Cloud & IAM Software Engineer

BeaconFire Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BeaconFire Inc. is seeking a senior engineering professional focused on cloud deployments, secure API development, and complex system integration.

The role emphasizes IAM, SSO, and federation within large enterprise environments, with strong emphasis on security in cloud-native architectures. The candidate should bring extensive experience across SDLC for cloud and hybrid apps, including design, implementation, and deployment automation, and will contribute to production deployments while

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software development focused on cloud technologies and distributed systems.
• 5+ years with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in enterprise environments.
• 3+ years with full SDLC for cloud/hybrid applications: requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing, and deployment automation.
• 3+ years with cloud infrastructure: Kubernetes/Docker, cloud databases, application servers, networking (VPC, load balancers, API gateways), Linux, and security/data flows.
• 3+ years designing and implementing cloud solutions with integrated security and IAM.
• Experience with IAM architecture: OAuth, SSO, SAML federation, and MFA integration in cloud applications.

Skills

Cloud Deployment & Operations

Service-Oriented Architecture

API Development & Security

Complex System Integration

Software Development Lifecycle

Deployment Experience

OAuth & Authentication

Federation & SSO

IAM Architecture

Multi-Factor Authentication

Identity Lifecycle Management

Data Management

Design Patterns

Java Stack

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

API Gateways

Linux

VPC

Postgres

Cloud Databases

Identity & Access Management

Job description

THIS ROLE IS ONLY OPEN FOR VISA INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES

Core Competencies - Primary Focus

• :Cloud Deployment & Operations: History of contributing to cloud deployments in an engineering role
• .Service-Oriented Architecture: Deep understanding of SOA, microservices, and cloud-native application design
• .API Development & Security: Building and securing APIs for distributed cloud systems and identity context sharing. API integration with IAM systems
• .Complex System Integration: Experience integrating multiple cloud services and third-party applications in enterprise environments
• .Software Development Lifecycle: Full SDLC experience with cloud platforms and information security applications
• .Deployment Experience: History of contributing to production deployments in an engineering role

Core Competencies - Supporting

• :OAuth & Authentication: Building OAuth solutions for cloud service authentication and authorization
• .Federation & SSO: SAML configuration and Single Sign-On integration across cloud applications
• .IAM Architecture: Understanding of Identity Lifecycle Management, Access Management, and Credential Management in cloud contexts
• .Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Security integration (Duo or Microsoft Authenticator) into authentication, authorization, and SSO processes
• .Complex Integration: Experience with complex Identity and Access Management integration and service delivery use cases
• .Identity Lifecycle Management: User provisioning/de-provisioning
• .Data Management: Strong knowledge in identity and access data correlation, normalization, and building cohesive identity and access data models for large enterprises

Requirements

• :10+ years in software development focused on cloud technologies and distributed systems
• .5+ years with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in enterprise environments
• .3+ years with full SDLC for cloud/hybrid applications: requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing, and deployment automation
• .3+ years with cloud infrastructure: Kubernetes/Docker, cloud databases, application servers, networking (VPC, load balancers, API gateways), Linux, and security/data flows
• .3+ years designing and implementing cloud solutions with integrated security and IAM
• .Experience with IAM architecture: OAuth, SSO, SAML federation, and MFA integration in cloud applications

Technical Skills

• yDesign Patterns: Formal design patterns and industry best practice
• sJava Stack: Spring / Spring Boot, JPA / Hibernate, Postgres, REST / RPC calls over HTT

Soft Skills

• :Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• .Self-motivated, driven, and creative individual

Differentiators (Nice-to-Have)

• :WebAuthn: Experience is a nice to have
• .Testing: Robot / Sauce Labs
• .CI/CD: Scaling CI/CD systems and microservices
• .Code Analysis: Code coverage analysis / static analysis tools
• .Methodologies: Scrum and other agile programming processes