Lead Authentication Engineer _Vice President _Cybersecurity Engineering
Core
Design, build, integrate, and operationalize enterprise authentication solutions for human and non-human identities within a global financial institution.
Role type
Vice President, Lead Hands-On Authentication Engineer
Builds
Secure, scalable authentication and federation solutions (OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, FIDO2, PKI) for workforce identity ecosystems.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Identity Access Management (IAM) / Financial Services
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Hands-on principal engineering (coding, configuring, integrating), deep authentication expertise (OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, SSO, FIDO2/WebAuthn, PKI, API auth, Unix/Linux), IAM platforms mastery (HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, CyberArk, SailPoint, Entra ID, Ping Identity), resiliency and automation at scale (HA/DR, IaC, CI/CD, observability), security & compliance acumen (threat modeling, PAM, secrets management), systems integrator mindset, enterprise & industry savvy.
Preferred skills
None explicitly stated as preferred, all listed skills are required.
Technologies
Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Python, Go, Shell, OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, FIDO2, WebAuthn, PKI, mTLS, JWT, Entra ID, Ping Identity, SailPoint, CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, IDM, LDAP, RCBI.
Responsibilities
Design and implement secure authentication solutions for human and non-human identities; own enterprise authentication & federation implementation; integrate and customize IAM platforms across cloud and hybrid environments; drive reliability and automation at scale; partner across teams to scale adoption and lead incident response; translate architecture into executable work including documentation and pipelines.
Seniority
Vice President, Senior hands-on IC with strategic leadership
