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Authentication Engineer

Quantum Technologies
Plano, TX, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
9 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
www.careerboard.com

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 User Authentication Build Automation Automation of Tests Bash Shell Command-Line Interface Continuous Integration
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Programming Tools Github Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) MySQL OAuth OpenID Zero Trust Network Access Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Software Engineering Systems Integration Scripting Enterprise Software Applications Autoscaling Spring-boot Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Agentic-AI Cloudformation Pingfederate Information Technology Claude Restful APIs Splunk Jenkins Servicenow

Job description

  • Develop and troubleshoot authentication flows using SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC.
  • Develop authentication components, shared services, REST APIs, and integrations using Java/Spring Boot and Python.
  • Build automation for application onboarding, authentication configuration, certificate lifecycle, identity verification, and access revocation.
  • Troubleshoot complex authentication issues involving sessions, tokens, claims, certificates, redirects, APIs, and application integrations.
  • Support MFA, passwordless, and device-bound authentication solutions, including technologies such as Beyond Identity.
  • Develop scripts and operational automation using Python, Bash, and CLI tools.
  • Work with AWS services such as EC2, Auto Scaling, S3, VPC, and CloudFormation/IaC.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git/GitHub.
  • Use Splunk/SPL, application logs, and monitoring data for incident troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
  • Support authentication platform upgrades, migrations, modernization, and Legacy solution decommissioning.
  • Contribute to Zero Trust and secure access integrations involving technologies such as Zscaler and BYOD environments.
  • Follow enterprise security, SOX, audit, ServiceNow, and change-management requirements.

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience in IAM, authentication, federation, SSO, and enterprise application onboarding.
  • Expertise in PingFederate and PingAccess, with strong knowledge of SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, tokens, claims, sessions, and certificates.
  • Strong development capability in Java/Spring Boot and Python, including REST APIs, integrations, scripting, and automation.
  • Experience troubleshooting production authentication services and complex SSO flows.
  • Working knowledge of Git/GitHub, Jenkins, CI/CD, automated testing, and Splunk/SPL.
  • Experience with AWS, CloudFormation/IaC, and highly available or multi-region architectures.
  • Exposure to PingID, MFA, passwordless authentication, Beyond Identity, or certificate lifecycle management.
  • Experience with Zscaler, Zero Trust, identity lifecycle automation, platform migrations, or Legacy decommissioning.
  • Working knowledge of MySQL, SOX controls, ServiceNow, and enterprise change management.
  • Exposure to AI-enabled development tools such as Claude, MCP, or agentic frameworks.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 9+ years of experience in IAM, software engineering, security engineering, or a related field.
  • Proven ability to design, develop, integrate, and support enterprise authentication solutions.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

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