Operations & Project Management

Senior SSO Architect & Team Lead - Ping Identity

Tranzeal, Inc.United States🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 16, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Lead a talented SSO engineering team in a hybrid environment, driving critical identity modernization initiatives and shaping the future of Zero Trust security for a large user base. This role offers significant growth potential through hands-on experience with cutting-edge identity orchestration and cloud automation technologies. Apply now to leverage your deep IAM expertise and leadership skills in a role that impacts enterprise security and user experience.

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Work mode

Hybrid

Location

United States

Posted

Yesterday

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Job Description

<>Senior SSO Architect & Team Lead - Ping Identity

Role Overview

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.