Senior Authentication, SSO/MFA & CIAM SME Lead
Core
Senior technical leader defining, architecting, and delivering secure authentication, SSO, MFA, and CIAM solutions across workforce, partner, and customer identity use cases.
Role type
Senior IC IAM Architect / SME
Builds
Scalable IAM platforms and authentication patterns for cloud, SaaS, on-premises, mobile, API, and legacy applications.
Domain
Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure
Required skills
Enterprise IAM architecture, SSO federation (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC), MFA strategies, CIAM design, Okta platform expertise, API security, scripting (PowerShell, Python, Java, Node.js), DevOps automation, troubleshooting complex auth issues
Preferred skills
Zero trust principles, passwordless authentication (FIDO2/WebAuthn), privileged access management, non-human identities, cloud directory services (Azure AD, AWS Cognito), container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), monitoring (Splunk, ELK)
Technologies
Okta, Ping, Microsoft Entra ID, ForgeRock, SiteMinder, AWS Cognito, Azure AD B2C, Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, Apache, WAF
Responsibilities
Design secure authentication patterns for diverse application types; Lead technical architecture for SSO integrations and legacy modernization; Define MFA and adaptive authentication strategies; Architect CIAM solutions for customer journeys; Mentor engineers and drive platform modernization; Provide hands-on leadership for production support and root cause analysis
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
