Authentication Services Lead Platform Engineer; Active Directory, SSO, AWS

Authentication Services Lead Platform Engineer (Active Directory, SSO, AWS)

Full-time

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Refugee, Neurodivergent, Single Parent, Blind or Low Vision, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Military Veterans, the Elderly, the LGBTQ, and Justice Impacted individuals. This position is open to candidates who reside in and have the legal right to work in the country where the job is located.

Company Name:
Capital One

Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Do you want to work for a tech company that writes its own code, develops its own software, and builds its own products? We experiment and innovate leveraging the latest technologies, engineer breakthrough customer experiences, and bring simplicity and humanity to banking. We make a difference for 65 million customers.

At Capital One, you'll be part of a group of makers, breakers, doers, and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. Do you possess an innate desire to learn and work on new and exciting technology and design solutions as it relates to identity and directory services today and into the future? If so, then this opportunity might be for you.

We want you to be curious and ask “what if?”

• AWS Cloud Infrastructure management
• Microsoft’s Active Directory
• Single Sign-On (SSO)/MFA - Ping, Okta, or similar platform
• Azure Active Directory
• AWS Directory Services
• Microsoft AD on AWS
• Google Cloud Directory
• Similar LDAP or cloud vendor based platform

Capital One is looking for an experienced Authentication Services Lead Platform Engineer to help drive the enterprise directory strategy forward for the Identity and Access Management organization. As a member of the Authentication Services Platform team within Authentication Services, you will be responsible for developing, engineering, deploying and supporting comprehensive solutions. The Authentication Services Lead Platform Engineer will also be responsible for identifying opportunities for the automation of tasks, processes, or entire solutions.

This role is also responsible for leading and driving initiatives as well as identifying any opportunities for improvement in the environment.

Candidates for this role should have expert level knowledge and experience with complex enterprise level Active Directory environments, other enterprise LDAP platforms, Single Sign On (SSO)/MFA, and AWS Cloud Infrastructure management. Candidates should be passionate about delivering a highly secure and stable environment with an eye for continuous improvement. The individual should have experience with integrating new and emerging technologies into an enterprise environment and welcome the opportunity to work on cloud based platforms from AWS, Microsoft, and Google.

• Analyze, design, and support a highly complex, enterprise level Active Directory and Single Sign On services in a hybrid on-premise and cloud hosted environment.
• Manage enterprise identity cloud directories including Microsoft Azure AD, AWS Microsoft AD, and Google Cloud Domain Directory.
• Manage enterprise cloud infrastructures in AWS, Azure, and Google cloud platforms
• Translate business needs into workable technology solutions that meet the needs of internal customers.
• Participate in or lead troubleshooting and incident resolution of complex, high severity incidents
• Develop automated solutions using scripts, pipelines, and cloud based server-less computing platforms
• Develop detailed architecture, standards, design, and implementation documentation
• Analyze the current Authentication Services environment to identify both technical and operational opportunities and develop continuous improvement action plans.
• Participate in disaster recovery, capacity planning, performance monitoring and maintenance to ensure high availability.

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification
• At least 6 years of experience with Active Directory
• At least 6 years of experience with engineering,…