Senior IAM Engineer - SSO Cloud

Stelfox Limited; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Stelfox is seeking a Senior IAM Engineer – SSO Cloud for a Dublin onsite, 6-month rolling contract with our Dublin-based client. This hands‑on role focuses on IAM, SSO across datacentre and cloud platforms, requiring deep expertise in authentication and federation protocols.

You will contribute to deployment pipelines, work with PingFederate and PingAccess, and design cloud IAM solutions across AWS, Azure and GCP.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in Information Security with a strong IAM focus.
• Expertise in PingFederate and PingAccess.
• Strong knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, SCIM, LDAP, and FIDO.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot authentication and federation protocols.
• Experience designing and implementing Cloud IAM solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Strong background in application federation, identity synchronisation (PingIDM/SCIM), MFA, and PAM.
• Knowledge of Active Directory, LDAP, and modern authentication frameworks.
• Experience with REST APIs, cloud integrations, and API security.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to story refinement and requirements gathering.
• Work with network, virtualization, and datacentre technologies for deployment strategies.
• Collaborate with solutions architects to integrate systems per acceptance criteria.
• Deliver IAM requirements across development teams.
• Handle large, complex data sets satisfying functional/non-functional requirements.
• Build processes supporting system transformation and deployment pipelines.
• Triage test suites and analyze results; document deployment requirements.

Skills

PingFederate

PingAccess

OAuth2/OIDC/SAML

Cloud IAM

AWS/Azure/GCP

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

Tools

Tomcat

WebLogic

WebSphere

Active Directory

Job description

Senior IAM Engineer - SSO Cloud - Contract Role | Dublin (Onsite)

Location: Dublin – onsite 5 days per week

Contract: 6-month rolling (long-term)

Stelfox is partnering with a leading Dublin-based client to hire a Senior IAM Engineer – SSO Cloud on a long-term contract basis. This is a hands‑on, deeply technical role where you will participate in the design, development and implementation of systems engineering activities, focused on IAM & SSO both datacentre & Cloud hosted, to include OS technical support, systems programming, and data centre capabilities. Responsible for components of complex engineering and/or analytical tasks and activities. Serves as a fully seasoned/proficient technical resource; provides tech knowledge and capabilities as team member and individual contributor to multiple projects across the business.

Deep experience in Ping Federate/Ping Access required.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to story refinement/defining requirements.
• Understand and utilize network, virtualization, and datacentre technologies for deployment strategies.
• Work with solutions & architects to integrate, transform and control systems in operational environments per the defined acceptance criteria.
• Work across development teams to understand and aid in the delivery of IAM requirements.
• Work with large, complex data sets that meet functional/ non‑functional requirements.
• Build and improve processes supporting system transformation, structures, quality controls, dependency, and workload management.
• Define and build deployment pipelines that enable faster, better, data‑informed decision‑making within the business.
• Perform/Implement existing test suites (integration, regression, and performance), analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause.
• Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.
• Identify gaps in environment management standards adherence and work with appropriate partners to develop plans to close gaps.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in Information Security with a strong IAM focus.
• Expertise in PingFederate and PingAccess.
• Strong knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, SCIM, LDAP, and FIDO.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot authentication and federation protocols.
• Experience designing and implementing Cloud IAM solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Strong background in application federation, identity synchronisation (PingIDM/SCIM), MFA, and Privileged Access Management (PAM).
• Knowledge of Active Directory, LDAP, and modern authentication frameworks.
• Experience with REST APIs, cloud integrations, and API security.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, JavaScript, PowerShell, Shell Scripting, or Perl.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux, Windows, Tomcat, WebLogic, and WebSphere environments.
• Experience delivering large-scale enterprise or global IAM/security projects.
• Solid understanding of security governance, risk management, and cloud security best practices.

Please note:

We have a number of similar positions currently, and in the future, which we would like to discuss with you should you indicate your interest in this role.

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We look forward to working with you.