Lead Authentication Engineer _Vice President _Cybersecurity Engineering
Core
Design, build, integrate, and operationalize enterprise authentication solutions for human and non-human identities across the workforce identity ecosystem.
Role type
Lead Authentication Engineer (Principal IC)
Builds
Secure, scalable authentication and federation solutions (OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, SSO, FIDO2, PKI) for cloud and hybrid environments.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Identity Access Management (IAM)
Required skills
OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, SSO, FIDO2/WebAuthn, PKI (mTLS, cert lifecycle), API auth, Unix/Linux authentication, HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, CyberArk, SailPoint, Entra ID, Ping Identity, Terraform, Ansible/Puppet/Chef, Python, Go, Shell scripting
Preferred skills
Threat modeling, least privilege, PAM, secrets management, policy-as-code, auditability, agentic systems integration, large-institution environment navigation
Technologies
Entra ID, Ping Identity, SailPoint, CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, FIDO2, WebAuthn, PKI, mTLS, JWT, LDAP, RCBI
Responsibilities
Design and implement hands-on authentication engineering for human and non-human identities; Own enterprise authentication and federation implementation; Integrate and customize IAM platforms; Drive reliability and automation at scale; Partner and operate across teams; Translate architecture into executable work
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC