if [[ $# -lt 1 || $1 == --help || $1 == -h || $1 == -? || $1 == --h ]]; then
+  usage
 fi
 
 operation=$1
-email=$2
-role=$3
+shift
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  param=$1
+  shift
+  case "$param" in
+    --email)
+      email=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --role)
+      role=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --firstName)
+      firstName=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --lastName) 
+      lastName=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --note) 
+      note=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --skip-sync) 
+      SKIP_SYNC=1
+      ;;
+    *) 
+      echo "Encountered unexpected parameter: $param"
+      usage
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
 
 kratosUrl=${KRATOS_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:4434/admin}
 databasePath=${KRATOS_DB_PATH:-/opt/so/conf/kratos/db/db.sqlite}
@@ -213,6 +304,8 @@ function syncElasticSystemRole() {
 }
 
 function syncElastic() {
+  [[ -n $SKIP_SYNC ]] && return
+
   echo "Syncing users and roles between SOC and Elastic..."
 
   usersTmpFile="${elasticUsersFile}.tmp"
@@ -277,9 +370,9 @@ function syncElastic() {
     mv "${rolesTmpFile}" "${elasticRolesFile}"
 
     if [[ -z "$SKIP_STATE_APPLY" ]]; then
-      echo "Elastic state will be re-applied to affected minions. This may take several minutes..."
+      echo "Elastic state will be re-applied to affected minions. This will run in the background and may take several minutes to complete."
       echo "Applying elastic state to elastic minions at $(date)" >> /opt/so/log/soc/sync.log 2>&1
-      salt -C 'G@role:so-standalone or G@role:so-eval or G@role:so-import or G@role:so-manager or G@role:so-managersearch or G@role:so-searchnode or G@role:so-heavynode' state.apply elasticsearch queue=True >> /opt/so/log/soc/sync.log 2>&1
+      salt --async -C 'G@role:so-standalone or G@role:so-eval or G@role:so-import or G@role:so-manager or G@role:so-managersearch or G@role:so-searchnode or G@role:so-heavynode' state.apply elasticsearch queue=True >> /opt/so/log/soc/sync.log 2>&1
     fi
   else
     echo "Newly generated users/roles files are incomplete; aborting."
@@ -369,11 +462,19 @@ function adjustUserRole() {
 function createUser() {
   email=$1
   role=$2
+  firstName=$3
+  lastName=$4
+  note=$5
 
   now=$(date -u +%FT%TZ)
   addUserJson=$(cat <<EOF
 {
-  "traits": {"email":"${email}"},
+  "traits": {
+    "email": "${email}",
+    "firstName": "${firstName}",
+    "lastName": "${lastName}",
+    "note": "${note}"
+  },
   "schema_id": "default"
 }
 EOF
@@ -432,7 +533,7 @@ function updateStatus() {
   [[ $? != 0 ]] && fail "Unable to update user"
 }
 
-function updateUser() {
+function updateUserPassword() {
   email=$1
 
   identityId=$(findIdByEmail "$email")
@@ -441,6 +542,25 @@ function updateUser() {
   updatePassword "$identityId"
 }
 
+function updateUserProfile() {
+  email=$1
+
+  identityId=$(findIdByEmail "$email")
+  [[ ${identityId} == "" ]] && fail "User not found"
+
+  response=$(curl -Ss -L "${kratosUrl}/identities/$identityId")
+  [[ $? != 0 ]] && fail "Unable to communicate with Kratos"
+
+  schemaId=$(echo "$response" | jq -r .schema_id)
+  state=$(echo "$response" | jq -r .state)
+  
+  traitBlock="{\"email\":\"$email\",\"firstName\":\"$firstName\",\"lastName\":\"$lastName\",\"note\":\"$note\"}"
+
+  body="{ \"schema_id\": \"$schemaId\", \"state\": \"$state\", \"traits\": $traitBlock }"
+  response=$(curl -fSsL -XPUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" "${kratosUrl}/identities/$identityId" -d "$body")
+  [[ $? != 0 ]] && fail "Unable to update user"
+}
+
 function deleteUser() {
   email=$1
 
