Remote Identity & Authentication Engineering Lead

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is seeking an Engineering Team Lead for enterprise authentication and federation initiatives. You will lead a hands-on team delivering scalable identity services, collaborating with architecture, security, and development teams to standardize capabilities and expand federation standards.

The role combines architectural guidance with practical engineering leadership, focused on secure, resilient authentication ecosystems and operating in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Sciences related field or equivalent work experience.
• 5 year - Experience with information technology concepts, application development and/or enterprise system maintenance methodology, terminology, and standards required
• 5 years – Systems maintenance and/or programming experience required
• 3 year - Expert working knowledge of at least one programming language and/or one enterprise system in use at BCBST

Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operations of a team with a focus on the maintenance and development of systems and supervising system modifications.
• Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work. Provides staff management oversight including hiring, promoting, or making recommendations for staff. Conducts performance reviews and assessments, manages performance, engages in skills assessment, and promotes professional development of staff.
• Directs, motivates, and develops staff, maximizing their individual contribution, professional growth, and ability to function effectively with their colleagues as a team.
• Ensures adherence to policies, plans, objectives, budgets and staffing allocations.
• Manages and tracks team-level project details and serves as the technical subject matter expert and provides leadership during periods of transition.
• Employees may be required to participate in a weekly on-call rotation.

Skills

Identity federation

SAML/OIDC/OAuth

Mentoring engineers

Large-scale SSO integrations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PingIdentity suite

Identity federation tools

Job description

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is seeking an Engineering Team Lead for enterprise authentication and federation initiatives. You will lead a hands-on team delivering scalable identity services, collaborating with architecture, security, and development teams to standardize capabilities and expand federation standards.

The role combines architectural guidance with practical engineering leadership, focused on secure, resilient authentication ecosystems and operating in a regulated environment.