IT Security Engineer

Participates in design, development and implementation of systems engineering activities, to include OS technical support, systems programming, and data center capabilities. Responsible for components of complex engineering and/or analytical tasks and activities. Assists in establishment of input/output processes and working parameters for hardware compatibility and coordination of subsystems design and integration of total system. Serves as a fully seasoned/proficient technical resource; provides tech knowledge and capabilities as team member and individual contributor. Will not have direct reports but will influence and direct activities of a team related to special initiatives or operations. Provides input on staffing, budget, and personnel. Typically 5 or more years of systems engineering experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to story refinement/defining requirements.

• Understand and utilize basic network, virtualization, and datacenter technologies for deployment strategies.

• Work with solutions to integrate, transform and control systems in operational environments per the defined acceptance criteria.

• Work across development teams to understand and aid in the delivery of system requirements.

• Work with large, complex data sets that meet functional/ non-functional requirements.

• Build and improve processes supporting system transformation, structures, quality controls, dependency, and workload management.

• Define and build deployment pipelines that enable faster, better, data-informed decision-making within the business.

• Perform/Implement existing test suites (integration, regression, and performance), analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause.

• Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.

• Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.

• Identify gaps in environment management standards adherence and work with appropriate partners to develop plans to close gaps.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Information Security

• Strong hands-on experience with industry standard SSO technologies and protocols (OAuth, OpenID Connect, FIDO, SCIM, LDAP, SAML)

• Expertise in Identity and Authentication solutions such as Ping Federate/Ping Access (preferred)

• Strong experience in designing Ping policies including custom solutions

• Strong expertise in development of Cloud IAM solutions for AWS, GCP and Azure

• Strong experience in federating cloud applications with PingFederate

• Strong experience in implementing identity synchronization to Cloud IAM using PingIDM/SCIM

• Strong development experience in Java/J2EE technologies

• Knowledge of LDAP and Active Directory services, MFA, Risk based authentication and privileged access management

• Holistic view of IAM (Authentication and Authorization Data, Endpoint Security, Network Security, Policy Engine)

• Experience in Web-Development technologies: HTML, XML, XSL/XSLT, XPATH and Java script

• Proficient in Linux, Windows, Tomcat, Web Logic, IBM WebSphere environments

• Ability to utilize various programming or scripting languages such as Shell scripting, Perl, Java, Python, JavaScript and PowerShell

• Understanding of API design concepts, RESTful Services and modern application interaction patterns

• Familiarity with deployments and integration of IAM solutions within the cloud (Azure, AWS or Google Cloud)

• Experience in deploying large-scale, global projects and programs

• Familiarity with IT security and risk management practices

• Leadership skills and qualities which enable you to work with peers and various levels of management

• Effective communication skills and motivation/willingness to learn