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Job Title: CISO Technical Lead – SSO Engineer

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Fulltime

Role Overview

The CISO Technical Lead – SSO Engineer will lead the design, implementation, and operational management of enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity federation solutions, with a strong emphasis on PingFederate. This role is critical in supporting secure divestiture initiatives, ensuring seamless identity separation, migration, and ongoing secure access across transitioning organizations.

Key Responsibilities

Divestiture Strategy & Execution

• Lead the design and execution of secure identity separation, migration, and integration strategies for divested business units.
• Plan and implement federated identity solutions to enable uninterrupted application access for users transitioning between organizations.
• Manage the full lifecycle of federated trusts, identity providers (IdP), and service providers (SP), including application onboarding and offboarding during divestitures.

PingFederate Implementation & Management

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain high-availability PingFederate environments across complex enterprise landscapes.
• Administer PingFederate connections, policies, adapters, selectors, and authentication methods, including SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
• Diagnose and resolve complex authentication, authorization, and federation issues to ensure continuous SSO service availability.

Identity & Access Integration

• Integrate PingFederate with Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, LDAP, and other enterprise identity stores.
• Partner with application owners to onboard new applications and migrate existing applications to the PingFederate SSO platform.
• Ensure seamless integration with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) solutions and enterprise security controls.

Security & Compliance

• Define and enforce security best practices and architectural standards for SSO and identity federation.
• Ensure compliance with corporate security policies, regulatory requirements, and data governance standards, particularly during divestiture activities.
• Conduct regular security reviews, audits, and vulnerability assessments of the PingFederate environment.

Operational Support & Documentation

• Provide expert-level support for SSO-related incidents and service requests, collaborating closely with security, infrastructure, and application teams.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for SSO platforms.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for identity federation and SSO technologies across the organization.

Key Deliverables

• Secure and compliant divestiture-driven identity and access transitions
• Highly available and resilient PingFederate & SSO platform operations
• Strong security posture, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), with at least 3+ years focused on SSO technologies.
• Strong hands-on experience designing and managing PingFederate in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
• Proven experience integrating SSO platforms with Active Directory, Azure AD, LDAP, and diverse enterprise applications.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using PowerShell and/or Python.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).