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About the Role
Lead the team responsible for authentication, authorization, and access management across a defense technology product portfolio. This net-new, player-coach role combines technical leadership with people management, and will build a centralized security platform used by engineering teams across the organization.
What You'll Do
Set strategy and deliver a centralized, modular authentication and authorization service.
Scale identity and access management consistently across products and customers.
Stay hands-on through code reviews, architecture design, and system design work.
Manage and mentor engineers, beginning with one direct report, and hire to grow the team.
Partner with security and data engineering leadership on platform priorities.
What We're Looking For
Seven or more years of software engineering experience and at least three years managing engineers with direct reports.
Production experience building or leading identity and access systems, such as authentication, authorization, IAM, or access control services.
Hands-on experience with authentication, authorization, or IAM, including in management roles, and a track record of code review and architecture work.
Experience with OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, RBAC or ABAC, and policy engines.
Background leading a security, identity, or authentication platform used by other engineering teams; AWS GovCloud experience is valuable.
Experience growing an engineering team and a relevant degree.
Based in US time zones, authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship. An active security clearance is also relevant.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $190,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
Remote within the United States.
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