Senior Identity System Engineer

Job Summary

The Senior Identity Systems Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and securing enterprise identity and access management infrastructure that enables reliable authentication, authorization, and access management across hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise identity infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Led the architecture of domain topologies, forest structures, and global replication.
• Ensuring hybrid identity solutions provide seamless sign-in experiences across platforms.
• Driving the adoption of modern authentication protocols such as Kerberos, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and SAML.
• Leading initiatives around just-in-time access, privileged session monitoring, and automated access governance.
• Integrating systems through API calls (REST, SOAP, JSON).
• Managing enterprise PKI and certificate lifecycles.
• Enforcing security baselines via Group Policy.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks such as SOX, HIPAA, and GDPR.
• Mentoring junior engineers in best practices and fostering team knowledge growth.
• Ensuring the organization's identity services remain secure, resilient, and aligned with modern zero trust principles and evolving business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, or an Associate’s Degree plus 3 years of applicable experience in computer science or related field.
• Minimum of 3-4 years applicable work experience required, including supporting Active Directory, Domain Services, Hybrid Identities, & Entra ID.
• Implementing SSO/MFA workflows using SAML 2.0 and/or OIDC.
• Maintaining Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Supporting Identity Lifecycle & Access Governance workflows and technical integrations.
• Implementing information security standards and procedures including HIPAA and PCI Security Certifications.

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.

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