Sr Security Engineer; PingOne

Position: Sr Security Engineer (PingOne)
Location: Almont

Description:
Remote

Our client seeks a Sr Security Engineer to serve as the senior technical expert for a Customer IAM platform with a primary focus on Ping One cloud identity services. The role will lead administration, integrations, policy design, troubleshooting, and operational visibility while supporting migration of external customer-facing portals to the new platform. The engineer will guide stakeholders, document configurations, and enable training and onboarding for a production migration later this year.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $55.00 to $53.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Serve as senior technical expert for Customer IAM with primary ownership of Ping One cloud identity services.
• Design, install, configure, integrate, and support systems and integrations for the strategic IAM program.
• Lead administration of Ping One tenants, including configuration, policy design, and platform optimization.
• Design and implement SSO, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC integrations for enterprise and customer-facing applications.
• Configure and manage access policies, authentication flows, and risk-based policies within Ping One.
• Support user lifecycle management, including provisioning, deprovisioning, and identity synchronization.
• Develop and maintain reporting, metrics, monitoring, and operational visibility for Ping One.
• Troubleshoot complex and critical CIAM services and resolve issues in mission-critical environments.
• Partner with stakeholders, Security Architecture, and IT teams to onboard applications into Ping One.
• Produce and maintain documentation for configurations, integrations, and operational procedures.
• Assist with migration of external customer portals to the new platform and enable training and onboarding.

Experience Requirements:

• 5 to 8 years of information security engineering or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on administration and support of Ping One.
• Experience with SSO implementations including SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC, and identity federation and authentication flows.
• Risk-based authentication and policy configuration.
• User lifecycle and identity data management.
• Understanding of IAM architecture and integration patterns across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Proficiency with security technologies such as encryption, network security controls, and system hardening.
• Experience in complex enterprise environments with distributed systems.
• Knowledge of network security in multi-protocol environments including TCP/IP, IPSEC, SSL, and HTTP.
• Experience troubleshooting authentication and identity-related issues across multiple systems.
• Understanding of change management and version control processes.
• Preferred: deep Ping One expertise, CIAM or workforce IAM experience, API-based integrations and identity orchestration, scripting or automation with tools such as Power Shell or APIs, relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or Security+.

Education Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

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Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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