Role Overview
My client is currently seekeing a highly experienced Senior Identity and Access Management (IAM) Engineer to join their IAM team and lead the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise authentication and authorization solutions. This role requires deep hands-on expertise with Okta and/or Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and extensive experience integrating both internal and external applications using SAML-based federated authentication.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain IAM solutions leveraging Okta and/or Microsoft Entra ID as primary identity providers.
- Lead the integration of internal and third-party applications using SAML 2.0, including federation setup, claims configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Own Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) implementations across diverse application landscapes.
- Partner closely with application teams, security, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable authentication solutions.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex authentication, authorization, and federation issues, including certificate management and protocol-level debugging.
- Support the engineering, scaling, and operational stability of IAM and authentication infrastructure.
- Establish and improve identity provider (IdP) resiliency, availability, and monitoring across platforms.
- Contribute to IAM standards, best practices, documentation, and operational runbooks.
- Participate in on-call support and incident response for IAM-related services as required.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management engineering or related security roles
- Extensive hands-on experience with Okta and/or Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) in enterprise environments.
- Strong expertise integrating applications using SAML 2.0, including experience with both internal and SaaS-based applications.
- Proven experience implementing and supporting SSO and MFA solutions at scale.
- Deep understanding of authentication and authorization concepts, identity federation, and trust relationships.
- Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze logs, tokens, and protocol flows to resolve complex issues.
- Experience working in fast-paced environments supporting mission-critical authentication services.
If you are eager to bring your Okta or Entra ID expertise to shape and scale modern identity platforms powering critical business applications; Please apply today, or reach out to me at for more information.
