Senior Identity Platform Engineering Lead

Blue Shield of CA; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellarus is seeking a Senior Manager, Identity Platform Engineering to shape the future of our identity platform by engineering secure, automated, and scalable IAM capabilities that support hybrid cloud, SaaS, on-premises, application, privileged, service, machine, and AI-enabled access patterns.

You will partner with teams to integrate identity into modern software delivery practices, accelerate automation through DevOps and AI, and deliver programmatic identity services that can be consumed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise IAM solutions.
• 4+ years of people management with direct reports.
• Proven experience leading IAM, security/platform engineering, cloud, or related teams.
• Deep knowledge of IAM concepts: JML, governance, PAM, RBAC, ABAC and modern identity federation.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and operate enterprise IAM capabilities.
• Lead IAM platform engineering initiatives across hybrid cloud, SaaS, and on-premises.
• Partner with DevOps, security, and software teams to automate IAM workflows.
• Implement least-privilege, Just‑in‑Time access, and role-based access controls.
• Provide leadership and coaching to build high-performing teams.

Skills

IAM architecture

People management

Hybrid cloud

Security engineering

DevOps practices

SAML/OIDC

Automation scripting

Identity governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Job description

Stellarus is seeking a Senior Manager, Identity Platform Engineering to shape the future of our identity platform by engineering secure, automated, and scalable IAM capabilities that support hybrid cloud, SaaS, on-premises, application, privileged, service, machine, and AI-enabled access patterns.

You will partner with teams to integrate identity into modern software delivery practices, accelerate automation through DevOps and AI, and deliver programmatic identity services that can be consumed