Senior Identity Engineer: Build Secure IAM & SSO Infra

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco, Washington (CA, District of Columbia); On-site; USD 216,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Dental and Vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Learning & development stipend

Generous PTO

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior Identity Engineer to design and implement scalable identity infrastructure ensuring secure authentication and authorization across enterprise systems.

You will work with IAM controls, OIDC/SAML, and RBAC/ABAC models while leveraging cloud platforms like AWS. The role emphasizes independent ownership of complex identity projects and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time engineering experience in infrastructure and identity systems.
• Experience with IAM controls and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
• Hands-on experience with authorization frameworks at scale (OpenFGA, Authzed, Cedar, Topaz).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement identity infrastructure for secure authentication and authorization.
• Build SSO, MFA, and federated identity solutions.
• Implement ReBAC/ABAC/RBAC access control.
• Define identity governance policies aligned with standards (NIST, SOC2, ISO 27001).
• Present technical guidance to teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Identity systems

OAuth/OIDC/SAML

RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC

Terraform/Pulumi

OpenFGA/Authzed

AWS

Communication

Leadership

Tools

OpenFGA

Authzed

Cedar

Topaz

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior Identity Engineer to design and implement scalable identity infrastructure ensuring secure authentication and authorization across enterprise systems.

You will work with IAM controls, OIDC/SAML, and RBAC/ABAC models while leveraging cloud platforms like AWS. The role emphasizes independent ownership of complex identity projects and collaboration with cross-functional teams.