Senior SSO Architect & Team Lead

REMOTE, CO
Remote

$80 Per Hour
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16 days ago

Job Description

TITLE: SSO Architect
LOCATION: Remote
TYPE: Contract
LENGTH: Thru the end of 2027+ extensions
RATE: Up to $80/hr W2

Key Responsibilities
1. Team Leadership & Architecture Governance

Squad Leadership: Lead, mentor, and technically direct the SSO engineering squad in an Agile/Scrum framework, fostering engineering excellence and operational rigor.
Architecture Alignment: Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture and Security Architects to align SSO roadmaps with enterprise blueprints and represent SSO on Architecture Review Boards (ARB).
Authorization Modernization: Collaborate with adjacent IAM teams evaluating PingAuthorize and modern IDM/IGA solutions to replace legacy authorization systems (Oracle Entitlement Server / OES).
Microsoft Ecosystem Collaboration: Partner with the Microsoft/M365 team to ensure seamless federation, PRT evaluation, Conditional Access handoffs, and a cohesive user experience.

2. Operational Reliability & Current Environment

Tier-0 High Availability: Maintain 24x7 operational reliability and high availability (99.99%+) for enterprise federation infrastructure, including PingFederate, PingDirectory, and PingID.
Workforce & CIAM Integrations: Manage integrations for PingOne Customer (CIAM) and support enterprise workforce authentication across dedicated endpoints, shared clinical kiosks, and Citrix VDI.
Application Federation: Onboard and support core clinical applications (CWOW, HWOW, PATH, Epic, Cerner) and enterprise SaaS platforms using SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
Certificate & Key Lifecycle: Standardize and automate cryptographic certificate management, token signing, and encryption keys to eliminate unplanned outages.

3. Modernization & Future Architecture

Cloud Workforce Migration: Lead the active migration of workforce authentication to PingOne Workforce Cloud and drive cloud-native identity modernization.
Standards Enforcement: Champion and enforce DaVita SSO Enterprise Standards ('Configuration over Customization'), establishing strict governance for application onboarding and exception reviews.
Legacy Grant Deprecation: Deprecate legacy authentication methods and eliminate insecure grants (e.g., migrating applications off Resource Owner Password Credentials / ROPC to OAuth 2.0 Auth Code with PKCE).
Identity Orchestration (DaVinci): Architect dynamic identity orchestration workflows and user journeys using PingOne DaVinci, integrating adaptive MFA (PingOne Protect), risk signals, and passwordless authentication (FIDO2, WebAuthn).
GCP Cloud DevOps: Drive GCP DevOps automation for identity services, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and containerized deployments on Google Cloud (GKE).
Future Cloud IdP Readiness: Maintain architectural readiness for potential future adoption of cloud identity platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID.
Developer Experience: Streamline developer onboarding through self-service tools, dynamic JWKS key discovery, and CI/CD automation.

Required Qualifications & Experience
Experience

Total Experience: 8+ years of dedicated experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM) and enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) engineering.
Technical Leadership: 2+ years of experience leading engineering squads, mentoring developers, and partnering with Enterprise Architecture and Security Architecture groups.
Enterprise Scale: Proven track record supporting high-availability, mission-critical environments (healthcare and HIPAA compliance experience preferred).

Technical Competencies

Ping Identity & DaVinci Orchestration: Deep expertise in PingFederate, PingID, PingDirectory, PingCentral, PingOne Workforce Cloud, PingOne Customer (CIAM), and strong hands-on skills in PingOne DaVinci for identity orchestration and flow design. (Note: PingAccess is not used in this environment).
Authorization & Identity Modernization: Solid understanding of fine-grained authorization (ABAC/PBAC) and how modern externalized authorization platforms (e.g., PingAuthorize) integrate with SSO to replace legacy policy engines (OES).
Federation Protocols & Standards: Expert mastery of SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT, and SCIM; deep knowledge of modern grant flows (Auth Code + PKCE, Token Exchange) and legacy grant remediation.
Microsoft Federation & Cloud Identity: Strong familiarity with Microsoft 365 federation, Hybrid Identity, and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) concepts (Conditional Access, Intune, PRT) to optimize user login flows and assess future cloud IdP opportunities.
Endpoints & Session Controls: Experience designing session policies, Single Logout (SLO), and MFA rules for corporate laptops, shared clinical workstations, and Citrix VDI.
GCP & Cloud DevOps: Strong hands-on DevOps expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, CI/CD pipeline automation (Jenkins/GitLab CI), REST APIs, and scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash).

Preferred Certifications

Ping Identity Certified Professional / Architect (PingFederate / PingOne)
Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300) / Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
Google Cloud Certified: Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer / Cloud Security Engineer
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM)

Numbers & Facts

Location

REMOTE, CO (

Remote)

Skills

Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Architectural Servicesunmatched
Authenticationunmatched
Automationunmatched
Bash Scriptingunmatched
Blueprintsunmatched
CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professionalunmatched
Cernerunmatched
Citrix Product Familyunmatched
Clinical Information Systemsunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Computer Workstationsunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
Desktop Virtualizationunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Dockerunmatched
Ecosystemsunmatched
Enterprise Architectureunmatched
Environmental Healthunmatched
Epic Systemsunmatched
GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)unmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
High Reliabilityunmatched
Identity Data Managementunmatched
Identity Federationunmatched
Internet Securityunmatched
Jenkinsunmatched
Kiosksunmatched
Laptop PCunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Microsoft Access Databaseunmatched
Microsoft Exchange Serverunmatched
Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
OAuthunmatched
Onboardingunmatched
OpenIDunmatched
Oracle Applicationsunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
REST (Representational State Transfer)unmatched
Riskunmatched
Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
Security Architectureunmatched
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)unmatched
Single Sign-On (SSO)unmatched
Software Administrationunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Software as a Service (SaaS)unmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
Windows PowerShellunmatched

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