Senior ID & Access Management Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior ID & Access Management Engineer to serve as a Technical Lead and Product Owner supporting Navy Federal's Client Identity, Authentication, Authorization, Federation, and Fraud Prevention platforms. This role combines hands-on engineering expertise with technical leadership, solution design, stakeholder engagement, and product ownership to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient member identity solutions.

Responsibilities

• ForgeRock, ThreatMetrix, Ping, SiteMinder, Azure, LDAP/Directory Services, and federation technologies.
• Serve as technical lead for IAM initiatives, providing architecture guidance, engineering direction, and oversight across multiple projects and teams.
• Lead solutioning discussions with business, security, digital, fraud, infrastructure, and operations stakeholders to develop secure and innovative identity solutions.
• Act as Product Owner for IAM capabilities by managing product backlogs, prioritizing features, defining requirements, and aligning delivery with business objectives.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs, features, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
• Develop and support SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and other federation integrations with internal and external partners.
• Conduct code reviews and design reviews to ensure compliance with security, scalability, performance, and maintainability standards.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices, secure coding standards, and DevSecOps principles.
• Implement changes across multiple environments using Agile, Change Management, and DevSecOps processes.
• Evaluate emerging IAM technologies, industry trends, and fraud prevention capabilities to drive continuous modernization.
• Present technical solutions, recommendations, risks, and roadmap updates to leadership and business stakeholders.
• Ensure the security, availability, resilience, and compliance of IAM platforms supporting member-facing channels.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with enterprise IAM platforms, including ForgeRock, Ping, SiteMinder, Azure AD, or similar technologies.
• Extensive experience deploying and supporting ForgeRock on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Strong knowledge of authentication, authorization, identity federation, MFA, fraud prevention, and access management technologies.
• Experience with SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, LDAP, Directory Services, and API security.
• Proficiency with JavaScript, Groovy, and IAM-related scripting and configuration.
• Experience performing code reviews and leading technical design reviews.
• Experience serving as a Technical Lead, Product Owner, Engineering Lead, or Solution Lead.
• Proven ability to lead solutioning efforts and manage relationships with business stakeholders, executives, vendors, and technical teams.
• Experience managing Agile backlogs, prioritizing work based on business value and technical risk.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• CISSP, CISA, CCSP, ForgeRock, Azure, Kubernetes, or other security and cloud certifications.
• Certified Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), or similar Agile certification.
• Experience leading large-scale IAM modernization or migration initiatives.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Azure cloud services, and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience within financial services, digital banking, or highly regulated environments.

Additional Information

Hours:

• Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM *24/7 availability in the event of an outage

Location:

• 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180

• 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526

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