Staff IAM Engineer

We are looking for a highly motivated Staff IAM Engineer to join our team at an exciting time. Our company is committed to building innovative technologies and future-proofing our business to stay ahead in the ever-changing digital landscape. We are seeking a passionate individual who is excited about working on cutting-edge identity platforms such as Entra External Identities (Azure B2C) and AWS Cognito. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical skills, a deep understanding of software development life cycle methodologies, and a keen eye for detail.

Outcomes and Activities:

• The position will work from home; occasional planned travel to an assigned Southfield, Michigan office location may be required. However, this position is permitted to work at a Southfield, Michigan office location if requested by the team member.
• Design and develop solutions for Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Platforms such as Entra External Identities (Azure B2C) and AWS Cognito
• Integrate applications with SAML, OpenID Connect, RADIUS and OAuth.
• Integrate applications with Multi Factor Authentication
• Integrate applications with Password less Authentication
• Evolve and transform the design and architecture of applications towards leading edge technologies and practices
• Conduct impact analysis to proactively identify impact of a change across multiple applications/platforms
• Learn the business process domain to better support the business and align technologies with the business process
• Experiment and test ideas, validate assumptions against needs, reach conclusions and recommend solutions
• Document code and projects so others can easily understand, maintain and support
• Debug the problems which arise in production and propose effective solutions within the application and across multiple applications
• Read, write and review design documents
• Contribute to team's sprint commitments and actively participate in our Agile practices, including recommendations for process improvement
• Lead continuous learning activities to improve design and code quality as well as to increase application domain knowledge
• Participate in the talent selection process
• Act as a mentor to guide and review the code, designs and documentation of less experienced IAM engineers

Competencies: The following items detail how you will be successful in this role.

• Customer Empathy: Customer Empathy is the ability to understand the perspectives, pain points, and experiences of customers. It involves actively putting oneself in the customer’s shoes, comprehending their needs and challenges, and using that understanding to provide a better, more customer-centric experience.
• Engineering Excellence: Engineering Excellence is about bringing great craftsmanship and thought leadership to deliver an outstanding product that delights customers and solves for the business. This involves the pursuit and achievement of high standards, best practices, innovation, and superior solutions.
• One Team: A One Team mindset refers to a collaborative approach across the organization, where individuals work together seamlessly, without boundaries, as a single, cohesive team. Shared goals, open communication and mutual support create a sense of collective purpose. This enables teams to navigate challenges and pursue shared objectives more effectively.
• Owner’s Mindset: Owner’s Mindset involves adopting a set of behaviors that reflect a sense of responsibility, accountability, strategic thinking, and a proactive approach to managing your domain. As an owner, you understand the business and your domain(s) deeply and solve for the right outcome for the domain(s) and the business.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field of study; or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 8 years of software engineering, identity and federation experience or comparable depth of experience
• Experience with Privaleged Access Management (PAM) & tools such as CyberArk or BeyondTrust
• Experience in the lead role overseeing technical direction of a team of identity and access talent
• Strong understanding and use of one or more object-oriented programming languages and design patterns
• Practical experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Agile/SCRUM and Waterfall
• Practical experience in data modeling, design and messaging
• Experience working on mission-critical enterprise class applications
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor less experienced team members
• Strong experience with Directories, SSO, Federation, Delegated administration, API gateways, SOA services
• Experience with network architecture.
• Experience with PowerShell, Java and .NET scripting
• An understanding of Zero Trust concepts
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation

Preferred:

• Knowledge of open authentication & authorization standards (SAML2.0, OAuth 2.0 and OIDC)
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in the design, implementation, and support of Customer Identity & Access Management platforms
• Experience with CIAM tools such as Azure Active Directory B2C or Amazon Cognito
• In-depth usage and creation of application programming interfaces (API) and frameworks in their particular field: JSON, Rest/SOAP based Web Services, and PowerShell
• Experience in API security, analytics, throttling, caching, logging, request and response modifications
• Financial services industry experience

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to challenge the status quo and influence stakeholders to create innovative solutions
• Be collaborative with other team members, seeking a diversity of thought to meet business outcomes
• Ability to foster strong relationships across the organization
• Bring a strong understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, provide input and coach team members and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
• Experience and understanding of how to connect the work being done and how it drives business value
• Ability to communicate complex technical information (both verbal and written) to all levels, including senior leadership

Target Compensation: A competitive base salary + an annual variable bonus (cash and equity) will range from $165,000 to $253,000. This position may also be eligible for a sign-on RSU grant.

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Benefits

• Excellent benefits package that includes 401(K) match, adoption assistance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive medical/ dental/vision and many nonstandard benefits that make us a Great Place to Work 

Our Company Values:

To be successful in this role, Team Members need to be:

• Positive by maintaining resiliency and focusing on solutions
• Respectful by collaborating and actively listening
• Insightful by cultivating innovation, accumulating business and role specific knowledge, demonstrating self-awareness and making quality decisions
• Direct by effectively communicating and conveying courage
• Earnest by taking accountability, applying feedback and effectively planning and priority setting

Expectations:

• Remain compliant with our policies processes and legal guidelines
• All other duties as assigned
• Attendance as required by department

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