Director, CIAM Platform Engineering & Identity Security

Vizient, Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a senior technical leader to design and execute the CIAM strategy across enterprise SaaS products.

You will define long-term roadmaps for authentication and authorization, build secure reusable services, and enable teams to consume identity capabilities via APIs, SDKs, and self-service patterns. You will drive modernization, champion platform adoption, and guide engineers through secure, scalable delivery while aligning with business priorities and regulatory

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Engineering or related field with advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of relevant leadership experience in SaaS/enterprise tech.
• Extensive software engineering leadership in identity and access management, security, or core infra.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year CIAM strategy and roadmap for enterprise SaaS.
• Lead modernization of authorization via frameworks: RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC, policy-as-code.
• Develop scalable identity services for humans, workloads, and AI agents.
• Oversee CIAM platform architecture, security, availability, and reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Platform engineering

Cloud-native

DevOps practices

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

SAML

Job description

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a senior technical leader to design and execute the CIAM strategy across enterprise SaaS products.

You will define long-term roadmaps for authentication and authorization, build secure reusable services, and enable teams to consume identity capabilities via APIs, SDKs, and self-service patterns. You will drive modernization, champion platform adoption, and guide engineers through secure, scalable delivery while aligning with business priorities and regulatory