Senior Engineer – Identity & Access Management; Remote

Location Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Type Full-Time

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Connecting People. Uniting the World. There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines! As a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world — with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees — we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly.

We’re on a path to becoming the best airline in aviation history. Join our Cybersecurity and Digital Risk (CDR) team to help lead the industry in cyber safety, security and resilience. United's CDR team plays a critical role in protecting our operations by enabling secure and resilient systems, managing threats and vulnerabilities, and ensuring swift response and recovery. Our mission is to seamlessly embed cybersecurity and digital risk management into every aspect of our business.

We help drive progress and growth through trusted digital solutions, safeguarding assets and empowering our team, all while promoting a cyber-safe and secure environment that supports resilient airline operations.

United offers a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy, and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401(k), and privileges like space-available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work.

The Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer’s primary responsibility is to implement and support the integration of authentication and authorization protocols and provide overall infrastructure support aligned with CDR (Cybersecurity and Digital Risk) security principles and policies protecting data and reducing risk for the United Workforce.

The IAM Senior Engineer will be focused on the implementation and support of modern Enterprise (Workforce) IAM systems. The Senior Engineer will work closely with cross-organizational development teams, architects, analysts, and consumers of IAM authentication and authorization services. They serve as a key contact within IAM responsible for the integration of secure identity solutions during the product lifecycle.

The IAM Security Engineer requires a deep understanding of identity and access management principles, protocols, and best practices as well as experience implementing and managing IAM related automation, integrations, and orchestration. This is a senior-level position that will execute the implementation of designs and requirements provided by IAM architects and analysts and ensures that IAM capabilities and services are successfully integrated within systems across the organization while also providing ongoing support and maintenance as needed for IAM processes and technology.

This is a senior-level position that will execute the implementation of designs and requirements provided by IAM architects and analysts and ensures that IAM capabilities and services are successfully integrated within systems across the organization while also providing ongoing support and maintenance as needed for IAM processes and technology.

• Technically implement, manage and provide support for the administration of IAM on-premise and cloud-based platforms and solutions used for workforce identity and access management (authentication and authorization) through an SDLC…