Senior ForgeRock Developer

Role: Senior ForgeRock Developer
Location: Washington, DC (Onsite from Day 1)
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay Rate Range: 110k - 130k/ year

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, and implement customized ForgeRock IDM solutions aligned with business and security requirements.
• Lead user onboarding, identity lifecycle automation, and access provisioning processes.
• Develop IDM components using Groovy, Java, JavaScript, and shell scripting.
• Build, configure, and maintain custom connectors for LDAP, RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle), third-party systems, and cloud services.
• Integrate IDM with applications using REST, SOAP, and standardized authentication protocols.
• Create and enhance workflows, approval chains, and certification campaigns to support end-to-end identity lifecycle management.
• Conduct performance tuning, debugging, and issue resolution across IDM environments.
• Ensure robust security and operational stability of IDM deployments.
• Support deployment across both on-prem and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Integrate IAM components into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Git.
• Implement containerization, orchestration, and automation using Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Partner closely with security, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to ensure compliant, scalable, secure IAM architecture.
• Provide technical guidance, documentation, and best-practice recommendations.

Technical Skills & Expertise:

• Extensive hands-on experience with ForgeRock IDM (development, configuration, provisioning, custom scripting).
• Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, access governance, reconciliation, and provisioning models.
• Familiarity with ForgeRock AM for SSO and access management.
• Expert proficiency in Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Python, and shell scripting.
• Experience creating scalable IDM workflows, policies, and automation scripts.
• Integration experience with LDAP directories, IAM connectors, and enterprise RDBMS.
• Deep understanding of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, and related authentication frameworks.
• API integration using REST and SOAP.
• Hands-on experience deploying IDM in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong skills in CI/CD (Git, Jenkins, GitLab), Docker, Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with system monitoring, logging, and performance tuning of ForgeRock environments.
• Understanding of microservices-based architectures and IAM integration in cloud-native ecosystems.

Required Certifications (Mandatory):

• ForgeRock Certified Access Management Professional (FCAMP)