Keycloak Senior Developer (Distributed Authentication Platform)

Accenture; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Career development program

Local and international opportunities

Flexible Work Arrangements

Family Inclusive Workplace

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Keycloak Senior Developer to deliver Keycloak configurations and extensions for a distributed environment. You will work 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).

The role focuses on advanced Keycloak configurations, federation with LDAP, and configuration-as-code practices to version, promote, and audit changes across

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Keycloak

OIDC/OAuth2

SAML SSO

IAM

Troubleshooting

Configuration-as-code

Security best practices

Tools

LDAP federation

Claims mapping

Job description

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!