IAM Architect – PingOne Workforce Cloud

Tranzeal Incorporated; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tranzeal Incorporated in Denver seeks a hands-on Senior SSO Architect & Team Lead to steer the SSO engineering group and maintain a highly available Ping Identity environment for 70,000+ users.

Responsibilities include migrating to PingOne Workforce Cloud, designing modern authentication and identity orchestration, and automating cloud infrastructure with GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IAM and enterprise SSO experience.
• 4+ years in technical leadership and mentoring.
• Deep expertise in PingFederate, PingID, PingDirectory, PingOne DaVinci, and PingOne CIAM.
• Strong knowledge of SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, SCIM.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 federation, Entra ID, Conditional Access.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the SSO engineering team and collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and Security teams.
• Maintain high availability of PingFederate, PingDirectory, PingID, and enterprise federation services.
• Lead migration to PingOne Workforce Cloud and modernize authentication architecture.
• Design and manage application integrations using SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, and SCIM.
• Build identity orchestration workflows using PingOne DaVinci, adaptive MFA, and passwordless authentication.

Skills

SSO engineering leadership

Team mentoring

Enterprise IAM

Zero Trust security

Cloud automation

Tools

PingFederate

PingDirectory

PingID

PingOne DaVinci

Terraform

Kubernetes (GKE)

Docker

CI/CD

Google Cloud Platform

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Seeking a hands-on Senior SSO Architect & Team Lead to lead the SSO engineering team, maintain a highly available enterprise Ping Identity environment, and drive migration to PingOne Workforce Cloud. The role focuses on enterprise authentication, identity orchestration, Zero Trust security, and cloud automation for 70,000+ corporate and clinical users.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the SSO engineering team and collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and Security teams.
• Maintain high availability of PingFederate, PingDirectory, PingID, and enterprise federation services.
• Lead migration to PingOne Workforce Cloud and modernize authentication architecture.
• Design and manage application integrations using SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, and SCIM.
• Build identity orchestration workflows using PingOne DaVinci, adaptive MFA, and passwordless authentication.
• Support authorization modernization, including PingAuthorize and replacement of legacy Oracle Entitlement Server (OES).
• Collaborate on Microsoft 365 federation, Entra ID, Conditional Access, and hybrid identity.
• Automate identity infrastructure using Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, GKE, Docker, CI/CD, and scripting.
• Govern certificate/key lifecycle, session policies, and secure authentication standards.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on IAM and enterprise SSO engineering experience.
• 4+ years of technical leadership and team mentoring experience.
• Deep expertise in PingFederate, PingID, PingDirectory, PingCentral, PingOne Workforce Cloud, PingOne Customer (CIAM), and PingOne DaVinci.
• Strong knowledge of SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, SCIM, PKCE, and modern authentication flows.
• Understanding of authorization frameworks, ABAC/PBAC, and PingAuthorize.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 federation, Entra ID, Conditional Access, Intune, and PRT.
• Hands-on Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, Kubernetes/GKE, Docker, CI/CD, and Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Experience supporting mission-critical, highly available environments; healthcare/HIPAA experience preferred.
• Strong architecture governance, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Certifications

• Ping Identity Professional/Architect
• Microsoft SC-300 or SC-100