IAM Platform Engineer

Learn Beyond Consulting LLC
Houston, United States of America
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Houston, United States of America

Tech stack

Java
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Engineering
Continuous Integration
Software Debugging
Distributed Systems
Identity and Access Management
Python
OAuth
Openid Connect
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Session Management
Spinnaker
Enterprise Software Applications
Okta
System Availability
Spring-boot
Backend
Pingfederate
Terraform

Job description

We are looking for a Senior IAM Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade Identity & Access Management (IAM) systems. This role focuses on secure authentication, authorization, and federation across large-scale distributed environments. You will work on production IAM platforms, solving real-world challenges around SSO, MFA, identity federation, and access control, while ensuring high availability and security at scale., * Design and implement IAM solutions using platforms like ForgeRock, Okta, Keycloak, or PingFederate

  • Build and manage authentication and authorization flows using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML
  • Develop and maintain SSO, MFA, and policy-based access control systems
  • Integrate IAM solutions across multiple enterprise applications
  • Troubleshoot and resolve IAM-related production issues (token failures, session management, federation issues, etc.)
  • Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to ensure secure system design

Requirements

  • Strong experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM) in production environments

  • Hands-on experience with at least one: ForgeRock, Okta, Keycloak, or PingFederate

  • Solid understanding of:

  • OAuth 2.0

  • OpenID Connect

  • SAML 2.0

Experience with AWS and cloud-native architectures

Strong experience with Terraform

Backend development experience in Java (Spring Boot preferred), * Experience with Terraform Enterprise (TFE) or policy frameworks

  • Exposure to Go or Python for automation
  • Experience with Spinnaker or advanced CI/CD orchestration
  • Understanding of IAM system scalability and failure handling, * Engineers who have worked on real-world IAM systems at scale
  • Strong problem solvers who can debug complex authentication and authorization issues
  • Ability to own systems end-to-end from design to production
  • Comfortable working in large enterprise environments

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