VP, Authentication Platforms & Zero Trust

Synchrony; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Synchrony is seeking a seasoned VP of Authentication Services to lead the enterprise identity perimeter. You will own the workforce authentication strategy and architect scalable SSO/MFA/passwordless pipelines across critical applications in a Zero Trust framework.

You will direct a top-tier engineering org, set technical roadmaps for core authentication technologies, and ensure 24/7 availability with secure production patterns and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or STEM discipline.
• 10+ years enterprise IT engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading distributed engineering and infrastructure teams.
• 5 years designing, scaling Okta Identity Cloud solutions.
• Experience with SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), WS-Fed, and SCIM.

Responsibilities

• Own workforce authentication strategy and align with stakeholders.
• Define roadmaps for core authentication technologies (Okta, MFA, SSO).
• Lead 24/7 engineering/ops for high availability and incident response.
• Oversee application authentication and authorization integrations.
• Develop governance, risk, and cost/ROI analyses for auth services.

Skills

Leadership

Okta Expertise

SAML/OIDC

Security Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or STEM

Tools

Okta Identity Cloud

Job description

Synchrony is seeking a seasoned VP of Authentication Services to lead the enterprise identity perimeter. You will own the workforce authentication strategy and architect scalable SSO/MFA/passwordless pipelines across critical applications in a Zero Trust framework.

You will direct a top-tier engineering org, set technical roadmaps for core authentication technologies, and ensure 24/7 availability with secure production patterns and governance.