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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director, Platform Engineering - CIAM - **Company:** Vizient, Inc. - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Salary:** $135,200.0 - $236,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Access, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Continuous Delivery, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, OAuth, OpenID, Role-Based Access Control, Openid Connect, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Software Engineering, Policy as Code, Enterprise Software Applications, System Availability, Event Driven Architecture, Customer Identity Access Management, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Api Design - **Published:** August 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87841683/1 ## About the Role * Relevant degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience preferred; Advanced degree preferred. * 7 or more years of relevant experience required. * Extensive software engineering experience with progressive leadership responsibilities, including leading platform engineering, identity and access management, security engineering, or core infrastructure teams within SaaS, healthcare, or other highly regulated technology environments required. * Demonstrated ability to define technical strategy and build alignment across engineering, product, security, business, and executive leadership required. * Deep knowledge of authentication and identity standards, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and SAML required. * Experience designing and implementing fine-grained authorization models, including ReBAC, ABAC, RBAC, Zanzibar-style architectures, and Policy-as-Code frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA) or Cedar required. * Experience building reusable platform services, APIs, SDKs, integration patterns, or developer enablement capabilities for enterprise application teams required. * Knowledge of workload identity, machine identity, secrets management, and identity solutions supporting autonomous AI agents required. * Strong cloud-native engineering experience with Azure and AWS, Kubernetes, API design, event-driven architectures, observability, and modern software delivery practices required. * Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations through strategic transformation, operational excellence, platform adoption, and AI-enabled software engineering practices required. ## Description When you're the best, we're the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future., In this role, you will lead the strategy, architecture, and engineering of an enterprise Customer Identity and Access Platform (CIAM) that powers secure authentication and authorization across customer-facing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products. You will define and execute a multi-year technology roadmap, build secure and scalable reusable identity and authorization services, and enable product and application teams to consume capabilities through standardized APIs, SDKs, integration patterns, and self-service solutions. You will advance cloud-native and platform engineering practices, support secure access for users, workloads, and emerging AI agents, and foster engineering excellence, platform adoption, and continuous modernization across the enterprise., * Define and execute the multi-year engineering strategy and roadmap for authentication and authorization platforms across enterprise SaaS solutions. * Lead modernization of authorization capabilities through unified frameworks supporting relationship-based access control, attribute-based access control, role-based access control, and Policy-as-Code architectures. * Develop scalable identity solutions that support human users, non-human workloads, short-lived credentials, and emerging agentic AI identities. * Oversee architecture, design, development, deployment, and continuous improvement of CIAM platforms to ensure high availability, scalability, security, and reliability. * Drive adoption of standardized APIs, SDKs, integration patterns, policy and entitlement services, and self-service capabilities that enable product and application teams to securely consume identity services. * Lead, mentor, and develop engineering leaders and teams while fostering technical excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous delivery. * Collaborate with technology, product, security, and business teams to align identity and access capabilities with organizational priorities and client needs. * Establish engineering standards, operational metrics, and performance indicators to improve platform stability, service quality, developer experience, and continuous improvement. * Manage engineering budgets, operational planning, resource allocation, and roadmap prioritization to optimize delivery and cost efficiency. * Advance AI-enabled engineering practices to improve software development, testing, code quality, operational efficiency, and delivery velocity. ## Related Videos - [Keeping applications secure by evolving OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100152-keeping-applications-secure-by-evolving-oauth-2-0-and-openid-connect) - [API Design - Getting Started](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/33-api-design-getting-started) - [How to govern Vibe Coding for the Enterprise](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100290-how-to-govern-vibe-coding-for-the-enterprise) - [Get started with securing your cloud-native Java microservices applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/123-get-started-with-securing-your-cloud-native-java-microservices-applications) - [Rest API Antipatterns](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100208-rest-api-antipatterns) - [Delegating the chores of authenticating users to Keycloak](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1558-delegating-the-chores-of-authenticating-users-to-keycloak) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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