Keycloak Senior Developer (Distributed Authentication Platform)

Accenture Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks parental leave

Career break opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Keycloak Senior Developer in Melbourne to deliver Keycloak configurations and extensions for a distributed environment. You will collaborate with the Technical Lead on robust realm/client designs, authentication flows, and integrations aligned to modern authentication needs (OIDC/OAuth2/SAML, SSO, identity brokering).

You will implement advanced Keycloak configurations, build patterns for distributed deployments, and drive secure, auditable configuration practices across

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years in IAM / security engineering roles.
• 3+ years’ hands‑on Keycloak experience.
• Strong experience implementing OIDC/OAuth2 and/or SAML SSO integrations.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across authentication flows, tokens, and federation.

Responsibilities

• Implementing advanced Keycloak configurations for OIDC/OAuth2/SAML, SSO, and identity brokering.
• Building Keycloak patterns suitable for distributed deployments (multi-site / multi-environment).
• Implementing federation/integration with identity sources (e.g., LDAP-based federation) and shaping token/claims mapping to meet application requirements.
• Implementing strong authentication patterns (e.g., MFA, certificate-based auth) as required for security posture.
• Contributing to configuration-as-code practices so Keycloak configuration can be versioned, promoted, and audited.
• Performing peer reviews, uplifting engineering standards, and supporting defect triage across authentication flows and integrations.
• Supporting operational hardening activities (secure baseline config, logging/audit, backup/restore testing).

Skills

IAM / security engineering

Keycloak

OIDC/OAuth2

SAML SSO

Troubleshooting

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at www.accenture.com. Join Accenture and help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

About The Role

As a Keycloak Senior Developer, you will be a senior technical contributor delivering Keycloak configurations and extensions for a distributed environment. You will work closely with the Technical Lead to implement robust realm/client designs, authentication flows, and integrations aligned to modern authentication needs (OIDC/OAuth2/SAML, SSO, identity brokering).

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Implementing advanced Keycloak configurations for OIDC/OAuth2/SAML, SSO, and identity brokering.
• Building Keycloak patterns suitable for distributed deployments (multi-site / multi-environment consistency).
• Implementing federation/integration with identity sources (e.g., LDAP-based federation) and shaping token/claims mapping to meet application requirements.
• Implementing strong authentication patterns (e.g., MFA, certificate-based auth) as required for security posture.
• Contributing to configuration-as-code practices so Keycloak configuration can be versioned, promoted, and audited.
• Performing peer reviews, uplifting engineering standards, and supporting defect triage across authentication flows and integrations.
• Supporting operational hardening activities (secure baseline config, logging/audit, backup/restore testing).

What We’re Looking For

• 4–6+ years’ experience in IAM / security engineering roles.
• 3+ years’ hands‑on Keycloak experience.
• Strong experience implementing OIDC/OAuth2 and/or SAML SSO integrations.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across authentication flows, tokens, and federation.

Security Clearance

• Current NV2 Security Clearance

Must be willing to work onsite 5 days a week

Benefits of working at Accenture:

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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