Senior IAM Engineer

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THE ROLE:

Join our innovative Identity and Access Management (IAM) team at AMD, where your expertise will have a significant impact! As an IAM Engineer, you will collaborate with IT professionals and business stakeholders to develop and implement cutting-edge IAM solutions that enhance our identity infrastructure and operational processes. This role offers the opportunity to engage with various technical teams, providing strategic solutions to real business needs. You'll gain a comprehensive view of AMD's technology landscape while playing an essential role in our digital transformation journey. If you're eager to tackle challenges in Authentication, Authorization, MFA, Workflows, and SCIM, we want to hear from you!

THE PERSON:

We are seeking a skilled engineer to help build the next generation of cloud-based IAM systems, contributing directly to the AMD Ryzen AI and GPU innovations. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience managing mission-critical IAM systems and excels in a collaborative, high-performing environment. You will play a key role in constructing an access platform foundational to Zero Trust Architecture, working closely with application owners and development teams to drive innovative solutions and ensure regulatory compliance.

You should possess a diverse skill set to address current and future authentication challenges and adapt to the evolving technology landscape. A strong background in access control, advanced authentication flows, and workflows will be crucial. If this resonates with you, we invite you to join our team!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Proven experience with industry-standard Identity platform tools such as Ping Identity, Okta, or ForgeRock, including design, development, configuration, testing, integration, and deployment.
• Hands-on experience in application onboarding and integration with Identity authentication engines.
• Deep knowledge of OpenID Connect, SAML, OAuth, and SCIM processes and flows.
• Hands-on knowledge of API integration for Authentication and Authorization.
• Experience in the development and implementation of Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), User Provisioning, and Group Provisioning.
• Understanding of current IAM processes across various systems and teams.
• Experience in architecture, design, and solution implementation of application integration with provisioning workflows.
• Development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines for application deployment.
• Utilization of DevOps practices and tools like Terraform to automate resource deployment within Identity SaaS platforms.
• Understanding of Change Management and release management processes.
• Ability to review existing architecture and document target deployment architecture.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in technologies such as Java/J2EE, LDAP, SSL, RDBMS, and Linux.
• Experience working with REST APIs, API Gateways, and SDKs.
• Experience assigning and unassigning apps to users using Users and Groups APIs.
• Knowledge of how to validate an authenticated user's session.
• Understanding of the design principles of Identity SaaS platform APIs, including pagination and filtering query parameters on attributes.
• Proven expertise in Identity SaaS Workflow configuration, Custom Connector development, and Governance for access provisioning.
• Strong background in Group Rule setup, bundle and schema configuration, and JML workflow configuration.
• Familiarity with identity and access management concepts, standards, and technologies, such as SSO, LDAP, and Active Directory.
• Experience in documenting detailed design and integration manuals.
• Prior experience handling identity platform failure alerts as well as support processes including SLA management and incident/problem management.
• Experience in implementing at least one complete IAM SDLC engagement project.
• Good understanding of information security concepts with in-depth knowledge of IAM solutions and latest trends.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve identity and access management issues.
• Hands-on experience with deployment and orchestration tools like Ansible and/or Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of access governance for cloud service providers like Azure, AWS, and GCP is a plus.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor of Engineering in computer science or related fields
• Security certification or Identity & access certification is preferred

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