@@ -464,7 +584,7 @@ case "${operation}" in
     lock
     validateEmail "$email"
     updatePassword
-    createUser "$email" "${role:-$DEFAULT_ROLE}"
+    createUser "$email" "${role:-$DEFAULT_ROLE}" "${firstName}" "${lastName}" "${note}"
     syncAll
     echo "Successfully added new user to SOC"
     check_container fleet && echo "$password" | so-fleet-user-add "$email"
@@ -500,14 +620,23 @@ case "${operation}" in
     echo "Successfully removed role from user"
     ;;
 
-  "update")
+  "password")
     verifyEnvironment
     [[ "$email" == "" ]] && fail "Email address must be provided"
 
     lock
-    updateUser "$email"
+    updateUserPassword "$email"
     syncAll
-    echo "Successfully updated user"
+    echo "Successfully updated user password"
+    ;;
+
+  "profile")
+    verifyEnvironment
+    [[ "$email" == "" ]] && fail "Email address must be provided"
+
+    lock
+    updateUserProfile "$email"
+    echo "Successfully updated user profile"
     ;;
 
   "enable")
@@ -571,6 +700,7 @@ case "${operation}" in
 
   *)
     fail "Unsupported operation: $operation"
+    usage
     ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-add b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-add
index dd02d993f..2685365b6 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-add
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-add
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-so-user add $*
\ No newline at end of file
+so-user add --email $1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-disable b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-disable
index 77bc4fcd0..c8049cdef 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-disable
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-disable
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-so-user disable $*
\ No newline at end of file
+so-user disable --email $1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-enable b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-enable
index 1c4a2f774..54ddca6f0 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-enable
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user-enable
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-so-user enable $*
\ No newline at end of file
+so-user enable --email $1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh b/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh
index 732d48dc1..bc6f70e51 100755
--- a/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh
+++ b/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ function list_minions() {
 }
 
 function manage_minion() {
-  command=$1
-  op=$2
-  minion=$3
-  
-  response=$(so-minion "-o=$op" "-m=$minion")
+  request=$1
+  op=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .operation)
+  id=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .id)
+
+  response=$(so-minion "-o=$op" "-m=$id")
   exit_code=$?
   if [[ exit_code -eq 0 ]]; then
     log "Successful command execution"
@@ -52,21 +52,135 @@ function manage_minion() {
   fi
 }
 
+function manage_user() {
+  request=$1
+  op=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .operation)
+
+  case "$op" in
+    add)
+      email=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .email)
+      password=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .password)
+      role=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .role)
+      firstName=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .firstName)
+      lastName=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .lastName)
+      note=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .note)
+      log "Performing user '$op' for user '$email' with firstname '$firstName', lastname '$lastName', note '$note' and role '$role'"
+      response=$(echo "$password" | so-user "$op" --email "$email" --firstName "$firstName" --lastName "$lastName" --note "$note" --role "$role" --skip-sync)
+      exit_code=$?
+      ;;
+    add|enable|disable|delete)
+      email=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .email)
+      log "Performing user '$op' for user '$email'"
+      response=$(so-user "$op" --email "$email" --skip-sync)
+      exit_code=$?
+      ;;
+    addrole|delrole)
+      email=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .email)
+      role=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .role)
+      log "Performing '$op' for user '$email' with role '$role'"
+      response=$(so-user "$op" --email "$email" --role "$role" --skip-sync)
+      exit_code=$?
+      ;;
+    password)
+      email=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .email)
+      password=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .password)
+      log "Performing '$op' operation for user '$email'"
+      response=$(echo "$password" | so-user "$op" --email "$email" --skip-sync)
+      exit_code=$?
+      ;;
+    profile)
+      email=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .email)
+      firstName=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .firstName)
+      lastName=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .lastName)
+      note=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .note)
+      log "Performing '$op' update for user '$email' with firstname '$firstName', lastname '$lastName', and note '$note'"
+      response=$(so-user "$op" --email "$email" --firstName "$firstName" --lastName "$lastName" --note "$note")
+      exit_code=$?
+      ;;
+    sync)
+      log "Performing '$op'"
+      response=$(so-user "$op")
+      exit_code=$?
+      ;;
+    *)
+      response="Unsupported user operation: $op"
+      exit_code=1
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  if [[ exit_code -eq 0 ]]; then
+    log "Successful command execution"
+    $(echo "true" > "${SOC_PIPE}")
+  else
+    log "Unsuccessful command execution: $response ($exit_code)"
+    $(echo "false" > "${SOC_PIPE}")
+  fi
+}
+
+function manage_salt() {
+  request=$1
+  op=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .operation)
+  minion=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .minion)
+  if [[ -s $minion || "$minion" == "null" ]]; then
+    minion=$(cat /etc/salt/minion | grep "id:" | awk '{print $2}' | sed "s/'//g")
+  fi
+
+  case "$op" in
+    state)
+      log "Performing '$op' for '$state' on minion '$minion'"
+      state=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .state)
+      response=$(salt --async "$minion" state.apply "$state" queue=True)
+      exit_code=$?
+      ;;
+    highstate)
+      log "Performing '$op' on minion $minion"
+      response=$(salt --async "$minion" state.highstate queue=True)
+      exit_code=$?
+      ;;
+    activejobs)
+      log "Querying active salt jobs"
+      response=$(salt-run jobs.active -out json -l quiet)
+      $(echo "$response" > "${SOC_PIPE}")
+      return
+      ;;
+    *)
+      response="Unsupported salt operation: $op"
+      exit_code=1
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  if [[ exit_code -eq 0 ]]; then
+    log "Successful command execution"
+    $(echo "true" > "${SOC_PIPE}")
+  else
+    log "Unsuccessful command execution: $response ($exit_code)"
+    $(echo "false" > "${SOC_PIPE}")
+  fi
+}
+
 while true; do
   log "Listening for request"
   request=$(cat ${SOC_PIPE})
   if [[ "$request" != "" ]]; then
-    log "Received request: ${request}"
-    case "$request" in
+    command=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .command)
+    log "Received request; command=${command}"
+    case "$command" in
       list-minions)
         list_minions
         ;;
-      manage-minion*)
-        manage_minion ${request}
+      manage-minion)
+        manage_minion "${request}"
+        ;;
+      manage-user)
+        manage_user "${request}"
+        ;;
+      manage-salt)
+        manage_salt "${request}"
         ;;
       *)
-        log "Unsupported command: $request"
+        log "Unsupported command: $command"
         $(echo "false" > "${SOC_PIPE}")
+        ;;
     esac
 
     # allow remote reader to get a clean reader before we try to read again on next loop
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 5a0e35be0..7dfa7b047 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ add_web_user() {
 	{
 		info "Attempting to add administrator user for web interface...";
 		export SKIP_STATE_APPLY=true
-		echo "$WEBPASSWD1" | /usr/sbin/so-user add "$WEBUSER" "superuser";
+		echo "$WEBPASSWD1" | /usr/sbin/so-user add --email "$WEBUSER" --role "superuser";
 		unset SKIP_STATE_APPLY
 		info "Add user result: $?";
 	} >> "/root/so-user-add.log" 2>&1
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ collect_so_allow() {
 collect_webuser_inputs() {
 	whiptail_create_web_user
 
-	while ! so-user valemail "$WEBUSER" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1; do
+	while ! so-user valemail --email "$WEBUSER" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1; do
 		whiptail_invalid_user_warning
 		whiptail_create_web_user "$WEBUSER"
 	done