Senior Cloud IAM Engineer

job summary:

Fully onsite McLean, VA

location: McLean, Virginia

job type: Contract

salary: $90 - 110 per hour

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

Core Competencies - Primary Focus:

• Cloud Deployment & Operations: History of contributing to cloud deployments in an engineering role
• Service-Oriented Architecture: Deep understanding of SOA, microservices, and cloud-native application design
• API Development & Security: Building and securing APIs for distributed cloud systems and identity context sharing. API integration with IAM systems.
• Complex System Integration: Experience integrating multiple cloud services and third-party applications in enterprise environments
• Software Development Lifecycle: Full SDLC experience with cloud platforms and information security applications

Deployment Experience: History of contributing to production deployments in an engineering role

Core Competencies - Supporting:

• OAuth & Authentication: Building OAuth solutions for cloud service authentication and authorization
• Federation & SSO: SAML configuration and Single Sign-On integration across cloud applications
• IAM Architecture: Understanding of Identity Lifecycle Management, Access Management, and Credential Management in cloud contexts
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Security integration (Duo or Microsoft Authenticator) into authentication, authorization, and SSO processes
• Complex Integration: Experience with complex Identity and Access Management integration and service delivery use cases
• Identity Lifecycle Management: User provisioning/de-provisioning
• Data Management: Strong knowledge in identity and access data correlation, normalization, and building cohesive identity and access data models for large enterprises

qualifications:

Requirements

Experience

10+ years in software development focused on cloud technologies and distributed systems

5+ years with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) in enterprise environments

3+ years with full SDLC for cloud/hybrid applications: requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing, and deployment automation

3+ years with cloud infrastructure: Kubernetes/Docker, cloud databases, application servers, networking (VPC, load balancers, API gateways), Linux, and security/data flows

3+ years designing and implementing cloud solutions with integrated security and IAM

Experience with IAM architecture: OAuth, SSO, SAML federation, and MFA integration in cloud applications

Technical Skills:

Amazon Web Services: EC2, EKS, ECS, KMS, S3, IAM, RDS, etc.

Container Orchestration: Kubernetes

Service Mesh: Istio

Package Management: Helm, pip

IaC: Terraform, Cloud Formation

DevOps Tools: Jenkins, Git, Artifactory

Design Patterns: Formal design patterns and industry best-practices

Java Stack: Spring / Spring Boot, JPA / Hibernate, Postgres, REST / RPC calls over HTTP

Scripting Languages: Groovy / Perl / Python / Ruby

Soft Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Self-motivated, driven, and creative individual

Differentiators

WebAuthn: Experience is a nice to have

Robot / Sauce Labs

Security: PKI, SSL / TLS, Fuzzing, etc.

Scaling CI / CD systems and microservices

Code coverage analysis / static analysis tools

Agile Methodologies: Scrum and other agile programming processes

Overseeing / managing production web application deployment

Frontend Technologies: JavaScript / TypeScript / Angular

Web Technologies: HTML5 / Bootstrap

.NET Languages: C#, VB .NET

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.