Senior ID & Access Management Engineer
About The Position
Navy Federal is seeking a Senior ID & Access Management Engineer to serve as a Technical Lead and Product Owner for Client Identity, Authentication, Authorization, Federation, and Fraud Prevention platforms. The role combines hands-on engineering, technical leadership, solution design, stakeholder engagement, and product ownership to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient member identity solutions. The engineer will work with technologies including ForgeRock, ThreatMetrix, Ping, SiteMinder, Azure, LDAP/Directory Services, and federation technologies, and will help ensure the security, availability, resilience, and compliance of IAM platforms supporting member-facing channels. The position leads IAM initiatives and solutioning across business, security, digital, fraud, infrastructure, and operations stakeholders. It owns IAM product backlogs and priorities, translates business needs into technical designs and delivery plans, and guides engineering through reviews, implementation, and modernization. Work follows Agile, Change Management, and DevSecOps processes. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with 24/7 availability in the event of an outage. Locations listed are 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180, and 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526.
Requirements
- Extensive experience with enterprise IAM platforms such as 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.
- Ability to lead solutioning efforts and manage relationships with business stakeholders, executives, vendors, and technical teams.
- Experience managing Agile backlogs and prioritizing work based on business value and technical risk.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presenting technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Nice To Haves
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Serve as technical lead for IAM initiatives, providing architecture guidance, engineering direction, and oversight across projects and teams.
- Lead solutioning discussions with business, security, digital, fraud, infrastructure, and operations stakeholders.
- Act as Product Owner for IAM capabilities by managing 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 and design reviews to ensure security, scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- 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 support 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
