Ping Engineer: IT Support Analyst

Cyderes; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance – Employee + depend.

Life Insurance

Hybrid Work Model - 2–3 days in office

Maternity & Paternity Leave

Paid Time Off - PTO + sick & casual

Bereavement & Volunteer Time

Professional Development - Reimbursed

LinkedIn L&D Platform

Mobile Phone Reimbursement

Job summary

Cyderes in Montreal, Canada, seeks an experienced Senior IT Support Analyst for enterprise PingFederate, SSO, and identity federation support. You will troubleshoot authentication issues, manage production environments, and collaborate with IAM and security teams.

The role requires 5–7+ years in IT application support and strong PingFederate experience, with on-call rotation and a 3-month fixed-term contract that may extend. Hybrid work offered in Montreal.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of experience in IT application support, IAM, or enterprise authentication.
• Strong hands‑on PingFederate administration, configuration, and troubleshooting experience.
• Solid knowledge of SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and enterprise SSO.
• Experience with PingFederate federation connections, authentication policies, and application integrations.
• Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux, Active Directory, LDAP, and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience with JSON, PowerShell, Git, and regular expressions.
• Strong production support, incident management, and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot PingFederate in enterprise production environments.
• Support SSO and identity federation using SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
• Configure and troubleshoot PingFederate IdP/SP connections, authentication adapters, policies, and integrations.
• Support integrations with Active Directory, LDAP, Microsoft Entra ID, and enterprise applications.
• Investigate authentication failures, token issues, certificate errors, and federation outages.
• Provide Level 2/Level 3 production support, incident management, and root cause analysis.
• Perform platform upgrades, patches, configuration changes, and system health monitoring.
• Collaborate with IAM, security, and infrastructure teams to improve platform performance and reliability.
• Maintain technical documentation and support disaster recovery and change management activities.

Skills

PingFederate administration

SSO and authentication

Incident management

Unix/Linux

Active Directory/LDAP

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

PingFederate

PingAccess

PingDirectory

PingOne

Job description

We Help the World Be Everyday Ready™ Today's threatscape is relentless. So are we. At Cyderes, we build practical Identity & Access Management (IAM), Exposure Management, and risk programs, helping organizations stop active threats fast with Managed Detection & Response (MDR) that integrates with existing tools. Powering it all is Meridian, our entity fabric that connects identities, assets, and access into one trusted reality. Augmented by AI and driven by experienced operators, our tireless global team arms organizations with the people, platforms, and perspectives they need to conquer whatever tomorrow throws their way.

Great Place to Work® Certified™

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Support Analyst with strong hands-on expertise in PingFederate and Ping Identity technologies. This role will focus on supporting, administering, and troubleshooting enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO), authentication, and identity federation platforms.

The successful candidate will provide production support, resolve complex authentication issues, and ensure the stability and security of enterprise identity services. Participation in an on-call rotation is required.

Responsibilities

• Fixed Term Contract 3 Months with possible extension.


• Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot PingFederate in enterprise production environments.


• Support SSO and identity federation using SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect (OIDC).


• Configure and troubleshoot PingFederate IdP/SP connections, authentication adapters, policies, and integrations.


• Support integrations with Active Directory, LDAP, Microsoft Entra ID, and enterprise applications.


• Investigate authentication failures, token issues, certificate errors, and federation outages.


• Provide Level 2/Level 3 production support, incident management, and root cause analysis.


• Perform platform upgrades, patches, configuration changes, and system health monitoring.


• Collaborate with IAM, security, and infrastructure teams to improve platform performance and reliability.


• Maintain technical documentation and support disaster recovery and change management activities.

Requirements

• 5–7+ years of experience in IT application support, IAM, or enterprise authentication.


• Strong hands‑on PingFederate administration, configuration, and troubleshooting experience.


• Solid knowledge of SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and enterprise SSO.


• Experience with PingFederate federation connections, authentication policies, and application integrations.


• Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux, Active Directory, LDAP, and Microsoft Entra ID.


• Experience with JSON, PowerShell, Git, and regular expressions.


• Strong production support, incident management, and troubleshooting skills.


• Bachelor's degree, technical certification, or equivalent experience.


• Experience with PingAccess, PingDirectory, or PingOne.


• Experience with PingFederate upgrades, migrations, and high‑availability environments.


• Knowledge of PKI, certificates, encryption, networking, and security protocols.


• Experience supporting large‑scale enterprise IAM environments.

WHY CYDERES?

Benefits that go beyond the basics, we support our people so they can do their best work.

• Medical Insurance - Employee + dependents covered


• Life Insurance - Protection for what matters most


• Hybrid Work Model - 2–3 days in office


• Maternity & Paternity Leave - Time for the moments that matter


• Paid Time Off - PTO + sick & casual leave


• Bereavement & Volunteer Time - Give back to your community


• Professional Development - Reimbursement program


• LinkedIn L&D Platform - Thousands of courses at your fingertips


• Mobile Phone Reimbursement - Stay connected, on us

Cyderes is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

Note: This job posting is intended for direct applicants only. We request that outside recruiters do not contact us regarding this position.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.