Senior Identity Security Engineer
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 18103, USA
Listed on 2026-08-04
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity
ROLE OVERVIEW
As a Senior Identity Security Engineer at Health Verity, you will serve as the technical owner for the company's Identity and Access Management program. You will define, implement, and evolve identity services that secure workforce and customer access across Health Verity's platforms and products. You will own critical identity technologies including Active Directory, Okta, Auth0, and AWS Cognito, ensuring secure authentication, authorization, provisioning, and lifecycle management for employees, customers, partners, and applications.
Working closely with Security, IT, Engineering, and Product teams, you will build scalable identity services that support Health Verity's growth while meeting healthcare security and compliance requirements. This role will be instrumental in advancing Zero Trust initiatives, strengthening access governance, and ensuring the right individuals have the right access to the right resources at the right time.
- Own the architecture, engineering, and operation of Health Verity's Identity and Access Management platforms across workforce and customer environments.
- Design, implement, and support enterprise Active Directory services and identity infrastructure.
- Design and implement scalable identity architectures using Active Directory, Okta, Auth0, AWS Cognito, and related technologies.
- Develop and maintain identity federation solutions leveraging SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SCIM, LDAP, and Kerberos.
- Manage and enhance workforce identity services including Active Directory, Entra , and Okta.
- Support and enhance customer identity platforms including Auth0 and AWS Cognito.
- Develop and maintain the IAM roadmap aligned to business growth, security requirements, and regulatory obligations.
- Develop identity-focused security monitoring, alerting, and response playbooks.
- Assist in implementing and maintaining Zero Trust security principles.
- Partner with Security, IT, Engineering, Product, and Compliance teams on strategic initiatives.
Required
- 7 years of experience in Identity and Access Management, Identity Security, Security Engineering, or related disciplines.
- Expert-level experience with Active Directory administration, architecture, and security.
- Hands-on experience with customer identity platforms such as Auth0, AWS Cognito, Ping Identity, Forge Rock, or similar solutions.
- Strong experience administering and engineering Okta environments.
- Strong understanding of SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SCIM, LDAP, and Kerberos.
- Experience implementing SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and Privileged Access Management (PAM).
- Strong understanding of cloud identity and AWS security services.
- Experience supporting HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST, FedRAMP, or similar compliance frameworks.
- Experience with Python, Power Shell, Terraform, or similar automation technologies.
Preferred
- Experience with Entra , Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), and Zero Trust architectures preferred.
- Healthcare industry experience is a plus.
Our main office is located in Center City, Philadelphia, where we operate on a hybrid model with in-office work required three days a week for local employees. We believe collaboration is most effective when teams come together, which is why we prioritize hiring in the Philadelphia area.
For certain roles, we also hire from hub locations
---regions where we have an established presence with multiple team members working remote. While these employees primarily work from home, we bring them together in person at least once a year for team-building, collaboration, and strategic planning.
Due to tax and labor regulations, we can only hire from specific states. Remote work is supported in the following key hub locations and approved states:
Hub Locations:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Boston, Massachusetts
- New York City, New York
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Washington, D.C.
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Chicago, Illinois
Approved States for Remote Work:
- CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, and VA.
Base salary for the role is commensurate with experience and can range between $145, annual bonus opportunity.
About Health VerityHealth Verity is the leader in privacy-protected real-world data exchange, transforming how healthcare and life sciences organizations connect and analyze disparate patient data. By enabling access to the industry's largest RWD ecosystem, Health Verity supports critical applications in clinical development, commercial strategy, regulatory decision-making, and public health. To learn more about Health Verity, visit
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