Identity Engineer: Secure SSO & MFA Architect (Remote)

The Elite Job; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Flexible work options: remote orhybrid

Certification support

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

The Elite Job is seeking an Identity Engineer – Authentication and Access Integration to design, implement, and optimize identity management across enterprise apps, cloud platforms, and corporate systems.

This role concentrates on integrating identity providers, SSO, MFA, and identity federation within complex environments. You will collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and IT teams to deliver secure access while reducing identity risks.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of IAM, authentication, authorization, and federation concepts.
• Proficient with SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC and related workflows.
• Experience implementing SSO, MFA, and conditional access policies.
• Familiarity with enterprise directory services and cloud identity environments.
• Ability to analyze logs, troubleshoot protocol issues, and conduct root-cause analyses.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement authentication integrations across applications, cloud platforms, and external services.
• Configure and maintain SSO solutions for secure access across multiple apps.
• Implement MFA, passwordless, adaptive authentication and risk-based access controls.
• Integrate applications using SAML, OAuth, and OIDC.
• Support identity lifecycle and RBAC/ABAC policies.
• Collaborate with security, cloud, and development teams; produce technical docs and SOPs.

Skills

IAM concepts

SAML 2.0

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

SSO

MFA

RBAC

ABAC

Active Directory

Entra ID

LDAP

Token handling

REST/JSON/HTTP

Azure/AWS/GCP

Zero trust

Security logging

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Okta

Ping Identity

Job description

The Elite Job is seeking an Identity Engineer – Authentication and Access Integration to design, implement, and optimize identity management across enterprise apps, cloud platforms, and corporate systems.

This role concentrates on integrating identity providers, SSO, MFA, and identity federation within complex environments. You will collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and IT teams to deliver secure access while reducing identity risks.