CISO Technical Lead SSO Engineer

• CISO Technical Lead – SSO Engineer

Services

• Divestiture Strategy & Execution:
• Drive development and execution strategies for the secure separation, migration, and integration of PingFederate instances, configurations, and associated identity stores for divested business units.
• Plan and implement identity federation solutions to support application access for users transitioning between organizations, ensuring minimal disruption.
• Manage the lifecycle of federated trusts, connections, and identity providers/service providers in the context of divestiture, including onboarding and offboarding applications.
• PingFederate Implementation & Management:
• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain high-availability PingFederate environments across various enterprise landscapes.
• Administer PingFederate connections, policies, adapters, selectors, and authentication methods (e.g., SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
• Troubleshoot complex SSO authentication, authorization, and federation issues to ensure continuous service availability.
• Identity & Access Integration:
• Integrate PingFederate with various identity stores such as Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and LDAP directories.
• Collaborate with application owners to onboard new applications and migrate existing ones to the PingFederate SSO platform.
• Ensure seamless integration with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) solutions.
• Security & Compliance:
• Implement and enforce security best practices and architectural guidelines for identity federation and SSO solutions.
• Ensure that SSO configurations comply with corporate security policies, regulatory requirements, and data governance standards during the divestiture process.
• Conduct regular security reviews and vulnerability assessments of the PingFederate environment.
• Operational Support & Documentation:
• Provide expert-level support for SSO-related incidents and requests, often collaborating with cross-functional IT and security teams.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, architectural diagrams, runbooks, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the SSO infrastructure.

Deliverables

• Secure Divestiture & Federated Identity Transition
• Resilient PingFederate & SSO Platform Operations
• Security, Compliance & Operational Excellence

Required Skills/Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related technical fi eld, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of dedicated experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), with at least 3 years focused specifically on SSO technologies.
• Proficiency in designing, implementing, and managing PingFederate in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Understanding and hands-on experience with identity federation protocols such as SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
• Experience integrating SSO solutions with various applications and identity stores (e.g., Active Directory, Azure AD, LDAP).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python) for automation and administration tasks.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Required: English fluency (oral and written).

Salary Range: $100,000 to $130,000 per year

Salary Range: $100,000 to $130,000 per year

Qualifications: BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE